Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Surgical | Melbourne

Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Surgical | Melbourne

A unique opportunity awaits a highly experienced Registered Nurse to step into an Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Surgical leadership role within an established management team at a private hospital in Melbourne. Opportunities are available across a range of acute surgical services, including Orthopaedics, Colorectal, Bariatric and Liver, as well as Cardiac and Acute Medical services.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As anAssociate Nurse Unit Manager,your responsibilities will include:

• Facilitating a learning culture to ensure continuous improvement;
• Maintaining professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners, using a customer service mindset, to enable high-quality patient outcomes;
• Supporting the Nurse Unit Manager and leadership team to ensure compliance with the strategic direction of the department and organisation;
• Providing clinical operational direction for the unit to ensure efficient and effective management by coordinating the delivery of nursing care that is evidence-based;
• Being accountable and responsible for the effective daily management of human, financial and material resources;
• Coordinating and driving clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives;
• Undertaking direct patient care, as required;
• Ensuring patient flow is managed whilst delivering exceptional standards of patient care and communication;
• Ensuring a leadership presence within your department;
• Mentoring of staff.
• Facilitating a learning culture to ensure continuous improvement;
• Maintaining professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners, using a customer service mindset, to enable high-quality patient outcomes;
• Supporting the Nurse Unit Manager and leadership team to ensure compliance with the strategic direction of the department and organisation;
• Providing clinical operational direction for the unit to ensure efficient and effective management by coordinating the delivery of nursing care that is evidence-based;
• Being accountable and responsible for the effective daily management of human, financial and material resources;
• Coordinating and driving clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives;
• Undertaking direct patient care, as required;
• Ensuring patient flow is managed whilst delivering exceptional standards of patient care and communication;
• Ensuring a leadership presence within your department;
• Mentoring of staff.

REQUIREMENTS

• Current registration with AHPRA;
• Working with Children check (if relevant);
• Current or previous ANUM or clinical nurse specialist experience (desirable);
• Sound clinical knowledge;
• 3 years of clinical experience;
• Compliance with ACQSHC National standards;
• Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills;
• Positive role modelling behaviours;
• Excellent customer service focus, time management and prioritisation.
• Current registration with AHPRA;
• Working with Children check (if relevant);
• Current or previous ANUM or clinical nurse specialist experience (desirable);
• Sound clinical knowledge;
• 3 years of clinical experience;
• Compliance with ACQSHC National standards;
• Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills;
• Positive role modelling behaviours;
• Excellent customer service focus, time management and prioritisation.

BENEFITS

• Discounted private health insurance;
• Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across the network;
• Discounted health insurance (non-casuals only);
• Discounted private health insurance;
• Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across the network;
• Discounted health insurance (non-casuals only);
• Retail discounts;
• Gym Passport.

REMUNERATION

Salary ranges between $60.14 and $62.17 + 12.5% Super.

ABOUT THE FACILITY

The hospital, located in Melbourne, is a fully accredited tertiary facility with 334 beds, providing Emergency Services, Extensive Surgical Specialities, a 14-bed ICU, a 17-bed CCU, Medical, and a full range of Cardiac Services including two 24-hour Cardiac Catheter Laboratories and Victoria's only Single-Site Robotic Surgery Program. The hospital has 15 theatres, including a hybrid theatre, diagnostic cardiology, two cardiac cath labs and capabilities for cardiothoracic surgery, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, urology and more. All supported by a newly expanded coronary care unit and intensive care unit.

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