Nurses

Training for Nurses

CTEC offers skills training workshops for nurses who are required to perform procedural nursing assistance.  CTEC offers workshops to qualified nurses who are looking to learn

  • treatment room skills
  • endoscopy nurse skills
  • theatre/microsurgical skills

CTEC also offers limited places for Theatre Nurses acting in the role of assistant on the following workshops for a nominal fee of $35:

Please see below for the calendar of workshops and educational events suitable for nursing staff.
 

CTEC Calendar

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Core Skills: Plastic Surgery Lower Limb Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: This workshop is designed as two concurrent full day Trainee Sessions. Junior Trainee Session: Plastic Surgery Unaccredited Registrars & Junior SET Trainees in Plastic Surgery. Senior Trainee Session: For Senior SET Trainees and Fellows, Limited positions for Observers and for assistant Theatre Nurses.
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The Cutting Edge: Advanced Surgical Procedures for Rural Generalists

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: Rural Generalists with surgical credentialling and Rural Generalist Surgical Trainees. It is expected practitioners have acess to appropriate levels of equipment and operating facilities., Limited positions are available for Observers, and for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant.
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Core Skills: Workshop in Neck Dissection for Thyroid Carcinoma

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse) Suitable for: Consultants, Fellows, RMOs, Unaccredited Registrars & SET Trainees in Endocrine, General and Head & Neck Surgery. IMGs under supervision or progressing towards an alternative pathway to FRACS., Assistant Theatre Nurse positions available.
Friday
Mar 6
2026

Core Skills: Vascular Surgery Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: Vascular and General Surgery SET Trainees, GSET Trainees at Level 1 and above and suitably credentialed rural surgical practitioners., IMGs under supervision or progressing towards an alternative pathway to FRACS. Limited positions available for Unaccredited Registrars with strong surgical experience and an interest in Vascular Surgery, for Observers and assistant Theatre Nurses.
Saturday
May 16
2026

The Cutting Edge: Practice Nurse Skills Training Workshop

Workshop
Available (nurse) Suitable for: Newly graduated nurses, nurses new to the role of procedural assisting, nurses seeking to update their skills and those seeking a position in a General Practice.
Thursday
May 28
2026

The Cutting Edge: Emergency Procedures

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: General Practitioners and GP Registrars. Limited participant places for Nurse Practitioners. Theatre Nurses are welcome in the role of assisting the GPs. Limited places are available for Observers.
Saturday
May 30
2026

Core Skills: Plastic Surgery Upper Limb Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse) Suitable for: Junior and Senior Trainees and Unaccredited Registrars with an interest in Plastic Surgery. IMGs under supervision or progressing towards an alternative pathway to FRACS. Limited Theatre Nurse positions are available.
Friday
Jun 5
2026

Core Skills: Gynaecological Hysteroscopy, Laparoscopy and Open Surgery

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse) Suitable for: CORE 1-4 RANZCOG Trainees and Advanced RANZCOG Trainees. Limited places for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant.
Wednesday
Jun 17
2026

GI Skills Training: Endoscopy Nurse Training Workshop

Workshop
Available (nurse) Suitable for: Western Australian Endoscopy Nurses - Enrolled Nurses and Registered Nurses
Thursday
Jun 18
2026

The Cutting Edge: Introductory Wound Suturing

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: General Practitioners, GP Registrars, GP Trainees, Nurse Practitioners, Emergency Department Nurses and Paramedics
Friday
Jul 24
2026

The Cutting Edge: Advanced Skin Procedures

Workshop
Available (nurse)Sold out (doctor)Sold out (observer) Suitable for: GPs skilled in surgery with access to appropriate levels of equipment and operating facilities. It is of particular relevance for rural GP Proceduralists. Limited positions available for Observers and for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant.
Thursday
Aug 13
2026

Core Skills: Microsurgical Skills for Theatre Nurses

Workshop
Available (nurse) Suitable for: Theatre Nurses and Nurses Assisting on Plastics, ENT, Eye Surgeries and Neurosurgeries
Thursday
Aug 20
2026

The Cutting Edge: Peripheral Nerve Block

Workshop
Sold out (doctor)Sold out (nurse) Suitable for: Emergency Physicians, Anaesthetists, General Practitioners, Emergency Department Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
Wednesday
Sep 16
2026

GI Skills Training: Endoscopy Nurse Training Workshop

Workshop
Available (nurse) Suitable for: Western Australian Endoscopy Nurses - Enrolled Nurses and Registered Nurses
Saturday
Oct 10
2026

The Cutting Edge: Practice Nurse Skills Training Workshop

Workshop
Available (nurse) Suitable for: Newly graduated nurses, nurses new to the role of procedural assisting, nurses seeking to update their skills and those seeking a position in a General Practice.
Friday
Oct 30
2026

Core Skills: ENT Sinus Surgery Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: Trainees, Fellows & Junior Consultants in ENT Surgery. Observers & Assistant Theatre Nurses.
Saturday
Oct 31
2026

Core Skills: ENT Facial Plastic Surgery Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: RACS Surgical Trainees, Fellows and Junior Consultants in ENT and Plastic Surgery. Limited Observer positions and assistant Theatre Nurse positions are also available.

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