🌟 Make a difference through exceptional surgical patient care
🤝 Join a collaborative, multidisciplinary nursing team
💙 Grow your clinical skills while advancing your nursing career

Blacktown Hospital Surgical Services are expanding and now is the time to be part of the new and exciting opportunities open for skilled surgical nurses in the areas of Complex Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, General Surgery and Surgical Short Stay. Get in at ground level and join our dynamic and dedicated teams developing nursing services within the surgical nursing speciality. We want you.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $81,748.16 - $114,771.98 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38 (Job share may be considered for part time hours)
Location: Blacktown Hospital

Where you'll be working
Join Blacktown Hospital, part of Western Sydney Local Health District, and contribute to delivering safe, high-quality healthcare to a diverse community. As a valued member of the surgical nursing team, you will work alongside dedicated healthcare professionals who are committed to person-centred care, clinical excellence and positive patient outcomes.

• You'll be part of an environment where collaboration, professional development and supporting one another are central to delivering excellent care.

• Work within a collaborative, multidisciplinary surgical team committed to quality patient outcomes.

• Care for patients and their families throughout their surgical journey.

• Be part of a healthcare environment that values professional accountability, cultural respect and compassionate care.

• Contribute your clinical knowledge and experience while supporting the development of students and colleagues.

What you'll be doing
As a Surgical Registered Nurse, you'll draw on your clinical expertise, critical thinking and communication skills to deliver individualised, evidence-informed nursing care. You'll play an important role in coordinating patient care, responding to changing clinical needs and supporting safe transitions from hospital to home.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering safe, effective and person-centred nursing care that responds to the individual needs of surgical patients, their families and carers.

• Monitoring patients' conditions, recognising and responding to clinical changes, and escalating concerns appropriately.

• Coordinating discharge planning and making appropriate referrals to support continuity of care and positive patient outcomes.

• Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team, delegating care appropriately and providing supervision and mentoring to Enrolled Nurses, Assistants in Nursing and students within your scope of practice.

• Advocating for patients while maintaining professional standards, ethical practice, cultural sensitivity and effective use of clinical resources.

How to Apply
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

Essential Criteria

• Registration: Current Registration as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

Selection Criteria

1. Demonstrated recent nursing experience relevant to the position and commitment to quality improvement, practice development and evidence-based practice

2. Demonstrated application of evidence based practice and critical thinking to patient care

3. Demonstrated ability to lead, supervise, delegate, and negotiate with others to deliver quality nursing care

4. Demonstrated effective clinical communication through the use of information technology, written and verbal means,; and sound interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate with a diverse range of people.

Requisition ID: REQ700347
Applications Close: 17 November 2026

Need more information ?

• Find out more about applying for this position.

• Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.

• Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.

• For inquiries about the role, contact Fiona Lendon on 0447242037