Job Description:

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Clinical Nurse (CN) to join our Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) team at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside. This is a permanent full‑time opportunity within a fast‑paced, high‑acuity perioperative environment.

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager Anaesthetics/PACU, the Clinical Nurse PACU provides advanced clinical nursing care and clinical leadership, supporting the delivery of safe, high‑quality post‑anaesthetic recovery care. The role contributes to patient safety, staff support, service coordination, and continuous quality improvement across PACU and Procedural Services.

You will work collaboratively with Anaesthetists, Surgeons, Theatre staff, and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient outcomes and service excellence.

Your key responsibilities:

Provide advanced clinical nursing care within PACU
Demonstrate clinical leadership and role model best practice nursing care
Support and mentor nursing staff, including skill development and clinical guidance
Participate in clinical coordination, escalation, and patient flow management
Contribute to quality improvement, risk management, and patient safety initiatives
Work collaboratively across Perioperative and Procedural Services

Things that work for you:

Financial Wellbeing: Salary packaging options up to $15,990, novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum, competitive hourly rates and paid approved overtime
Retail and Travel Discounts; Blue light card a discounted service for frontline workers (available for over 350 brands inc. Big W, The Good Guys, Samsung), JB Hi-Fi corporate benefits, airport lounge membership discounts
Health and Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families, fitness passport, free uniforms & annual flu vaccination, ability to purchase annual leave, discounted hospital admissions at any St Vincent’s Private Hospital, discounted private health insurance through Bupa or Medibank
Join Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services

Things that work for us:

Current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse
Minimum 3–5 years’ recent experience in PACU
Demonstrated advanced clinical assessment and recovery skills
Strong communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills
Sound knowledge of NSQHS Standards, infection prevention, and risk management
Current Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification
Postgraduate qualification in PACU, perioperative nursing, or working towards describable
Experience acting or relieving in senior/lead PACU or shift coordination roles desirable

Mission and Values:

As both a provider of care and as an employer, St Vincent’s aspires to create an environment that is truly inclusive for all people, always. St Vincent’s is constantly striving for inclusivity and to create and cherish a diverse place of care and work.

Part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit Mission and Values - Reconciliation

Pre-Employment Checks:

Employment is subject to the successful completion of all pre-employment checks. St Vincent's has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings and evidence will be required for proof of immunity.

For further information please email: Alison James, Nurse Unit Manager Anaesthetics & PACU – email alison.james@svha.org.au

Respectfully, no agencies please

Closing Date:

24 May 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan