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Form of workAbout Mulgrave Private Hospital
We are an acute medical and surgical hospital with 249 beds, conveniently located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne easily accessible via the Monash Freeway and East Link.
Our services include:
- 24-hour Emergency Department
- 10 bed Intensive Care Unit
- 17 bed Coronary Care Unit
- 9 Operating Theatres including a Hybrid Theatre, Cardiac Catheter Laboratory and Endoscopy Suite
- Day Procedure Unit
- Short Stay Unit
- Medical & Surgical Wards
- Consulting Suites (on-site and off-site)
- Diagnostic Imaging (including EOS)
- Pathology
- Radiation Oncology (operated by ICON)
This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for a Coronary Care nurse to join our dynamic team and expand their experience and development as a Nurse Unit Manager.
The Coronary Care Unit (CCU) Nurse Unit Manager (NUM), will be responsible for the overall leadership of the CCU, including cardiac procedural, acute cardiac and cardiothoracic patients. You will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of best practice clinical care and positive patient outcomes.
In collaboration with our educators, you will be responsible for facilitating the education of our graduate nurses, registered and enrolled nurses and postgraduate nurses in the specialties of cardiac nursing. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing patient flow and timely access from both the Emergency Department and an elective admission perspective.
The success profile and key accountabilities of this position include:
- Providing strong, effective leadership, demonstrating the ability to mentor staff and nurture a dynamic and cohesive team.
- Facilitate timely admission and demonstrate expertise in managing patient access and admission based on risk stratification and acuity.
- Ensure the ongoing professional development of staff in a supportive environment.
- Ensure the delivery of safe, effective, direct and indirect, patient centered care throughout the continuum of care from point of admission to discharge.
- Comprehensive understanding of Australian Clinical Health Standards, and Quality improvement activities.
- Development of strong collaborative relationships with our Visiting Medical Officers, and in particular, our Cardiologists, Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Intensivists and Emergency Department Physicians.
- Requiring a strong financial acumen, ensuring effective bed utilization and length of stay management, efficient labour management and supply management.
- Enhancement of relationships with other departments (clinical and non clinical) within the hospital
Essential Criteria:
- Bachelor degree in nursing.
- Well refined leadership skills and effective interpersonal communication skills.
- Postgraduate qualification in critical care or cardiac care.
- Previous comprehensive senior management experience within an acute hospital environment
- Proven experience in managing KPI datasets including monitoring of activity targets, length of stay management and human resource management (WHPPD)
- Core knowledge of ACHS national standards and implementation and monitoring of quality activities to support these standards.
Applications close Monday 25 March 2024:
Applications including cover letter, curriculum vitae and two professional referees to be forwarded to:
Kay Hotker
Director of Clinical Services
Email: **********@healthecare.com.au
For further information call Kay Hotker on 03 9790 9***
