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SalaryNurse Unit Manager
Acute Surgical Ward (Orthopaedics surgical ward)
Full time hours
About Grampians Health
Grampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.
This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.
A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Our communities are diverse, as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.
Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services. This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.
About the role
Grampians Health Ballarat has a vacancy for a permanent, full-time Nurse Unit Manager of the Surgical Ward. We are seeking a highly motivated, dynamic and quality focused Division 1 Registered Nurse to manage an Acute Surgical Ward. Our department currently consists of 22 beds.
Applicants for this exciting role will be able to demonstrate passion and enthusiasm to promote our service, be collaborative in their leadership while being able to effectively engage with all disciplines. Exemplary written and interpersonal skills along with computer literacy are important.
A sound knowledge of the fundamental machinations of running a surgical ward while using your leadership skills to cultivate and foster a culture that values the ability to learn, change, improve and adapt to new ideas and strategies.
Key Responsibilities
- Participation in monitoring and managing department performance through monthly accountability meetings
- Participation in annual budget build
- Operates at appointed EFT and within agreed targets for leave liability and casual staff usage
- Ensures rosters are aligned with EFT budget, matched with the appropriate balance of staff skills and knowledge to ensure safe, high quality care is delivered
- 100% completion of relevant audit schedules ensuring there is an associated action plan and monitoring program in place to ensure improvement where needed.
- Be eligible for registration as a Registered Nurse Division 1 with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and hold a current practicing certificate
- Post graduate qualifications (or working towards same) in management or equivalent
- 2 years or more of leadership and people management experience
At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Discounted on-site parking
- Access to discounted health club membership
- Staff rewards and recognition programs
Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the states fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes.
How to apply
Click APPLY or contact Umar Ali, Director of Surgery, on umar.ali@gh.org.au for a confidential discussion.
This position is paid in accordance with the Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020 - 2024. The classification is Nurse Unit Manager (NM10 – NM12) which ranges from $61.56 - $66.04 per hour.
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.
Selection Criteria
- Essential : Do you hold current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)? Please provide your registration number.
- Essential : Tell me what each of the following values mean to you and how you demonstrate each value at work? Collaboration, Accountability, Innovation, Respect and Compassion.
- Essential : The successful candidate must hold, or be prepared to undergo, an employee Working with Children Check (WWCC). Please advise if you currently hold an employee WWCC, if not are you willing to undergo one?
- Essential : Have you received three doses of a COVID19 vaccine? If no, please provide further detail regarding doses received, booking dates and/or other relevant information.
- Desirable : Please provide details of your previous or current work experience as NUM in Surgical Ward, if any?
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Closing Date
Position Description
NUM Generic (chief nursing midwifery acute operations sub-acute residential, p&cc) Dec 2023.pdf
Application Guide
Please note that this position will close at 11:45pm on the closing date.
Please ensure your application is added before this time as we do not accept late applications.
