- Salary
- $70+
- Location
- QLD
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Healthcare
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Vincere
Description
PACU Registered Nurse - RN – Multiple Locations | Darling Downs Health
Join HealthX as an experienced PACU Registered Nurse and take your career across Queensland's Darling Downs region. These short-term contracts across multiple hospitals within Darling Downs Health offer excellent pay rates, flexibility, and the opportunity to work across diverse perioperative and post-anaesthetic care settings in regional and rural communities.
Why you'll love this opportunity
- Up to $70.64 per hour + super + shift penalties (Registered Nurse)
- Up to $76.94 per hour + super + shift penalties (Clinical Nurse)
- Travel and accommodation fully covered
- Minimum 4-week contracts available – with potential extensions
- Work across multiple Darling Downs Health facilities
- Expand your clinical skillset
About the Role
Provide high-quality post-anaesthetic and perioperative nursing care across a range of hospital settings within Darling Downs Health. You will be responsible for delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred care within Post Anaesthetic Care Units (PACU), ensuring optimal recovery outcomes for patients following surgical and procedural interventions.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver comprehensive post-anaesthetic nursing care
- Assess and monitor patients during the immediate recovery phase
- Recognise and respond to clinical deterioration
- Administer medications and pain management interventions
- Collaborate with anaesthetists, surgeons, theatre staff, and multidisciplinary teams
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation
- Support patient safety and quality standards within perioperative services
- Provide support across broader perioperative services where required
- Contribute to Anaesthetic, Scrub Scout, and Endoscopy services within scope and experience (highly desirable)
Locations – Darling Downs Health
Base & Major Hospitals
- Dalby Hospital
- Warwick Hospital
- Kingaroy Hospital
- Goondiwindi Hospital
- Stanthorpe Hospital
Rural Hospitals & Health Services
- Chinchilla Hospital
- Miles Hospital
- Murgon Hospital
- Nanango Hospital
- Oakey Hospital
- Tara Hospital
- Taroom Hospital
- Wondai Hospital
- Cherbourg Hospital
Multipurpose Health Services (MPHS)
- Inglewood Multipurpose Health Service
- Jandowae Multipurpose Health Service
- Millmerran Multipurpose Health Service
- Texas Multipurpose Health Service
What you'll need
- Current AHPRA Registration (Registered Nurse Division 1)
- Minimum 1 year recent PACU/Recovery nursing experience
- Experience in Anaesthetics, Scrub Scout, and Endoscopy highly desirable
- Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary perioperative teams
- Australian working rights (non-sponsorship position due to contract timeframe)
Why HealthX
At HealthX, we're more than a recruiter. We are a healthcare-led organisation that understands the realities of working on the floor and the pressures of delivering care. When you join us, you get consistent support, reliable pay, and a team that values safe, high-quality care as much as you do. We are committed to helping you build a career that is both rewarding and sustainable.
Contact Jade for more information
Jade Dixon | 0497 614 049 | [email protected]