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Anaesthetic Nurse | Brisbane QLD | Full Time

Oct 6
2 min read

Updated: Oct 7

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.



In this role, you will:

  • Provide anaesthetic nursing support across a varied surgical caseload, including cardiac and robotic-assisted procedures

  • Prepare, check and manage anaesthetic equipment, drugs and monitoring

  • Support anaesthetists throughout induction, maintenance and emergence, working within a multidisciplinary theatre team

  • Participate in the standard theatre roster, with flexibility required across all shifts including weekends


What You Will Bring

  • Minimum 3 years' experience as an Anaesthetic Nurse (not open to new graduates)

  • Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse

  • Demonstrated anaesthetic nursing competency across a general surgical caseload

  • Willingness and ability to work the full theatre roster, including weekends and all shifts

  • Current National Police Check, or ability to obtain and maintain one

  • Full Australian working rights required


Why You Will Want to Know More

  • Shift and weekend penalties paid on top of base rate for eligible staff

  • Salary packaging

  • Discounted private health insurance plus reduced excess on private health admissions for staff and family

  • Retail and motor vehicle discounts

  • 12 weeks paid parental leave, 2 weeks paid partner leave (after 6 months' service), on top of the government scheme

  • Paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave

  • Flexible working arrangements, including options for staff approaching or past retirement

  • Option to purchase up to 4 extra weeks' annual leave per year, and annual leave at half pay available in certain circumstances

  • Employee Assistance Program with 3 free confidential counselling sessions, extending to immediate family

  • Length-of-service recognition

  • Up to $15,000 professional development support plus paid study leave, including clinical specialty programs

  • Free annual flu vaccinations, discounted parking and free onsite staff gym

If this sounds like the kind of theatre opportunity you have been waiting for, we would love to speak with you. Apply in confidence through this link: https://carejobz.app.loxo.co/job/MzkxNTktZTA1aDZneHVmZnpoanhzMA==, or email your CV to kate@carejobz.com in the first instance. Kate or Paul will be happy to talk you through the opportunity, answer your questions honestly, and help you decide whether it feels like the right next step for you.


Carejobz never asks candidates for money to apply for or start a job.



About Carejobz

At Carejobz, Paul and Kate have been recruiting perioperative professionals across Australia and New Zealand since 2015. Over that time, they have become trusted recruitment partners to leading hospitals and day surgeries, supporting nurses and employers with warmth, discretion and genuine sector knowledge. They understand the realities of theatre nursing, from the importance of team culture and safe staffing to the specialist skills required across anaesthetics, recovery, scrub and scout. When you speak with Carejobz, you are dealing with people who know the perioperative world, respect your experience, and will give you honest guidance at every stage.

Read what jobseekers and employers say about working with Carejobz at seek.com.au/recruiters/agencies/carejobz-pty-ltd

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