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Registered Nurse
Mount Isa
Registered Nurse, Operating Theatres - Make a Real Impact!
Join the Operating Theatre team at Mount Isa Hospital in a permanent full-time Registered Nurse role, delivering high-quality perioperative care across elective and emergency services in a dynamic rural and remote healthcare setting.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Nursing |
| Classification | Nurse Grade 5 |
| Workplace Location | North West Qld |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MI673958 |
| Closing date | 16-Feb-2026 |
| Job duration | Permanent |
| Contact person | Veroshnee Meek |
| Contact details | (07) 4744 4456 Access the National Relay Service |
About the role
As a Registered Nurse within the Operating Theatre Suite, you will deliver advanced, person-centred perioperative nursing care across a broad range of surgical specialties. Working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will support both elective and emergency surgical services while contributing to clinical leadership, quality improvement, and the ongoing delivery of safe, effective care.
- Exercise sound clinical judgement, prioritisation, and coordination skills to manage complex patient care in a fast-paced theatre environment.
- Contribute to quality improvement initiatives, clinical governance, and adherence to policies, standards, and evidence-based practice.
Working with us
- For 1 year will get you an isolation bonus of AUD$3,605. If you stay for 2 years you will get AUD$10,815… and for your 3rd year (and every year after that) you will get AUD$7,210 (pro rata for part time employees).
In your downtime, we will provide 2 return airfares p.a. (full time employees) (inc. spouse/dependents) or 1 return airfare p.a. (part time employees) to the nearest east coast provincial city in conjunction with your recreation leave; of which we offer 5 weeks p.a.
- Base salary ranges between $85,236 and $109,330 p.a.
- 12.75% employer superannuation contribution.
- Long Service Leave and Sick Leave accrual.
- Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.
Plus 2 weeks p.a., travel as required and enrolment and conference costs for approved courses and conferences.
We also offer staff accommodation (if eligible) or a private rental subsidy of AUD$82.50 per week for up to 17 months.
Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.
Requirements
- Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.
- This position is required to work within and open to working across all three domains of perioperative nursing practice in accordance with organisational requirements, local policy, and service delivery needs. These domains include: scrub/scout, Anaesthetic and Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU).
- C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.
- Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
- This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
- A period of probation may apply.
About North West Hospital and Health Service
The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) delivers public health services across approximately 300,000 square kilometres, supporting remote communities throughout North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria. We are committed to promoting community wellbeing and providing high-quality, accessible and effective healthcare for all.
The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference.
Interested?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Contact: Veroshnee Meek on 07 4744 4456.
Applications close: Monday, 16 February 2026.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Our vision is to be Queensland's leading HHS delivering excellence in remote healthcare to our patients, working as an integral part of the community.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
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