Theatre Nurse Jobs in the North West 

The platinum belt shapes theatre work in the North West. Rustenburg and Brits carry mining injury, orthopaedic and general surgical volumes that few provinces match per head of population, and mine health services run their own clinical demand alongside the hospitals. Further south, Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom form the province's second clinical centre, with Mahikeng, Lichtenburg and Vryburg serving wide agricultural catchments. 

Nursing Services of South Africa places scrub, anaesthetic, recovery, floor and CSSD staff across the province, on single shifts, weekend lists and longer block bookings. 

Theatre roles we are placing in the North West 

• Scrub nurses for general, orthopaedic, gynae, urology, ENT and ophthalmic lists 

• Anaesthetic nurses for induction, airway assistance, monitoring and drug checks 

• Recovery and PACU nurses for post-anaesthetic observation, pain management and ward handover 

• Floor and circulating nurses for counts, stock, positioning, specimens and runner work 

• CSSD and sterile services staff for decontamination, packing, autoclave and tray assembly 

• Day surgery and endoscopy nurses, with shorter lists and more predictable hours 

• Theatre unit managers and shift leaders for units short on senior cover 

If you want orthopaedic and trauma scrub experience, the North West will give you more of it in a year than most provinces give you in three. 

Where we are placing theatre staff in the North West 

Rustenburg, Klerksdorp, Potchefstroom, Brits, Mahikeng, Lichtenburg and Vryburg. 

We also staff rural and district hospitals, mine health services across the platinum belt, occupational health clinics, frail care and step-down units, correctional facilities and private home-based patients across the province. If your town is not listed, send it to us anyway, our client list moves weekly. 

Related local pages: nursing jobs in Klerksdorp and nursing jobs in Potchefstroom. 

Why theatre nurses and locums choose NSSA 

Registering with NSSA is free. No registration fee, no placement fee, no deduction from your rate. Our clients pay us, so you never do. 

We are proud members of AHASA, the Allied Healthcare Association of South Africa, and we have signed its Code of Ethics Pledge. That means the unit, the list and the rate are clear before you accept a shift, and you are paid correctly for the hours you work. 

You also get: 

• Shifts chosen by you in the Staffshift app, with your availability set your way 

• Weekly pay straight into your bank account 

• Mine health and occupational health work alongside theatre, if you want the variety 

• A compliance team on WhatsApp when something needs sorting 

Locum doctors in the North West 

We place HPCSA-registered locum doctors and AHP alongside our theatre teams: anaesthetists and anaesthetic medical officers, general and orthopaedic surgeons, emergency medicine physicians, obstetricians and gynaecologists, physicians for general medicine wards and HDUs, and paediatricians for children's and neonatal units. 

What you need to register 

A South African ID or passport with a valid work permit, your SANC number and current annual practising certificate, police clearance, proof of Hepatitis B and COVID-19 vaccination, your training certificates, proof of address, bank details, a SARS PAYE confirmation letter and two references. 

Start working in North West theatres 

Register to work with NSSA. It is free, it takes one sitting, and our compliance team will guide you through the documents. 

For help with registration, WhatsApp our compliance team on 060 070 29 91 or chat with us on Staffshift. You can also browse current vacancies or read more about theatre careers in South Africa.