Nurse Unit Manager – Critical Care

Your Position at St John of God Bendigo Hospital

You will be responsible for leadership and management of the department/unit, optimising patient safety, quality of care and experience, operational efficiency and contributing to the strategic objectives of the Directorate.

This position is available with our Critical care unit. Our Critical care unit have highly trained intensivists, doctors and critical care registered nurses, they  provide around the clock care, with support from specialist equipment and medications.

The Position:

• Monitor standards of service and practice against benchmark targets, including nurse sensitive indicators, incident management system data, clinical indicator results and patient, doctor and caregiver satisfaction results. Where benchmarks are not met, design, implement and evaluate responses.

• Support and participate in the ACHS accreditation process/regulatory assessments, as well as group-wide and divisional Quality and Clinical Risk Management programs.

• Foster a clinical culture of interdisciplinary collaboration to improve patient outcomes.

• Ensure that patients and consumers are actively involved in relevant planning and decision-making processes.

• Works in a clinical capacity within the department as required, to support caregivers, medical officers and to ensure the delivery of safe, person-centred care.

• Ongoing financial management and monitoring of the service cost centre including, productivity, activity and utilisation in line with budgetary parameters and performance targets.

• Promotes and demonstrates a culture of innovation and improvement to enhance patient care and experience.

• In consultation with Hospital Management Committee, actively contributes to marketing the service to Medical Practitioners

You will have a registration with Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse and demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, including the ACHS EQuiP process and clinical risk management.

To succeed you will have proven ability to exercise sound judgement in clinical, management and ethical issues and demonstrate ability to foster a positive service orientated culture that encourages sound patient care and stewardship, and strengthens medical, nursing and interdisciplinary relationships and teams.

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

The Benefits:

• Salary $141,601 per annum, plus 12% superannuation

• Permanent full-time position available, job share will be considered

• 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

• Innovative Professional Development opportunities

• Access to a range of Lifestyle, Health & Wellbeing rewards and discounts

• Opportunities for post-graduate course support

For enquiries contact Elizabeth McEncrore - DON, on

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.