Job Description:

About the role:

As an Assistant in Nursing in our Perioperative Services area, you will work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to provide essential support before, during, and after surgical procedures. You will contribute to maintaining a safe environment, assisting with patient flow, and ensuring high standards of cleanliness, equipment readiness, and patient comfort.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with patient preparation for surgery, including hygiene, positioning, and safe transfer.

• Supporting Registered and Enrolled Nurses within scope of practice.

• Maintaining cleanliness and readiness of theatres, and equipment.

• Assisting with restocking, ordering supplies, and maintaining inventory control.

• Providing compassionate interaction and reassurance to patients and families.

• Adherence to infection prevention and control standards and Work Health & Safety procedures.

• Contributing to smooth patient flow through pre-op, PACU, and theatre areas.

• Participating in team communication, handovers, and quality improvement activities

Things that work for you: 

• 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

• 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

• 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: 

• Ability to work on a casual basis

• Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (or equivalent) with AIN skill set

• Current immunisation compliance as per SVHA requirements.

• Previous experience in perioperative or acute care (desirable but not essential)

• Basic computer literacy (electronic medical record systems advantageous)

About Us:

At St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside, we have over 1,000 dedicated and skilled staff who treat nearly 35,000 people a year, delivering safe and high-quality care to all our patients. Our hospital has 227 beds, 9 operating theatres, 2 cardiac catheter laboratories, a 17-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Day Oncology Unit, Breast Health Centre, Endoscopy Unit, Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit and a 24-hour, private emergency centre provided by Brisbane Northside Emergency.  

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

Respectfully, no agencies please. 

Apply NOW!
 

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 may be required for proof of immunity.

Closing Date:

1 January 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 [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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