Duty Operations Nurse Manager - Mental Health

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Manager Grade 2
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $128,030.56 - $130,582.09 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ457870
Applications Close: 28/01/2024
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.
What we can offer you (for eligible employees):
· Accrued Day Off (ADO) (for full time employees)
· Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
· Novated Leasing
· Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
· Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
· Fitness Passport
What you'll be doing:
Based from Nepean Hospital, NBMLHD currently has a vacancy for a Duty Operations Nurse Manager to join our Mental Health Team. The purpose of the Duty Operations Manager is to provide day to day operational leadership and management and contribute to the effective management of the Mental Health Service, its people and resources and towards an optimal patient journey through care, and achievement of the Mental Health Service’s Key Performance Targets.
An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
About us:
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District will drive innovation and excellence in health service delivery that provides safe, equitable, high quality, accessible, timely and efficient services that are responsive to the needs of patients and the community.
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. In the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Mental Health Service, we value and strive for a diverse and inclusive workplace. We aim to enrich our working environment and deliver excellent care to all consumers, their families and carers, no matter their background or needs. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of Mental Health concerns and people of mature age.
NBMLHD: is committed to achieving a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, refugees, people of diverse genders and sexuality, and people with disability.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). Additionally, Category A workers are required to receive a booster dose three months after completing the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (IM011 immunisation medical exemption form) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
Selection criteria to be addressed: * Current Registration with AHPRA - Registered Nurse Division 1

• Relevant postgraduate qualifications in management or working towards attainment and/or post graduate qualifications in Mental Health
• Demonstrated broad clinical and operational management experience at a senior level within a complex health care environment
• Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to motivate inspire and organise staff to achieve organisational, service and professional outcomes
• Demonstrated ability for the effective and contemporary utilization of Mental Health Service and nursing resources
• Demonstrated high level interpersonal and communication skills and competent in the use of relevant electronic information systems
• Demonstrated effective problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to travel within the LHD in accordance with the position and service requirements

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