Employment Type: Temporary Full Time and Part Time until July 2027

Position Classification: Registered Nurse

Remuneration: $41.23 - $57.88 per hour plus superannuation

Hours Per Week: up to 38

Requisition ID: REQ703080

Application Close: Sunday, 8 November 2026

Prince of Wales Hospital - Registered Nurse, Cardiothoracic Unit DB3S

Join Our Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit

Our 14-bed Cardiothoracic Surgery Ward provides specialised care to patients throughout their surgical journey, delivering high-quality care to both pre-operative and post-operative cardiothoracic surgery patients. As part of a dynamic and highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to care for a diverse and complex patient cohort while developing advanced clinical skills in a supportive learning environment.

Additional Benefits

- Financial benefits - Salary packaging options - Up to $9K for living expenses, $2.6K meal & entertainment, Novated Leasing; and Discounted Private Health Insurance.
- Work-life balance - Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full time employees) in addition to annual leave.
- Professional growth - Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO My Health Learning.
- Health & wellbeing - Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
- Career development - Opportunity to apply for Continuing Education allowance based on tertiary qualifications attained where applicable and to obtain personal regrade to Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 1 status where relevant

The Role

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care,



healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.

The Nursing and Midwifery – Our Strategy for Transforming Person- Centred Cultures 2024-2029 guides our profession in the development of effective person-centred practice and healthful cultures within SESLHD. We advocate for shared decision-making, collaborative relationships, compassionate and person-centred leadership, and supporting innovative practices.

Our service cares for patients undergoing a broad range of cardiac and thoracic procedures, including:

- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Aortic and Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement
- Minimally Invasive CABG and Valve Surgery
- Complex and Multi-Valve Cardiac Repairs and Replacements
- Maze Procedures performed in conjunction with CABG or valve surgery
- Complex Aortic Surgery
- Resection of Cardiac and Mediastinal Tumours
- Lung Resection Surgery, including Lobectomy, Wedge Resection and Segmentectomy
- Management of Thoracic Trauma

Nurses in our unit have opportunities to develop specialised clinical knowledge and competencies including:

- Comprehensive wound assessment and management
- Cardiac monitoring and rhythm interpretation




- Advanced Life Support (ALS)
- Chest drain management and removal
- Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) management and removal
- Epicardial pacing management
- Removal of epicardial pacing wires
- Recognition and management of the deteriorating patient
- Post-operative cardiothoracic surgical care and recovery

We are committed to supporting your professional growth through access to dedicated education and clinical support resources, including:

- Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) support and structured learning opportunities
- Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) expertise and mentorship
- After-hours Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) support
- ICU Liaison services to facilitate patient care and clinical escalation
- Ongoing professional development, competency-based education and career progression pathways

This is an exciting opportunity to build a rewarding career in a highly specialised area of nursing while working alongside experienced clinicians who are passionate about delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

Where you'll be working

Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Service is a Level 6 Tertiary Referral Hospital with an inpatient bed base of 370. Each year we care for more than 70,000 patients in our Emergency Department and have around 50,000 admissions to the inpatient units. POWH offers an outpatient service and rural outreach service and provides more than 900,000 occasions of non-admitted patient care each year, including innovative virtual models of care. We have transitioned the majority of inpatient units and wards to the Acute Services Building

📌 Registered Nurse, Cardiothoracic UnitS (Sydney)
🏢 South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD)
📍 Sydney