About the role
Mater Hospital Brisbane is seeking an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic Registered Nurse to join our Planned Care Perioperative and Anaesthetic clinic team in this permanent, part-time role working 32 hours per week based at South Brisbane.
The Perioperative Medicine and Anaesthetic Clinics are dedicated to delivering exceptional, patient-centred care and enhancing the surgical experience by ensuring patients are thoroughly assessed and optimised prior to their planned procedure. The Clinic Nurse plays a pivotal role in coordinating the patient journey through the perioperative and anaesthetic clinics, providing evidence-based education, information and support to ensure patients are well prepared for elective surgery. Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, the Clinic Nurse facilitates safe, timely and effective care, helping to optimise patient outcomes and deliver a seamless surgical pathway.
Salary range: $44.06 - $56.52 per hour plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 + access to many staff benefits!
What you’ll be doing
This role will see you demonstrate your commitment to providing quality clinical care by coordinating the patient journey through the perioperative medicine and Anaesthetic clinics. The clinic nurse ensures that pre-operative patients requiring Perioperative and Anaesthetic review prior to procedures have all essential information prior to the appointment date. The clinic nurse is integral to the delivery of care within the clinics to ensure the patients receive comprehensive assessments, education and appropriate referrals are in place to optimise the surgical pathway.
The clinic has a strong commitment to the Mater mission and values with staff striving to offer a compassionate service to patients and their families, to show sensitivity regarding privacy, flexibility when considering patients individual needs, and to promote a helpful environment in which the multidisciplinary team works effectively.
About you
To be considered suitable for this role you must have:
The successful candidate will be hard working, enthusiastic and able to show initiative. You will be approachable with a mature and confident attitude and have the ability to work and achieve results independently.
Why join us?
Mater is Queensland’s largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, delivering exceptional care to nearly 700,000 patients each year across 11 (soon to be 12) hospitals. We’re leaders in healthcare, education, fundraising & philanthropy and research — and it’s our people who make the difference.
We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help shape the future of care. At Mater, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values innovation, compassion, and excellence.
Be part of something bigger. Make your move with Mater #GETBETTERWITHMATER
Applications close Friday, 11th September 2026–please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW. Direct applications only — we are not engaging recruitment agencies at this time. All successful candidates may be required to complete pre‑employment checks (including criminal history, working rights, medical and working with children checks).
Mater offers a safe, supportive, flexible and inclusive workplace where everyone is valued. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Visit our Reconciliation webpage
Mater ensures all children have an environment suitable for their safety and wellbeing through proper supervision and safeguarding practices.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
