Are you a compassionate, dedicated Registered Nurse eager to make a real impact? Join Darling Downs Health in Toowoomba, where you'll thrive in a dynamic, supportive team, delivering high-quality care in the Operating Theatre or Bunya Centre Day Surgery. If you're driven by professional growth, patient-centred care, and making a difference every day, this is the opportunity for you!

Job details

What your day will look like….

In this role, you'll be an integral part of a close-knit, interdisciplinary team, providing direct, compassionate care to patients in the perioperative setting. You'll take ownership of delivering quality care in line with Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN) standards, whether as an Instrument Nurse or Circulating Nurse. Through effective communication, critical thinking, and ethical decision-making, you'll ensure the safety and well-being of patients, actively contributing to a culture of continuous improvement. Your day will include supporting your colleagues through mentorship and guidance, playing an important role in maintaining high standards of clinical practice, and ensuring that all procedures and protocols are followed to ensure optimal patient outcomes. With a focus on safety, quality, and professional development, you'll find your days filled with purpose and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of those you care for.

Let's talk about you!

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:

• Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
• Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
• Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
• Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
• Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.

Why Us?

Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect.  DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.

Benefits!

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance                     
• Fitness Passport
• Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
• Generous Salary Sacrificing

Next step….

Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.

Find out more about us!

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Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For more information about Darling Downs Health, please go to www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• DD2505636620 Role Description (PDF, 351KB)
  Role Description
  
  Candidate Application Guide (PDF, 198KB)
  Information Package for Applicants