Perioperative Career and Recruitment Insights

The team at Carejobz Perioperative Specialists are recruiting for a day surgery on the Sunshine Coast. We are looking for an experienced Anaesthetic Nurse to join the theatre team on a permanent 0.8 FTE basis.

What an enrolled nurse in theatre can do, the medication notation that decides anaesthetic and PACU roles, award pay rates and live roles open to ENs.

The team at Carejobz Perioperative Specialists are recruiting for a hospital in Brisbane. We are looking for an experienced Anaesthetic Nurse to join a busy, multi-specialty theatre complex. This is a permanent, full-time opportunity for a nurse with at least 3 years' anaesthetic nursing experience.

Are you procrastinating right now? You're not alone. Have you ever stared at your workload, knowing exactly what needs to get done, yet somehow found yourself deep-cleaning the kitchen or lost in endless scrolling? It's not laziness. It's not a lack of ambition. It's actually your brain trying to protect you. Procrastination isn't just a productivity problem. It's an emotional coping mechanism. When you face a task that feels overwhelming, difficult or uncertain, your brain s

One bad interview could cost you your dream job, and you may never get a second chance. Most employers won't give you a do-over if an interview goes badly. First impressions matter, and if you don't get it right the first time, that door could close. I get it. The fear of saying the wrong thing, stumbling over your words or freezing under pressure is real. Nerves, poor preparation or a single mistake can undo a strong application. The good news is that most interview mistakes

Walking out of a theatre job on the spot can feel powerful. When the reason is bullying, there is a better way to protect yourself, your options and your next role.

A conversation I had recently has stayed with me. I asked a perioperative nurse why they were thinking about leaving. I expected the usual answers: salary, hours, career progression. Instead they said something much simpler. “Kate... I can't remember the last time anyone thanked me.” Sadly, I wasn't surprised, because I've heard versions of it countless times over the years. We all want to feel that we matter It doesn't matter whether you've been in theatre for three months o

Interviewing for a theatre nurse role in Australia or New Zealand? Eight common mistakes, and how to fix each one before you meet the panel.

Every day, I speak with nurses who bear their burdens in silence, weighed down by a profession that demands everything from them. A call today stirred something in me, urging me to shine a light on their struggles, as burnout is robbing healthcare of its brightest stars. If my words can ease the load for even one nurse, it will be worth the effort. Employers must take heed. Nurses in high-pressure units labour through gruelling shifts to deliver top-notch care to every patien

Caseload, pace, roster and pay: how a day surgery nurse role compares with main theatre for scrub scout nurses, using live day surgery roles in Australia.

Registration is recognised across the Tasman, but the anaesthetic bay and the way pay is set are not the same. What theatre nurses need to know before moving.

What a cath lab nurse does in each case, what labs look for when they hire, and how theatre nurses move across into the cardiac catheter laboratory.

In August 1915 Grace Wilson came ashore on Lemnos to run the nursing side of a hospital with few tents, no beds and almost no water. This is her verified story.

One advert says $50 an hour, another says $100,000 a year. How to put a theatre nurse hourly rate and an annual salary on the same footing before you choose.

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

How far back do your statements of service need to go when moving to Australia as a nurse? It depends on whether they are for AHPRA registration, an ANMAC skills assessment or your pay level.

What an endoscopy nurse does day to day, what hospitals look for when they hire, and how theatre nurses move across into endoscopy.

Salary packaging for nurses comes up constantly in conversations with theatre nurses weighing up a move, and it is still one of the most misunderstood parts of a job offer. Get it right and it can genuinely change your take-home pay. Overlook it, or simply not ask about it, and you may end up comparing two roles on headline salary alone when the real difference sits somewhere else entirely. This is general information, not financial advice, and every employer's scheme is diff