Nurse Unit Manager - Chest Pain Evaluation Unit

Reference Number: 42664: Nurse Unit Manager - Chest Pain Evaluation Unit
Employment Type: Fixed Term Full Time (FT)
Location: Northern Health (All Campuses)
About Northern Health:
As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.
Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour's drive from the CBD, Melbourne's North is fast becoming the place to be!
The Role:
An exciting opportunity exists for an enthusiastic Nuse Leader to join the Chest Pain Evaluation Unit team at Northern Health in a Full Time, Fixed Term role until March 2025.
This role requires a visible and accessible Nurse leader to suppot the operational, professional and clinical service management.
Northern Health's Chest Pain Evaluation Unit, is a 12 bed short stay unit to support flow and facilitate timely access to care for patients by providing a dedicated area for the cardiology team to assess and treat appropriate patients within a timely manner. The length of stay will be up to 12 hours with a cap of 18hrs for those patients identified as able to be discharged directly from the unit.
To be successful in this role you will have:

• Visible and accessible clinical leadership
• Ability to motivate staff and demonstrating consultative, innovative and responsible leadership
• Demonstrates commitment to high quality, safe and person-centred patient care
• High level of understanding of ED key performance indicators both at State and organisational level
• Demonstrated competence in people management
• Ability to manage in a complex and challenging operational environment
• Well-developed problem-solving skills
• Postgraduate qualifications in emergency nursing, critical care or equivalent
• Senior Registered nurse experience at CNS or ANUM level, with minimum 5 years clinical experience in critical care or emergency nursing

Next Steps . . .
If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts. For further details, please contact: Chris Gartside, Director of Operations - Emergency Services, chris.gartside@nh.org.au, alternatively, please refer to the
Applications close March 5th, 2024 or please contact the Hiring Manager if you have any queries.
Why work at the Northern Health?
We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our 'Thrive' program
• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
• An inclusive and culturally safe space
• State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
• A commitment to ongoing professional development through our 'Learning Labs'
• Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

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Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.
All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid-19.