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Registered Nurse – Scrub Scout (Cardiac & Vascular) | St Andrews War Memorial Hospital

Employment Term: Permanent & Casual opportunities available

Location: Located opposite Roma Street Parklands, St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital is just a short walk to Brisbane CBD.

Remuneration: $42.50 - $54.62/hr + 12% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

Make a meaningful difference with St Andrews War Memorial Hospital

Are you an experienced Cardiothoracic or Vascular Scrub Scout looking to work in one of Queensland's leading specialist cardiac centres?

St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital is recognised as a Cardiac Centre of Excellence, providing world-class cardiothoracic and vascular surgical services. As part of our highly specialised Theatre team, you'll work alongside renowned surgeons and multidisciplinary teams delivering some of the state's most complex and innovative procedures.

This is an exciting opportunity to further develop your expertise in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment while contributing to exceptional patient outcomes.

As part of our Cardiothoracic team, you'll gain exposure to:

Cardiac Surgery

· Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)

· Valve repair and replacement surgery

· Complex aortic surgery

· Redo cardiac surgery

· Minimally invasive cardiac procedures

Structural Heart Program

· Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

· Hybrid cardiac procedures

Thoracic Surgery

· Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)

· Open thoracic surgery

· Lung resections

· Mediastinal surgery

Advanced Vascular Surgery

· Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) repair

· Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR)

· Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR)

· Complex open and endovascular aortic surgery

· Peripheral vascular reconstruction

· Hybrid vascular procedures

· Emergency vascular surgery

This is an exceptional opportunity to build expertise in one of Australia's most specialised surgical services while working with advanced technologies, innovative procedures and a team committed to clinical excellence.

What Makes a Difference for Us?

· Bachelor of Nursing degree (or equivalent) and current AHPRA registration.

· Previous Scrub Scout experience in Cardiothoracic, Vascular or another acute surgical specialty highly regarded.

· Experience assisting with complex open and endovascular procedures is highly desirable but not essential.

· Previous experience with hybrid theatres, structural heart procedures or advanced surgical technologies will be highly regarded.

· Commitment to patient safety, quality improvement and delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

· Desire for ongoing professional development and continuous learning.

· Strong communication, teamwork and adaptability within a multidisciplinary theatre environment.

· Australian working rights (we are unable to offer sponsorship currently).

· Availability to work across AM and PM shifts with participation in an on-call roster.

· Willingness to meet vaccination and immunisation requirements in line with hospital infection prevention and control standards.

What makes a difference for you?

  • NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained

  • Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

  • A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

  • 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

  • Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

  • Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

  • A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

By joining our Hospitals, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 17,500 staff and 9, 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

  • provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children

  • implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

  • appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

  • abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.