Clinical Nurse Manager - Rehabilitation

Clinical Nurse Manager - Rehabilitation | The Wesley Hospital

Employment Term: Permanent Full Time

Location: Auchenflower, just 5 mins from Toowong Shopping Village and 10 mins from Brisbane City

Remuneration: Salaried + 11% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

Make a meaningful difference with The Wesley Hospital

We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.

An integral part of our team at The Wesley Hospital as a Clinical Nurse Manager - Rehabilitation, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.

Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.

What makes a difference for you?

The Wesley Hospital is one of Australia’s iconic and largest private not-for-profit hospitals, caring for you for life. From the heart of Brisbane more than 800 Visiting Medical Practitioners and 2,000 staff deliver personalised care through life’s journey for generations of Queenslanders. 

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
• Subsidised On-Site Parking
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Professional development, through Graduate Certificates, skills development courses, bursaries, grants and partnerships with leading Universities (Hospitals).
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

Your part in The Wesley Hospital team

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Nursing, you will oversee the operational leadership and development of our Rehabilitation Unit – applying your operational knowledge, leadership capability and communication skills to effectively lead your team to success across our Hospital.

You’ll collaborate effectively with other healthcare leader in the hospital, including Nurse Management and Floor Coordinators, working together to deliver optimal patient-outcomes through advancing the delivery of exceptional clinical care. A diverse role, you will: 

• Achieve optimal patient outcomes and objectives through effective leadership and direction
• Build a cooperative working environment between members of a multi-disciplinary team, applying your skills to build a high functioning and outcome focused unit and outcome focused unit 
• Lead your people through identifying opportunities for development, learning, and improvement
• Maintain professional standards of practice through the evaluation of services and through key strategies
• Ensure optimal procurement and allocation of resources, including recruitment and budgeting to achieve optimal service objectives

What makes a difference for us?

As an advanced Clinician, you will demonstrate exceptional skills in Rehabilitation Nursing, a passion for people leadership and strong patient advocacy. You’ll present with:

• Five years recent clinical expertise and skills in Rehabilitation

• Leadership experience in the provision of comprehensive evidence-based patient care

• Expertise and skills in managing a cost centre budget and people management

• Evidence of contribution to ongoing quality initiatives and improvements

• Ongoing commitment to self-evaluation and professional development

Post-registration qualifications relevant to the area of nursing practice and/or people management/leadership qualifications are highly desirable.

The Wesley Hospital is proudly part of the UnitingCare family, we’d love you to be too.

At the Wesley Hospital, we offer comprehensive care across a wide range of acute tertiary-level medical and surgical services with a particular focus on cancer care, cardiac care, women’s and children’s care, and complex surgical care. This includes the busiest robotic surgery program and the first Robotic Surgery Centre of Excellence accredited in Australia.

Joining the Wesley Hospital, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Start making a difference today

Our application process takes less than 15 minutes – Click the ‘APPLY’ button to be taken to our online application process and upload your resume and cover letter. Our team are available to answer any questions you may have.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. Learn more about Diversity & Inclusion at UnitingCare: https://www.unitingcareqld.com.au/about-us/who-we-are/diversity-and-inclusion

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.