Associate Unit Manager

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: The Royal Women's Hospital

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Nursing

Reference: 24609

**Associate Unit Manager
- Women's Emergency Care (WEC)**
- Ongoing & fixed term positions (3 or 6 month)
- 24-32 Hours per week (0.6-0.8EFT)
- Are you looking for a new Associate Unit Manager position?_
- Have you been thinking about stepping up into a senior leadership position?_
- Do you want to work in an environment where you can use your nursing AND midwifery skills to their full scope?_
- Are collaboration and teamwork across all disciplines important to you?_
- Have you been thinking about a change of pace or increasing your hours?_
- If yes, then the Women's Emergency Care is the place for you_

**You are**
- A great communicator, influencer and team player, with a positive and friendly attitude.
- An AHPRA registered Midwife and Nurse (dual registrant) with preferably emergency care experience but not essential.
- Passionate about emergency nursing and the health of women and newborns.
- Committed to learning and advancing your clinical skills in all areas of maternity care.
- Flexible to work AM, PM and night duty shifts.
- Someone who thrives in a busy, tertiary hospital environment
- ALS Certificate (or working towards)

**The role**

The Associate Unit Manager fulfils the obligations of the professional role by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of all patients in the Women's Emergency Care.

Your duties will include (but are not limited to) the following:

- Leadership & Management - including relieving the role of Nurse Unit Manager
- Human Resource Managing - including daily staffing
- Safe Practice and Environment
- Monitoring and improving performance - meeting KPI's

**About the team**

The Women’s Emergency Care unit is the Royal Women’s Hospital’s level 2 emergency department. Each year the team cares for over 28,000 women with emergency maternity and gynaecology problems, and provides emergency care for babies under two weeks of age, who were born at The Women's. We are patient-centred, with a focus on the clinical wellbeing of the women and babies who come through our doors. We are supported by teams across the hospital to look after the psychological, psychosocial, social, and socioeconomic wellbeing of our patients. We work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team under the guidance and leadership of experienced Associate Unit Managers and our Nurse Unit Manager. No two days are ever the same as you empower and care for women and their families. Our nursing/midwifery staff are an integral part of the Women’s Emergency Care team and are supported by a dedicated team of health professionals, educators and clinical support.

**We offer**
- Salary packaging.
- Discounts and subsidies on a range of financial, health and commercial products and services.
- Dedicated paid family violence leave and workplace support plans.
- Professional development support, including protected professional development time and unique career opportunities and pathways.
- A breastfeeding friendly workplace as accredited by the Breastfeeding Association.
- An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides free professional, confidential, coaching and support for staff and eligible family members.

To learn more about our staff benefits, visit our website.

**The Women’s**

**Learn more**

See the Position Description attached for more information about this role. If you’re interested, please contact us to organise a virtual tour and meet the team and to see if we are the right fit for you.

**Interested but not right now?**

We’re always excited to hear from passionately women-centric Registered Nurses/Registered Midwives. Contact us on 03 8345 2080 to find out more about opportunities at the Women’s.

**COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement**

Please be aware that in line with the Health Minister's Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order, all workers at the Women's regardless of role, will be required to be fully vaccinated (3 doses) for COVID-19 or hold an acceptable medical exemption.

**Influenza Vaccination Requirement**

In line with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, some health care workers are now required to have their flu vaccination to work in health care. Evidence of vaccination is required.

As this role fits into category A or B of the departments risk ratings, applicants will be required to have been vaccinated against influenza. Evidence of vaccination is required.

All applicants will be required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.