Nurse Unit Manager, Maternity Services

Welcome to St John of God Health Care St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 27 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,500 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.With over 127 years' experience in health care, we have an excellent reputation as a caring, nurturing and supportive employer. Learning is highly valued and there are many opportunities for professional development.Your role at St John of God Bunbury HospitalYou will be responsible for leadership and management of the unit, optimising patient safety, quality of care and experience, operational efficiency and contributing to the strategic objectives of the Directorate.The PositionMonitor standards of service and practice against benchmark targets, including nurse sensitive indicators, incident management system data, clinical indicator results and patient, doctor and caregiver satisfaction results. Where benchmarks are not met, design, implement and evaluate responses.Support and participate in the ACHS accreditation process/regulatory assessments, as well as group-wide and divisional Quality and Clinical Risk Management programs.Foster a clinical culture of interdisciplinary collaboration to improve patient outcomes.Ensure that patients and consumers are actively involved in relevant planning and decision-making processes.Work in a clinical capacity within the department as required, to support caregivers, medical officers and to ensure the delivery of safe, person-centred care.Ongoing financial management and monitoring of the service cost centre including, productivity, activity and utilisation in line with budgetary parameters and performance targets.Promote and demonstrate a culture of innovation and improvement to enhance patient care and experience.In consultation with Hospital Management Committee, actively contributes to marketing the service to Medical PractitionersParticipate in the implementation and maintenance of a workforce model/model of care that enables quality of care to be maintained as well as implementing appropriate levels of workforce skills.Cost-effectively manage human resources, particularly 'on-call', overtime and rostering practices in accordance with enterprise agreements entitlements.Review payroll and personnel data in relation to service/unit caregivers, managing absenteeism, agency utilisation, and leave entitlements to achieve departmental budget.Participate in developing and implementing a recruitment, retention and succession plan to achieve skill mix profile and FTE requirements.Prepare and implement, in conjunction with the DDON and Finance, the annual Operational Plan/Management Plan for the service/unit.You will hold registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse with demonstrated advanced clinical skills and demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, including the ACHS EQuiP process and clinical risk management.In addition, you will possess contemporary management and leadership experience in a Senior Nursing position within a hospital, along with monitoring and meeting budgeted financial and annual operational targets and benchmarks is essential.To succeed you will have demonstrated ability to foster a positive service orientation culture that encourages sound patient care and stewardship, which strengthens medical, nursing and interdisciplinary relationships and teams.Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.We can offer youSalary: $132,579.00 per annum, plus 11% superannuationA permanent full-time position, working 76 hours per fortnight.Discounts on hospital services & private health insuranceGenerous salary packaging optionsUp to $15,900 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, or other everyday living expensesUp to $2650 on meal entertainment, holiday accommodation and venue hireAccess to novated leasing to use pre-tax dollars for a car and expenses.Free on-site parkingAccess to fitness and wellbeing benefits through Fitness PassportInnovative Professional Development opportunitiesA welcoming and supportive cultureA healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programsAll applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements.For enquiries please contact Corne Habig, Deputy Director of Nursing, Perioperative, Surgical and Obstetric Services on (08) 9722 1827Applications close Wednesday 13th March 2024.