Perioperative Career and Recruitment Insights

What theatre nurses need to know about on-call before they apply, what the Nurses Award sets, and six details worth putting in every theatre role brief.

We asked theatre and perioperative staff across Australia and New Zealand why they left their last role. Pay was not near the top.

Most cost comparisons between agency and permanent theatre nurses are rubbish, and hospital executives know it.

Retaining experienced theatre nurses and perioperative specialists is as important as recruiting them. Here is what private hospitals in Australia can do to reduce clinical turnover and protect their surgical teams.

Job ads reach 10% of the clinical talent pool at best. Here is why proactive headhunting consistently delivers better perioperative candidates for private hospitals in Australia.

Why Recruiting Nurses for Private Hospitals Requires a Different Approach If you have ever tried to fill a theatre nurse vacancy in a private hospital using the same approach you would use in the public sector, you already know the problem. The shortlist is thin, the timelines drag out, and the candidates who do apply are often not quite right. It is not a reflection of your process. It is a reflection of the market. Private hospital nursing recruitment in Australia operates