Nurse Manager Cancer Services, Westmead

• Transferable leave from other public sector agencies per mobility provisions; supporting seamless career progression.
• Offering Salary Packaging: to help cut taxes and boosts take home pay
• Join a top health precinct growing into a major Australian medical hub.

Oversee Cancer Services at Westmead, ensuring top care, team growth, and smooth clinical coordination.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Nurse Manager Grade 4

Remuneration: $151, $154,505.96 per annum

Hours Per Week: 38

Location: Westmead

Where you'll be working

Join Western Sydney Local Health District—delivering quality primary, secondary and tertiary care across Western Sydney, The Hills Shire and residents of the Greater Western Region. We're driven by our vision of better health for all and guided by our values: collaboration, openness, respect and empowerment.

What you'll be doing

Manages the operations of Westmead Hospital - Cancer Services and coordination of cancer clinical services across the site to meet quality indicators and relevant performance targets.

The role provides workforce leadership and direction for the senior cancer nursing staff to facilitate learning and development to achieve people focused quality care.

The role also has primary responsibility for ensuring ongoing provision of seamless clinical service delivery across Cancer Services and will need to work closely with the Westmead Hospital Executive nursing and midwifery leadership team.

How to Apply

Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

Essential Criteria:

• Current enrollment with the Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency as a Registered Nurse

Selection Criteria:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in health management and extensive experience in cancer nursing; or equivalent work experience in nursing management and extensive clinical experience in cancer nursing
• Evidence of a successful record in meeting budgets, the ability to develop financial efficiency strategies and meet service targets.
• Demonstrated advanced communication and negotiation skills together with senior management experience in change management, conflict resolution, mediation and negotiation with the capacity to influence local communities, health professionals, health interest groups and staff.
• Proven leadership ability to motivate staff, lead and develop effective teams, drive a patient care environment focused on continuous quality improvement, formulating and evaluating new approaches across services
• Demonstrated ability to implement strategic plans across services
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development and the capacity to apply knowledge and skills to manage a changing health care environment using innovative improvement strategies

Requisition ID: REQ606007

Applications Close: 18th November 2025

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People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.

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Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment you must hold current Australian work rights (I.E Australian citizen, permanent resident or NZ citizen with a current passport).