Nurse Unit Manager

Job Description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Geriatric Evaluation and Management Ward
Job title Nurse Unit Manager Designation Nurse Level 6 RDO
Job type Full time Duration Fixed for up to 2 years
Salary $145,403 - $152,747 Location Palmerston

Position number 40109 RTF Closing 13/07/2025
Contact officer Elizabeth Watkins on or [email protected] or Alan Wales at [email protected]
About the agency
Apply online

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY
QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – Inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with
disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss
this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the
OCPE website.

Primary objective
Provides a recognised reference point and consistent broad level of influence regarding service planning and delivery to multi-disciplinary
clinicians across a defined practice area.

Context statement
The Nurse Management Consultant for the Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit manages a dynamic team of staff focusing on the
provision of care and day to day operation of the 24-bed inpatient unit located at Palmerston Regional Hospital. The successful applicant
will have extensive and diverse clinical experience working within the Geriatric medical stream and have the ability to work at a high level
and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Key duties and responsibilities
Provide contemporary human, material, and financial resource management for defined area of practice.
Support delivery of excellence in nursing/midwifery care by modelling advanced knowledge, skills, and behaviours for the provision of

client care and facilitating less experienced staff to develop appropriate skills, knowledge, abilities, and attitudes.
Demonstrate NTH values - safe; responsive; kind – in all decision-making and interactions with consumers and colleagues
Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken in

order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.

Selection criteria
Essential
Current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia or eligible for same.
Demonstrated high-level leadership and management skills including strategic thinking, practical people management, and the ability

to successfully support change in a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment.
Demonstrated ability to analyse service performance and implement evidence-based initiatives to improve client outcomes, program

functions, and organisational efficiency.
Demonstrated ability to facilitate a positive work environment, modifying work practices where necessary to meet the needs of

healthcare consumers and staff.
Demonstrated use of effective communication skills to maximise productive working relationships, including with relevant specialists

and executive management, and manages conflict to promote co-operation, teamwork and understanding.
Demonstrates and applies highly developed knowledge and understanding of the social and cultural issues, influences and sensitivities

that influence health care provision for individuals and groups.

Desirable
Graduate Diploma, or equivalent, beyond entry to practice relevant to specialty area.

Further information
Ongoing appointment is subject to attainment of Graduate Diploma, or equivalent, beyond entry-to-practice relevant to specialty.
The preferred or recommended applicant will be required to hold a current working with children clearance notice and undergo a criminal
history check. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is relevant to the position. This role carries specific
immunisation requirements. To be eligible for appointment you will be required to meet the immunisation requirements associated with
Category A healthcare workers (direct contact with blood or body substances). Please contact [email protected] for
further information.

Approved: July 2023 Adj. Professor Mish Hill, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer

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Job Description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Geriatric Evaluation and Management Ward
Job title Nurse Unit Manager Designation Nurse Level 6 RDO
Job type Full time Duration Ongoing
Salary $145,403 - $152,747 Location Palmerston

Position number 40109 RTF Closing 13/07/2025
Contact officer Elizabeth Watkins on or [email protected] or Alan Wales at [email protected]

About the agency
Apply online

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY
QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – Inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with
disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss
this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the
OCPE website.

Primary objective
Provides a recognised reference point and consistent broad level of influence regarding service planning and delivery to multi-disciplinary
clinicians across a defined practice area.

Context statement
The Nurse Management Consultant for the Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit manages a dynamic team of staff focusing on the
provision of care and day to day operation of the 24-bed inpatient unit located at Palmerston Regional Hospital. The successful applicant
will have extensive and diverse clinical experience working within the Geriatric medical stream and have the ability to work at a high level
and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Key duties and responsibilities
Provide contemporary human, material, and financial resource management for defined area of practice.
Support delivery of excellence in nursing/midwifery care by modelling advanced knowledge, skills, and behaviours for the provision of

client care and facilitating less experienced staff to develop appropriate skills, knowledge, abilities, and attitudes.
Demonstrate NTH values - safe; responsive; kind – in all decision-making and interactions with consumers and colleagues
Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken in

order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.

Selection criteria
Essential
Current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia or eligible for same.
Graduate Diploma, or equivalent, beyond entry to practice relevant to specialty area.
Demonstrated high-level leadership and management skills including strategic thinking, practical people management, and the ability

to successfully support change in a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment.
Demonstrated ability to analyse service performance and implement evidence-based initiatives to improve client outcomes, program

functions, and organisational efficiency.
Demonstrated ability to facilitate a positive work environment, modifying work practices where necessary to meet the needs of

healthcare consumers and staff.
Demonstrated use of effective communication skills to maximise productive working relationships, including with relevant specialists

and executive management, and manages conflict to promote co-operation, teamwork and understanding.
Demonstrates and applies highly developed knowledge and understanding of the social and cultural issues, influences and sensitivities

that influence health care provision for individuals and groups.

Further information
Ongoing appointment is subject to possession of Graduate Diploma, or equivalent, beyond entry-to-practice relevant to specialty.
The preferred or recommended applicant will be required to hold a current working with children clearance notice and undergo a criminal
history check. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is relevant to the position. This role carries specific
immunisation requirements. To be eligible for appointment you will be required to meet the immunisation requirements associated with
Category A healthcare workers (direct contact with blood or body substances). Please contact [email protected] for
further information.