Nursing Unit Manager Short Stay Surgical Unit

1 week ago

St Leonards, Australia Northern Sydney Local Health District Full time

Nursing Leaders - the Short Stay Surgical Unit is seeking an experienced leader for the Nursing Unit Manager role. The position is a job share role, 14hrs per week until September 2025 (with potential extension).

**Employment Type**: Temporary Part Time until 22 September 2025 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
**Position Classification**: Nurse Unit Manager Level 3
**Remuneration**: $68.94 per hour
**Hours Per Week**: 14
**Requisition ID**: REQ553006

**Who we are**: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
- NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination, and racism._

**Where you'll be working**

Royal North Shore Hospital

The High Volume Short Stay Surgical Unit is a fast paced clinical area providing targeted care for patients requiring brief hospitalisation. Patients are discharged as soon as clinically safe and appropriate. The unit comprises of three clinical areas: a holding bay for elective admissions, a post-operative bay for surgical day procedures and an overnight 23hour ward. SSSU staff alternate between these three areas. SSSU is a well-functioning model covering an array of surgical specialties.

**What you'll be doing**

The Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) will manage a unit or ward in order to provide a quality standard of care to NSLHD Patients.

**_ People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply._**
- Registered Nurse-Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) AND Relevant management tertiary qualification OR equivalent work experience, OR a combination of study and work experience; and demonstrated commitment to professional development.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and support a clinical team.
- Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication skills and computer literacy in Microsoft Applications, roster management systems and electronic medical records.
- Demonstrated knowledge and/or experience in change management and initiating a new service delivery model within an established service.
- Evidence of and commitment to patient/customer focussed care, clinical governance and quality improvement.

Need more information?
- NSW Health is committed to implementing the _Child Safe Standards_._

**Applications Close: 25 February 2025

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