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SalaryRemuneration: $123,391.88 Per Annum + Super + Salary Packaging
Location: Scott Memorial Hospital Scone
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Mgr Lvl 1
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ458601
Applications Close: Sunday, 21st January 2024
About the Role
- We are seeking a highly passionate, dynamic and engaging Nurse Unit Manager to manage our team on a full-time basis.
- The successful applicant will be a motivated and experienced individual who possesses effective communication through the use of information technology, written and verbal means with the ability to utilise a range of communication strategies to negotiate resolutions and manage conflict.
- Your excellent time management and organisation skills will be utilised in both your administration and clinical duties.
- You will be an adaptable personable individual who has great leadership qualities and skills for assessing and supervising professional competence and performance of staff.
- Direct, coordinate and supervise the provision of nursing services within a community health/hospital/heath service environment to maximise the health outcomes for patients/clients.
- Scone Surgical Patients receive streamlined, comfortable care in the Day Stay Unit with patients being admitted, receiving their surgery and being discharged all within one area of the hospital.
- There is one Operating Theatre, 1-bed anaesthetic bay, 2-bed recovery and a day stay of 4 chairs.
- The theatre provides minor general surgical procedures whose case mix includes: endoscopy, orthopaedic, gynae, general surgery and on-call for emergency after-hours cases.
- Scone, known as the horse capital of Australia, is a historic town located in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales.
- You would be located approximately a 2-hour drive from Newcastle, with scenic train trips to Scone running regularly via Newcastle and Maitland.
- Access to a Perioperative Clinical Nurse educator working across the 3 sites 5 days a fortnight and a Quality Coordinator 5 days a fortnight
- Four weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time employees)
- Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees)
- Superannuation contributions 11%
- Salary packaging - Up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing.
- Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse.
- An eligibility list will be created for future temporary full or part-time vacancies.
- To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa. If you are currently employed with HNE Health in a position of the same grade, you may not need to submit an online application to be considered. Please contact the hiring manager to discuss your options first.
- We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.
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For role-related queries or questions contact Leigh Schalk on Leigh.Schalk@health.nsw.gov.au
Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below). For assistance addressing selection criteria visit:
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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
