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Registered Nurse - Day Surgery Unit


Coopers Plain

Make a difference in Day Surgery — deliver exceptional, person-centred care as a Registered Nurse.

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Join our Day Surgery team and bring your clinical expertise, compassion and teamwork to a fast-paced environment where every patient matters.

Job details

Position status Casual
Position type Flexible
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 5
Workplace Location Brisbane - South
Job ad reference QLD/MS09691855
Closing date 21-Sep-2026
Job duration
Contact person Shiny Soorath
Contact details 07 3182 6887
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Your new role:

You'll provide safe, compassionate and evidence-based care across the patient journey, working closely with nursing, medical and allied health professionals to achieve the best possible outcomes. You'll use your clinical judgement, critical thinking and strong communication skills to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate person-centred care, while contributing to quality improvement, education and a positive team culture. You'll also have opportunities to build your expertise in post-operative care, clinical leadership and evidence-based nursing practice.

About you:

You're a compassionate and capable Registered Nurse who brings sound clinical judgement, a commitment to person-centred care and a genuine passion for delivering safe, high-quality outcomes in a Day Surgery environment.

  • Clinical expertise: Demonstrated knowledge, skills and competence in Day Surgery and post-operative nursing care.
  • Patient-centred: Provides compassionate, respectful care through effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
  • Team focused: Works collaboratively with nursing, medical and allied health teams to coordinate seamless patient care.
  • Quality driven: Applies evidence-based practice, clinical guidelines and critical thinking to promote safety and continuous improvement.
  • Professional leader: Demonstrates integrity, accountability and initiative while supporting colleagues, education and a positive team culture.

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What we can offer you:

  • We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
  • We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
  • We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
  • You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital:

The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital (QEII) is a medium metropolitan adult facility providing a range of inpatient and outpatient services including a 24-hour Emergency Department. We provide a range of services, including surgery, cardiology, endoscopy, orthopaedics, gynaecology, urology, geriatric, respiratory and emergency medicine.

We're making our hospital bigger and better to make it easier for our growing community to get the health care they need. We'll have more beds, medical wards and expanded intensive care and emergency services planned to be opened by 2027.

QEII Hospital, a place of opportunity to make a difference and grow your career!

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

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Last updated
2 May 2023

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