NHS Registered Nurse Scrub Scout - Casual Pool

Exciting Casual Opportunity: Registered Nurse Scrub Scout | Join Our Premier Surgical Team

Join SA Health as a Registered Nurse Scrub Scout at Noarlunga Hospital and experience the thrill of working in our operating theatres. This flexible casual position offers you the chance to develop specialist perioperative skills while supporting life-changing surgical procedures across diverse specialties. Be part of South Australia's largest health network where your nursing expertise makes a real difference in patients' lives every day.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, some of your duties for the role will include:

• Contribute to procedures for effectively dealing with people exhibiting challenging behaviours
• Provide, with increasing capacity over time, support and guidance to newer or less experienced staff, Enrolled Nurses, student nurses and other workers providing basic nursing care
• Working with children, youth, women and their families where there are multiple complexities and diverse cultural backgrounds
• Provide health promotion and education, to patients/clients or groups and carers to improve the health outcomes of individual
• Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration or other incidents and escalating appropriately

About you:

• Demonstrated competence in Perioperative scrub/scout nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards
• Effective communication skills including, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Ability to be, creative, innovative and flexible when approaching issues within a healthcare setting
• Demonstrated commitment to providing consumer/client and family centred care
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Haylee Logan, Nurse Unit Manager, Noarlunga Health Service, PH: 83849509

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Friday 26th March 2027

Attachments:

• RNM1 - Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 934177