Nurse Unit Manager Lvl 1- Safe Assessment Unit - Ed

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (until 30/06/2026)
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Manager Level 1
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $62.23 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ486692
Applications Close: 04/07/2024With 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.About UsNepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.
Our Emergency Department at Nepean Hospital is looking for a Nurse Unit manager, Level 1 to join the team as the Safe Assessment UnitNurse Unit Manager, Level 1. This position is available Temporary Full Time until June 30, 2026. The NBMLHD Nursing and Midwifery Workforce will provide safe, compassionate, person-centred health care in collaboration with patients, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams.Your role as the Safe Assessment Unit (SAU), Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) is in-charge of all aspects of the unit environment and takes responsibility for the standard of patient care in the unit. This imperative position is pivotal to the coordination of patient care, unit management and leadership to enable the delivery of safe, effective, quality nursing care and efficient use of resources.Working within the Emergency Department will allow you to meet the needs of Staff, Patients and their families whilst working in a diverse team. If this is the kind of working environment for you and the opportunity excites you, please apply now!Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees· Accrued Day Off (ADO)· 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 PassportNBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of 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.What you will bring to the role: * Registered Nurse - Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) AND extensive relevant post registration nursing experience.

• Demonstrated high level of written and verbal communication skills and ability to liaise and negotiate with clinicians, managers, staff and other key stakeholders and manage conflict.
• Proven ability to create and maintain a positive workplace culture and articulate and achieve a vision for nursing services in the contemporary health care environment.
• Demonstrated previous experience in meeting Ministry of Health set KPI's.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, coach, mentor, encourage and guide others to enable them to reach their full potential.
• Demonstrated ability to ensure the human, physical and financial resources of the unit/ward are managed to deliver safe and efficient health care within available resources.
• Evidence of and commitment to patient/client/customer focused care, clinical governance, and quality improvement.
• Extensive clinical experience in Emergency Nursing with desired, but not essential, clinical experience in Mental Health or Drug & Alcohol.

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