Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (until August 2024)
Position Classification: Nurse Manager Grade 4
Remuneration: $143,125.82 - $145,640.82 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ456536
To be considered for this position you must be an employee of NSW Health and its Affiliated Health Organisations.
What you'll be doing
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
The Nurse Manager PatientExperience and Nursing Strategic Priorities is a member of the SESLHD Nursing & Midwifery Directorate and will work closely with the key stakeholders at each facility providing leadership in the promotion of the Patient Experience, nursing and midwifery Strategic Priorities and cultures of safety, quality improvement and innovation.
The Nurse Manager PatientExperience and Nursing Strategic Priorities will collaboratively develop, implement and evaluate strategies surrounding the Patient Experience linked to the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards including but not limited to Patient Opinion, Falls Prevention, Pressure Injury and Wound Care. As the Nurse Manager PatientExperience and Nursing Strategic Priorities you will support the organisations across the District to achieve and embed the requirements to meet the NSQHS Standards ahead of Assessment.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
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.
SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.
Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to:
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse or Midwife with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia, and current NSW driver’s licence and willingness to use same as required for the position.
- Relevant post graduate tertiary qualification or equivalent work experience, or a combination of study and work experience with a demonstrated commitment to professional development.
- Demonstrated organisational knowledge with strong leadership skills, excellent communication, interpersonal and written skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of principles and processes of change management, and an ability to forge partnerships at all levels both internal and external to the organisation.
- Extensive knowledge and demonstrated involvement in engaging with, capturing experiences of, and improving the experience for patients and carers.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise, organise and meet multiple demands.
- Well-developed problem solving, negotiation and analytical skills, including demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgement and provide leadership in quality and safety, facilitation, Patient Experience.
- High level of communication skills both written and verbal with ability to write reports, conduct presentations. In addition, computer skills are to be of a level to produce professional correspondence, reports and presentations.
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For role related queries or questions contact Kate Hackett on Kate.Hackett@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 14 January 2024