Position Title: Perioperative Registered Nurse

Classification: Dependant on Qualifications & Experience

Salary per hour: Dependant on Qualifications & Experience

Employment Type: Casual

Award: Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Health Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2024 - 2028

Dhelkaya Health is seeking a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our Peri-Operative Services team. This role provides an opportunity to deliver high-quality, person-centred care across a diverse peri-operative environment while working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

The Registered Nurse works both independently and collaboratively to provide comprehensive nursing care to patients and their families throughout the peri-operative journey. You will demonstrate advanced assessment skills, sound clinical judgement, effective care planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.

Peri-Operative Services

The Peri-Operative Unit includes:

- Two Operating Theatres
- Six-bed Stage 1 Recovery Unit
- Pre-Admission Clinic
- Admission Area
- Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD)

The successful applicant will contribute to the smooth and efficient operation of these services while ensuring excellence in patient care and surgical support.

About you

You will be a registered nurse who demonstrates:

- Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA).
- Strong clinical knowledge and peri-operative nursing skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Commitment to person-centred care and patient safety.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Sound understanding of delegation,



accountability, and skilled nursing standards.
- Commitment to ongoing learning and professional development

Culture and Benefits

Dhelkaya Health is located on Dja Dja Wurrung country in regional Victoria. Just a short drive from Bendigo and easily accessed via public transport, the area is brimming with culture that blends the old with the recent. Steeped in rich history, the town boasts a vibrant arts scene, historic architecture and is part of the Bendigo Region UNESCO City of Gastronomy.

Surrounded by scenic trails and a unique natural environment that includes historic goldfields, outdoor enthusiasts can immerse themselves in the beauty of the natural world. Combined with a wide range of sporting clubs and outdoor recreation opportunities, the community offers a rich, diverse culture to enjoy.

From community events celebrating local festivals to grassroots initiatives fostering inclusivity and diversity, this is a place where people come together.At Dhelkaya Health, you'll enjoy all this and a flexible work environment with access to career development pathways that suit your life goals. You'll also benefit from:

- Stress-free parking: at no-cost close to your place of work.
- Salary packaging: to maximise your earnings with options to package meals, entertainment, rent/mortgage repayments, and more.




- Healthy and active lifestyle: through access to a free onsite gym and Fitness Passportmembership for your family to use in a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness facilities across the region
- Health and wellbeing: through a supported work environment that prioritises work-life balance and a health and well-being program that includes an Employee Assistance Program.
- Building meaningful connections: through the Dhelkaya Health Social Club and a variety of staff events and activities throughout the year held in a friendly, inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome.
- Home share - If lack of housing is stopping you from applying for a job here, consider Home share. It may help you get started at Dhelkaya Health. See this link for obligation free information.

*All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police check, NDIS (if required) and compliance with Dhelkaya Health Vaccination Policy.

Our purpose and role at Dhelkaya Health is to be Healthier Together - we engage and empower individuals and community through the provision of empathetic inclusive and professional health services. We want a workforce who share our passion and purpose and is as diverse as the communities we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a disability, and people of diverse genders and/or sexual orientations.

For further information about this position, please contact Miriam van Edmond - Nurse Unit Manager Operating Suite on 03 5471 3***.

Applications close 9th August 2026

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