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SalaryAn exciting opportunity has become available for a highly experienced Nurse Unit Manager - Day Oncology with strong leadership skills to join the Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton. This will be a permanent full-time position.
As the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM), you will provide operational/clinical management and leadership to the unit and provide a professional line management responsibility to nurses in the organisation. As the leader of this team, you will provide exceptional nursing management and be responsible for the clinical, resource management, education and research accountabilities of nursing within our Day Oncology Ward. Additionally, you will ensure the provision of best practice, quality and safety aspects of patient care.
Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton has been supporting the health of people living in and around Rockhampton for more than a century. Today, our 121-bed facility features five operating theatres, private emergency services and a wide range of specialised clinical services.
Salary range: $69.34 (NUM) per hour plus superannuation and access to salary packaging up to $15,900
What you'll be doing
As the Nurse Unit Manager, you will:
- Provide operational/clinical management and leadership to the Day Oncology Ward in partnership with nursing, medical, allied health and administrative teams
- Identifying and implementing opportunities for clinical service development and improvement in collaboration with the Assistant Director of Clinical Services and General Manager
- Achieve optimal patient outcomes throughout the patient journey and continuum of care across Mater Health
- Maintain current knowledge and skills to ensure continued professional growth
- Developing, improving and monitoring systems and processes to ensure service is managed effectively and efficiently
- Professional line management of the nursing team
- Leading by example to provide high level clinical care for our patients
- Utilising expert level communication strategies to guide the team in achieving the unit's goals
About you
Your highly developed clinical and management leadership skills will see you leading the team, and your drive and innovative approach will see you further developing the models of care to improve the experience and outcomes for patients.
To be considered for the role you must have:
- 5 years post-graduate nursing experience
- Current AHPRA nursing registration with no restrictions
- Solid understanding of private health care
- Proven use of exceptional communication skill to motivate and lead a team to achieve goals
- Strong change management skills and influencing/negotiating experience
- Excellent time management skills
- Demonstrated competence in cost centre management
- Willingness to role model and promote the Mater values
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- Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
- Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
- Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
- Discounted food and beverage at campus café and coffee venues
Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.
Advertised: 04 Mar 2024
