Nurse Manager

Nursing

Melbourne

Full Time

Icon Cancer Centre Australia

Nurse Manager – Icon Cancer Centre Richmond

• Work with Leaders in Cancer Care
• Permanent Full-Time, Monday to Friday – Richmond and East Melbourne, VIC

About the Role

Are you ready to take the next bold step in your nursing leadership journey? We're offering an exceptional opportunity for a passionate and experienced Nurse Manager to lead and inspire high-performing nursing teams across our Richmond and East Melbourne Icon Cancer Centre locations. This is more than just a management role—it's a chance to shape the future of cancer care delivery in two state-of-the-art facilities, working alongside some of the most respected professionals in the field.

In this pivotal position, you will oversee a diverse range of advanced services including Stereotactic Radiation Therapy, Brachytherapy, Minor Procedures, and Superficial Radiation Therapy. You will play a key role in driving clinical excellence, mentoring nursing staff, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and compassionate care.

Reporting to the Site Manager, this full-time role (76 hours per fortnight, Monday to Friday) offers a unique platform to expand your leadership capabilities, influence service delivery, and contribute to the strategic direction of our cancer care services. Whether you're looking to deepen your clinical expertise or broaden your operational leadership experience, this role provides the perfect environment to thrive and grow.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure nursing practice is compliant with regulatory requirements
• Work with the Site Manager to continually enhance the quality of service and patient experience
• Manage the processes of recruiting, retaining and developing staff
• Manage Nursing inventory and consumables appropriately
• Contribute expert advice and share contemporary nursing knowledge and professional standards
• Effectively manage resources and optimise workflow management processes
• Effectively liaise with and manage external hospital stakeholder relationships

About You:

We are seeking a Nurse Manager with experience leading teams who is looking for a fresh challenge to support a large, well-established radiation oncology service. We are looking for candidates who are proactive, personable and enthusiastic about the role as well as putting patients first. If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.

Skills & Experience:

• Hold current registration with AHPRA
• Post graduate nursing/management degree (or working towards) would be well regarded, but not mandatory
• Have demonstrated leadership experience in a nursing environment
• Have recent experience in oncology nursing, ideally in an outpatient and inpatient environment
• Demonstrate a commitment to the provision of exceptional patient care
• Have a good understanding of the service delivery model within the private healthcare sector
• Demonstrate the capacity to work effectively and positively as a member of a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrate a commitment to the delivery of high quality patient care and service
• Adhere to protocols and procedures
• Apply effective communication and interpersonal skills to represent Icon in a strong and positive manner to all stakeholders

About Icon

Icon Cancer Centre are pioneers of private cancer care in Australia with over 35 years' experience. There are currently 40 cancer centres across Australia and a joint venture in New Zealand with several in development. These centres include a mix of dedicated medical oncology, haematology, and radiation oncology facilities, as well as comprehensive cancer centres that bring all services together under one roof, including research and pharmacy. Over half of Icon's cancer centres are in outer-metro and regional communities delivering on our mission to bring the best possible care, closer to home.

For more information on our cancer services in Australia visit or

Here's why our people choose us:

Purpose, at Pace: We remain focused on continually expanding our cancer treatment services and making them accessible to more people across Australia and internationally.

Impact, at Scale: We're Australia's largest dedicated provider of cancer care, with our global reach growing every day. Here you'll know your work is making a difference.

Connection, at Heart: Our work isn't easy but it's extremely important. Our secret ingredient is our incredible, connected, and talented people. And their secret ingredient is each other.

Opportunity, at Hand: We're constantly innovating. We deliver over 2.5 million patient interactions, in over 120 places, across 5 countries. Every week brings changes, growth and new opportunities.

A Few of Our Benefits:

• Access to novated lease options via our partner RemServ: e.g., Pay for personal car, rego, insurance, fuel & servicing with before tax earnings, potentially saving thousands
• Lucrative company-wide Rewards Portal: Discounts & Cash-Back across Experiences, Travel, Dining & Shopping discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential external counselling & support service. Talk about work, money, family and everything in between with extensively trained professionals.
• Development Pathways: We love hearing how we can help you thrive in your career Set individual goals with leaders across the business and we'll help you grow with us.
• Online Courses: Free access to an abundance of online courses in both clinical and non-clinical categories
• Access to paid parental leave and the ability to purchase annual leave

Excited to join us?

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Icon Group celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds.

Icon is committed to managing the risk of transmission of specified vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) including COVID-19. Certain roles may require the successful candidate to show evidence that they have been vaccinated against or are not susceptible to specified VPD's.