Your new role: As a Registered Nurse within the Surgical Care Unit (SCU) and Extended Stay Unit (ESU), you will deliver safe, compassionate, and evidence-based care to adult surgical patients across the perioperative journey. Working collaboratively with nursing, medical, anaesthetic, and allied health teams, you will contribute to excellent patient outcomes in a dynamic and supportive clinical environment. In this role, you will: Provide comprehensive, person-centred nursing care from pre-operative admission through post-operative recovery and short-stay care Demonstrate growing clinical autonomy, accountability, and professional judgement in line with your experience Contribute to quality improvement, education, and a positive team culture within the unit About you: You are a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse who thrives in a fast-paced surgical environment and is committed to delivering high-quality patient care. You will bring: Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking, and time-management skills A commitment to person-centred, evidence-based practice and continuous professional development The ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, respectful approach to care What we can offer you: We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions. We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role * You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs. About us: Princess Alexandra Hospital: The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant. We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment. We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027. INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care. We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply. We are better together.
