Nurse Manager Perioperative Services

An exciting opportunity is available to an experienced manager looking for career progression. The Perioperative Nurse Manager is a senior manager at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital and works closely with the nursing and midwifery executive team and HKH Executive to support key performance indicators for the organisation and participates in HKH Executive on call roster.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Nurse Manager Grade 4

Remuneration: $ $ per week

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ

Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting, and rewarding work every day. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There is a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams' voices. You will feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities' lives.

NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you'll be working :

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital

What you'll be doing :

The Nurse Manager is responsible for the Perioperative Service, this includes the operating theatres, Post Anaestheic Care Unit (PACU), Day Surgery Unit (DSU), Integrated Booking Unit (IBU), Sterilising services, medical imaging nursing staff and the Acute Pain Service for the hospital. The Nurse Manager is responsible for the effective management of the human, fiscal and capacity resources of the service. This includes planning, facilitating and evaluating perioperative services for the care of patients across the hospital. This position will provide leadership, mentorship and support in the achievement of excellence in nursing practice and ensure that the key performance indicators are met in collaboration with the medical heads of department.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse (Division 1).
• Extensive recent post registration perioperative clinical and middle management experience and demonstrated commitment to own professional development relevant to health management, including recognised qualifications and/or appropriate management experience.
• Proven leadership and management skills with demonstrated ability to lead manage and support a clinical team utilising knowledge of current nursing issues relating to Perioperative nursing.
• Evidence of and commitment to patient/customer focussed care, clinical governance and quality improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to initiate and implement changes to improve clinical service delivery and outcomes using models of care, evidence based practice and practice development.
• Demonstrated experience in budget development and monitoring financial performance.
• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication skills and computer literacy in Microsoft Applications and roster management systems.

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This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy . You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

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Applications Close: 21 November 2025