Nurse Unit Manager

Be the Difference – Nurse Unit Manager, Ward 6C (MAPU)

Lead a skilled nursing team in Logan Hospital's fast-paced Medical Assessment and Planning Unit (MAPU) and play a pivotal role in shaping the patient experience. This Permanent Full-Time opportunity offers the chance to influence patient flow, deliver clinical excellence, and guide a passionate team committed to compassionate, person-centred care.

Your new role:

As the Nurse Unit Manager for Ward 6C (MAPU), you'll lead a multidisciplinary team in providing safe, efficient, and patient-centred care. Your leadership will be central in driving innovation, fostering excellence, and ensuring seamless patient flow across the hospital.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and coordinating the Medical Assessment and Planning Unit to deliver best practice clinical outcomes.
• Managing financial, human, and material resources to optimise operational efficiency.
• Promoting a positive, inclusive, and learning-focused work environment.
• Supporting clinical governance, risk management, and quality improvement frameworks.
• Collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams and senior nursing leadership to support organisational goals.

About you:

You are a highly skilled nursing leader who thrives in dynamic environments and is passionate about delivering exceptional patient care through collaboration and innovation.

You will bring:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the NMBA and relevant tertiary qualifications.
• Proven leadership in acute or medical assessment settings.
• Demonstrated ability in workforce management, rostering, and budget control.
• Strong knowledge of quality improvement, risk management, and evidence-based practice.
• Exceptional communication, mentoring, and relationship-building skills.

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What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging ( ) and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one of the fastest growing areas in Queensland. We offer a range of services, including medical, rehabilitation, maternity, surgical and paediatric care.

We offer our staff and students extensive support and training in most medical specialties. As a teaching hospital, we help train future health care professionals and participate in research through strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland.

Our services will continue to grow as we build bigger and better facilities to support the community. By 2027, we'll have more beds and 5 more birthing suites as part of the Logan Hospital expansion ( ).

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.