Nurse Unit Manager

Exciting Leadership Role: Nurse Unit Manager – Community Nursing

Permanent Full-Time (1.0 EFT)

About Central Gippsland Health

Central Gippsland Health (CGH) is a sub-regional health service and the major provider of health and aged care services in the Wellington Shire.

CGH is located in the City of Sale which is 215 km east of Melbourne. The City of Sale is an ideal access point for the Gippsland Lakes, 90 Mile Beach and the Victorian Alps.

CGH provides acute care as part of an integrated service delivery model across Wellington Shire and beyond. The service provides beds across three campuses (Sale, Maffra and Heyfield).

Acute services include a full-time emergency department, critical care unit, neonatal critical care unit, three operating theatres, day procedure unit, oncology and dialysis services in addition to general medical and services and sub-acute services including rehabilitation.

CGH also provides aged care and community services in the Wellington Shire and beyond.

We operate four residential aged care homes located in Sale, Maffra, and Heyfield delivering high-quality, person-centred care in supportive and homelike environments.

CGH provides a wide range of community-based services that support people to remain healthy, active, and independent in their own homes. This includes the provision of Support at Home, Commonwealth Home Support Programs, and other in-home services tailored to individual needs.

Our integrated model of care is supported by a multidisciplinary allied health team offering physiotherapy, dietetics, occupational therapy, speech pathology, and social work. We also provide accessible public dental services to enhance community wellbeing.

CGH is also a leading teaching hospital, affiliated with Monash University\'s School of Rural Health and provides placements and clinical experience for students.

CGH encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to consider application to this position

To operationalise the core values of the organisation in support of effective management and professional leadership as part of an integrated health service. This position will lead the Community Nursing Services which includes: District Nursing, Community Palliative Care, specialist nursing service (diabetes, respiratory, continence clinics and prostate cancer nurse) and Pathways to Good Health program, optimising service delivery across all services.

This will occur within the principles of care coordination, where patients/clients/residents have access to a highly coordinated health care and community support system.

• Lead a culture of excellence, ethical conduct, and inter-disciplinary collaboration.
• Develop and coordinate the implementation of CGHS policies and procedures ensuring staff compliance.
• Participates in and contributes to key decision-making processes at a senior level and communicate with Executive and senior management on organisational issues as required.
• Ensure the Executive are informed of any practices that create risk and may inhibit the delivery of a high standard of patient/client care.
• Use critical and reflective thinking skills in contributing to decision making which includes reporting changes in health and functional status and individual responses to health care interventions.

• Registered Nurse Division 1 – current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
• Qualifications and/or experience in business/health management, or working towards same.
• Membership of relevant professional college/organisation.
• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application
• Statement addressing Selection Criteria including qualifications, experience and Leadership and Technical Capability Requirements as outlined in the position description
• All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate and obtaining a Working with Children Check.
• At CGH we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive. We value inclusion and diversity and encourage applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

Location: Warragul, West Gippsland & Latrobe Valley VIC