Nursing Unit Manager Intensive Care Unit

Nursing Unit Manager Intensive Care Unit

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Nursing Unit Manager Intensive Care Unit

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This position qualifies for an annual Recruitment Incentive Package up to the value of $10,000 (conditions apply and may be pro-rata'd to your contracted or ordinary working hours, these payments are paid on a fortnightly basis) under the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme.

This scheme recognises the role key health workers play in enabling the delivery of rural and remote health services, and aims to provide incentives over and above award entitlements, to attract and retain staff in these areas.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Nurse Unit Manager Level 2

Remuneration: $133, Superannuation

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ602842

Location: Broken Hill

Are you ready to take that next step in your nursing career in an exciting management role?

• Great opportunity to join a supportive team and where you can make a real impact in providing the best patient experience.
• Only 3 hours' drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need on your doorstep
  
  

Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.

What You'll Be Doing

The purpose of the Nursing Unit Manager is to manage, lead and organise the nursing and wider multi-disciplinary team to enable good patient flow process.

• Lead and co-ordinate the nursing and multi-disciplinary care team at the ward or unit level.
• Monitor and manage the business and management functions and processes of the ward or unit.
• As the leader of the unit, the NUM will demonstrate their capability through attitude, skills, behaviour, and attributes.
• Demonstrate broad nursing/midwifery experience and knowledge.
• Understanding and acceptance that patients are the central focus of service delivery.
• Demonstrate professional integrity; ethical conduct, accountability, advocacy, enabling others.
• Cultivation of collaborative relationships and effective teamwork.
  
  

What Is On Offer

• 5 weeks annual leave.
• Salary packaging (pay less tax), enjoy up to $9k for living expenses, $2.6k for meals and entertainment.
• Novated Leasing.
• Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) Every Month.
• Fitness Passport and EAP to maintain your health and wellbeing.
• Isolation and Climate Allowance.
• Professional development with support through advanced education & training to help you develop your career.
• A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing.
  
  

About The Far West LHD

The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW.. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.

Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.

In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.

How To Apply

To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible by selecting APPLY NOW below:

• Current nursing/midwifery registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, excellent written, verbal communication skills and ability to negotiate resolutions and manage conflict.
• Proven ability to create and maintain a positive workplace culture and articulate and achieve a vision for nursing services in the critical care environment.
• Demonstrated focus on service excellence through the ability to read and act on issues quickly, decisively and effectively. Demonstrated ability to apply and share professional expertise to enhance patient/client care. Demonstrated ability to guide others to analyse problems and apply a range of solutions.
• Tertiary qualifications in nursing and/or health management with a minimum of three years post graduate experience.
• Demonstrated ability to ensure the human, physical and financial resources of the unit are managed to deliver safe and efficient health care within available resources.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, coach, mentor, encourage and guide others to enable them to reach their full potential and effectively adapt to ongoing change within a multidisciplinary group with broad clinical experience and knowledge.
• Demonstrated computer literacy and ability to use a variety of NSW Health computer applications (e.g. word processing, excel and databases).
  
  

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For role related queries or questions contact Kenneth Caldwell on

Need more information?

• Click here for the Position Description
• Find out more about applying for this position
  
  

For role related queries or questions contact Kenneth Caldwell on

Applications Close: 29th September 2025

The Welcome Experience

The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster. Learn more at www.

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Empower, listen and act together

Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.

At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don't just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

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