Nurse Manager Grace Centre For Newborn Intensive Care

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Mgr Gde 3
Remuneration: 135591.23 - 138111.46 full time equivalent base salary range (excludes super, leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ483760Sydney Children's Hospitals Network is the largest paediatric health care entity in Australia. We care for thousands of children each year in our hospitals and in their homes — with one purpose in mind — to help young people live their healthiest lives.Additional information:

• An eligibility list may be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.

What you'll be doingThe Nurse Manager will lead and manage the delivery of nursing services and service improvements within their portfolio within a culture that promotes the CORE values of NSW Health: Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.The Nurse Manager will develop an operational plan for the nursing service, identify and actively seek to develop a staffing profile reflective of the service needs and develop and manage a nursing budget within the portfolio.The Nurse Manager will develop the leadership and management potential of staff, identify develop and facilitate a range of strategies to ensure nursing staff have the knowledge and skills required to undertake their roles.The Nurse Manager will undertake planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of performance within the portfolio for the individual staff and the portfolio team.The Nurse manager will utilise a range of communication strategies to foster shared decision making, responsibility and accountability.

• Current Authority to Practice as a registered nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA).
• Post graduate qualification and recent management experience, or a combination of study and recent management experience.
• Demonstrated advanced leadership skills and an ability to motivate, inspire and manage nursing staff to achieve service and organisational goals utilising recognised change management strategies.
• Demonstrated experience in managing a complex service with competing service demands for access, throughput and resources.
• Demonstrated high level interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills including the ability to negotiate with a range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated excellence in operational planning and policy development including the ability to utilise data to inform planning, evaluation, financial and performance management.
• Demonstrated experience in service planning and the development of complex patient flow pathways in an acute setting.
• Demonstrated commitment to best practice, quality improvement and innovation.

SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity - we acknowledge the vibrancy that a diverse workforce brings to enhance both our workplace culture and our service delivery to children, young people and their families and carers. We encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply. If you identify as an Indigenous Australian or as a person with a disability, please contact us if you would like some more information about our recruitment process.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. We recognise the value of Aboriginal staff providing health care to Aboriginal children and families that access the services we provide at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Aboriginal job applicants are encouraged to visit the NSW Health Aboriginal Recruitment tool, to assist in preparing your application.Please refer to the Application Guide and for vaccination requirements.All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course (2 doses) of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA).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.This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the Office of the Children’s Guardian. For more information on how to apply for the clearance, please visit the Office of the Children’s Guardian WebsiteNSWHealth is committed to child safety in line with theApplicants holding visas with working rights may be considered for temporary appointment (up to the expiry date of their visa) where no suitable local applicant is identified.Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Melissa Mroz on melissa.mroz@health.nsw.gov.auIf you are Aboriginal or Torres Strait islander wishing to apply for this role and want to speak with an Aboriginal person/representative from the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network please contact Wayne Dargan onFor technical support please contact the customer services team on 1300 679 367 and select option 3.Applications Close: 13/05/2024