Anaesthetic Nurse
Healthcare
Administer anesthesia, monitor patient's vital signs, and oversee patient recovery from anesthesia. May assist anesthesiologists, surgeons, other physicians, or dentists. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.
Picture the job
Where you'd usually workAn operating theatre
- Mostly indoors
- Dealing with customers or the public
- Regular working hours
- A noisy workplace
An illustration of a typical workplace, not a photo. The work-style notes come from US O*NET data, so read them as a guide.
In Malaysia
Malaysia has no independent nurse-anaesthetist role like the US CRNA; anaesthesia is given by anaesthesiologists or trained medical officers. Nurses (and assistant medical officers) with post-basic anaesthesia training work as anaesthetic or peri-anaesthesia nurses, assisting in theatre, recovery and ICU under credentialing rules.
- How people get into it here
- SPM → Diploma or Bachelor of Nursing → register with the Nursing Board Malaysia → work in the operating theatre or anaesthesia unit → post-basic certificate in Anaesthesia or Peri-Anaesthesia Care (MOH training institutes, around 6–12 months) → hospital credentialing for peri-anaesthesia procedures.
- Government post
- Jururawat U5 (diploma, RM1,974) or U9 (honours degree, RM2,580), then post-basic anaesthesia training within the MOH · starts at RM1,974 a month
Sources:spa.gov.myeldp.moh.gov.myjknlabuan.moh.gov.mymahsa.edu.my
Pay in Malaysia
Government starting pay
RM1,974 – RM2,580
per month
Official basic pay for the government grade, before allowances. Private-sector pay can differ.
How far is this from you?
Roughly how much preparation this job usually takes. In Malaysia your UPU route and the programme's syarat still decide entry, so treat this as a guide, not a gate.
1
Entry straight after SPM
2
SPM + sijil / short TVET course
3
Diploma / TVET (sijil–diploma)
4
Degree (ijazah sarjana muda)
Typical entry
Postgrad (sarjana / PhD) or professional route
How to get here
Post-SPM pathways with programmes in this career's fields. Tap one to see real programmes and entry requirements.
Asasi / Foundation
One-year runway into a specific university: public via UPU or private direct entry.
Diploma
Skill-first qualification. Work after, or enter degree Year 2. Polytechnics keep it affordable.
Check what you may qualify for
Enter your SPM grades and see which routes and programmes you may qualify for. An estimate to plan with, not an offer.
Quick answers
How do you become an Anaesthetic Nurse in Malaysia?
SPM → Diploma or Bachelor of Nursing → register with the Nursing Board Malaysia → work in the operating theatre or anaesthesia unit → post-basic certificate in Anaesthesia or Peri-Anaesthesia Care (MOH training institutes, around 6–12 months) → hospital credentialing for peri-anaesthesia procedures. Registration with Lembaga Jururawat Malaysia (Nursing Board Malaysia) — registration and an annual practising certificate as a nurse is required to practise.
What should I study to become an Anaesthetic Nurse?
Related fields of study: Nursing. SPM subjects that help most: Biology, Chemistry, Additional Science and Additional Mathematics.
How much does an Anaesthetic Nurse earn in Malaysia?
The official pay scale put starting pay at RM1,974 – RM2,580 a month (source: SPA — Jururawat Gred U5/U9 (base nursing scheme), 2025).
What you'd do all day
The tasks that matter most in this job, most important first.
Also known as
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Subjects that matter here
The SPM subjects worth your effort for this career, with the reason for each.
What you'd need to know
The subject areas this job leans on most, and the SPM subjects that build them.
- Medicine and Dentistry97%
BiologyChemistry
- Customer and Personal Service93%
- Biology93%
BiologyAdditional Science
- Chemistry87%
Chemistry
- Education and Training85%
- Mathematics85%
Additional MathematicsMathematics
What the work feels like
Day-to-day working conditions, so you can tell whether the job suits how you like to work.
- Face-to-face discussionsEvery day
- Contact with other peopleConstant contact
- Dealing with customers or the publicVery high
- Leading or coordinating othersVery high
- Handling conflict situationsOften
- Indoors, air-conditionedEvery day
- Outdoors, in all weatherAlmost never
- Noisy environmentEvery day
AI and demand for this job
A few real, dated data points, not a single score. AI making some tasks faster usually means a job changes, not that it disappears.
Share of everyday tasks today's AI can already help with (2023)
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US Bureau of Labor Statistics data, not Malaysian. Shown because it's the only forward-looking demand estimate we have for this job.
What beginner adverts asked for
We read 12 internship and fresh-graduate adverts in related fields (August 2026). A small sample from one job site, not every vacancy.
5 of 12 were internships
Allowance or pay, when stated
RM825 – RM2,450
10 of 12 adverts printed an amount: usually between RM825 and RM2,450 a month. Many print none.
Languages named
Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin
An empty line means the adverts did not say, not that employers have no requirement. Check each employer's own advert before you plan around it.
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About this information
This describes what the job involves. Pay, demand and entry routes differ in Malaysia, so check the Pathways and Programmes pages for local requirements.
O*NET occupation: Nurse Anesthetists
Source: SPA — Jururawat Gred U5/U9 (base nursing scheme) · as of Jan 2025
Check the salary figures yourself:SPA — Jururawat Gred U5/U9 (base nursing scheme)
Job responsibilities, knowledge areas and work context from O*NET 30.3, US Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0. onetcenter.org