After Hours Hospital Manager

**Employment Status**

Permanent Part Time

**Program**

Enterprise

**Location**

University Hospital Geelong

**Hours Per Fortnight**

50.5

**Position Summary**
- Work in a dynamic, fast-paced operational environment
- Be part of a team who are focused on providing the highest quality patient-centred care
- Permanent Part-time opportunity

**About Our Facility**

Barwon Health is the largest health service in regional Victoria and based in Geelong, it is within commuting range from the west side of Melbourne. With approximately 7,000 employees, 22 sites and a broad range of services, Barwon Health plays a key role in the health and wellbeing of our local community and the Barwon South Western region.

Barwon Health, Central Resource Unit (CRU) provides emergent and non-emergent nursing staff replacement for all bed based services. We provide staffing resources to meet every day operational needs of clinical units for nursing and support staff for bed based units across Barwon Health.

**About the Role**

The After Hours Hospital Manager is a senior nursing management role responsible for managing patient flow systems, monitoring performance and effective staff allocation out of hours.

Duties of this role include but are not limited to:

- Providing clinical and non-clinical staff support with effective and skilled leadership
- Ensuring that optimal patient flow from the Emergency department is achieved at all times
- Ensuring all other bed-based services receive appropriate admissions after hours as per current guidelines
- Acting as a resource for nursing staff and hospital personnel by answering queries or referring concerns to appropriate persons

**About the culture**

If you thrive working in a positive, respectful and challenging workplace that is focussed on building strong partnership relationships, then this opportunity is for you

The Planned Surgery Recovery and reform Program is a state government initiative to improve patient access to planned surgery services. The program is aiming to implement innovative reforms that ultimately lead to improved patient outcomes.

As a Project Coordinator, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the Planned Surgery recovery and reform Program indicatives across the Barwon South West (BSW) Region.

As part of this role, you will be supporting the work that is currently underway in patient optimisation, improving waitlist management and theatre efficiency, as well as other initiatives that are identified. Key to this role is a collaborative approach to engagement with key stakeholders to support in the success of the program initiatives.

**Barwon Health staff benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness facility
- Salary packaging
- Social club
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast

**About the Geelong Region, AUSTRALIA**

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne Derived from the local Wadawurrung name for the region; Djillong, (Geelong) and means “Tongue of Land”.
- Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.
- High standard of schooling options throughout the area
- A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road
- Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries
- To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

At Barwon Health, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

We Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

**_ This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy._**

**Selection Criteria**

Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Currently registered as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Essential: Degree level qualification with a recognised educational institution in Nursing
Essential: Demonstrated management experience including staff management
Essential: Extensive clinical knowledge, skills and experience in acute health
Essential: IPM's proficiency
Essential: I agree, to commence employment, I am required to meet Barwon Health’s immunisation requirements (including full Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination) set out in the Staff I