Area Manager

Your role at St John of God Midland Hospital

The Perioperative Services Area Manager in collaboration with the Nurse Manager is responsible for leading and managing the Nursing/Midwifery and Patient Care Assistant team to deliver patient centred care to achieve optimal patient outcomes within allocated resources whilst supporting and promoting the Mission and Values of St John of God Health Care (SJGHC).

As a key leader in the interdisciplinary team, you will ensure Perioperative Services meets the requirement for delivery of a patient centred service against key performance indicators and in accordance with the Mission and Values of SJGHC. Work in partnership with the Director of Mission to ensure the Service Ethos of SJGHC is understood and enacted in their areas of responsibility.

The Position
- Maintains responsibility for the standards and quality of clinical practice within the Ward/Department.
- Develops and maintains excellent standards of care including ongoing evaluation and promotion of quality improvement initiatives.
- Understands and facilitates a team focused culture, which reflects service excellence including seeking and valuing caregivers’ contribution and engaging in clear and respectful communication.
- Fosters a clinical team culture of interdisciplinary collaboration leading to improved patient outcomes.
- Demonstrates positive role modelling and leadership as outlined in the SJGHC Leadership Profile
- Demonstrates both clinical and administrative leadership through effective communication, interpersonal skills, change management ability and the development of a high performance team that exhibits a culture of professional accountability and quality service.
- Assists in the implementation of the Nursing & Midwifery Standards of Excellence at a Ward/Department level.
- Engages caregivers to ensure the efficient and effective management of all areas of responsibility.
- Accepts accountability for ensuring the service is compliant with relevant Acts, Agreements, Contracts, Licensing requirements, National Standards, Policies and Procedures.
- Implements caregiver/industrial relations policies in consultation with HR to ensure good caregiver relationships exist and that disciplinary and grievances are handled in accordance with Hospital policy.
- Assists the Nurse Manager to maintain accountability for the ongoing financial management and monitoring of the service cost centres including productivity, activity and utilisation in line with agreed budgetary parameters and performance targets.
- Achieves mandatory annual Hospital competencies and assumes responsibility for record maintenance.
- All other reasonable duties as directed by Manager/Supervisor.

You will hold a current registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency as a Registered Nurse with relevant experience within Perioperative specialty. You will have current knowledge of contemporary computer information systems and of legislative obligations for Equal Employment Opportunity, Disability Services and Work Health and Safety and how these impact on employment and service delivery.

To succeed you will previous experience developing and building effective nursing, medical and interdisciplinary relationships and teams, as well as leadership and communication skills, including negotiation and mediation, conflict resolution and problem solving. Understanding and having an commitment to quality improvement and the National Safety & Quality Health Service Standards process is essential.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you
- Salary: $121,647 per annum, plus 11.5% superannuation
- A Permanent full time position, working 76 hours per fortnight
- Discounts on hospital services & private health insurance
- Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:Novated leasing
- work related expenses
- self-education and
- additional superannuation
- Free on-site parking
- Access to fitness and wellbeing benefits through Fitness Passport
- Innovative Professional Development opportunities
- A welcoming and supportive culture
- A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs
- All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements_

For enquiries contact Stuart Blinman, Perioperative Services Manager, on (08) 9462 4705.

Closing Date: 29/09/2024