Associate Nurse Unit Manager

· Great Location - Close to Eastlink

· Key leadership opportunity

· Supportive management team committed to your development

· Full time role for our Delamere surgical ward

Are you a Registered Nurse with excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, looking to step into more of a leadership role? Knox Private Hospital is looking for an Associate Nurse Unit Manager in our surgical ward.

About Us
Located in Wantirna, Knox Private Hospital is a fully accredited tertiary facility with over 250 beds, providing Emergency Services, Intensive Care and Cardiac Services, including two twenty-four-hour Cardiac Catheter Laboratories. The hospital has 13 theatres, which offer a broad range of specialties including Cardiac, Neurosurgery, Robotics, Plastics, Orthopaedics, Urology, Laparoscopic, Colorectal, Vascular and General Surgery. Specialised wards include two orthopaedic wards, two cardiac and dedicated medical and specialty surgical wards.

Our ward is a 19 bed short stay surgical ward, with a diversity of specialities including but not limited to gynaecological, general surgical and plastics specialities. We have a dynamic and enthusiastic group that work together as a team to achieve best outcomes.

As a ANUM - your responsibilities will include:

· Facilitate a learning culture to ensure continuous improvement

· Maintain professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners, using a customer service mindset, to enable high quality patient outcomes.

· Provide clinical operational direction for the unit to ensure efficient and effective management by coordinating the delivery of nursing care that is evidence based.

· Be accountable and responsible for the effective daily management of human, financial and material resources

· Coordinate and drive clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives

· Undertaking direct patient care, as required

· Mentoring of staff

Selection Criteria:

· 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

Why Healthscope?

We care about your career at Healthscope.

With our strong community of care, you'll be supported by great team leaders, be part of strong, innovative teams who always strive for better and have the opportunity to flourish and grow.

Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. We work together to create positive, memorable experiences, alongside our quality care, in every moment of every day.

Joining us opens the door to endless opportunities. We encourage the pursuit of continuous professional development, specialisation and education, and support our people to grow and flourish.

Come and be the difference in our patient's lives.
Applications close: 15th March 2024

To Apply: Please click on the 'Apply' button to be taken to our online application form. For any questions, please reach out to ***********@healthscope.com.au

More Information: Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority. Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check, WWCC (where applicable) and Evidence of right to work in Australia prior to appointment. Staff in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker.