Associate Nurse Unit Manager

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Ready to lead with impact?
Step into a dynamic Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) role where your ideas, energy, and leadership will shape the future of care.
This is a Permanent Full-Time appointment.
This is where jobs become careers, passion finds its purpose, and your voice finds its place. Are you ready to dive headfirst into the community taking excellent health care where it's needed? Then South Metropolitan Health Service is the perfect place to start
Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) is a 783-bed tertiary hospital offering a range of health services including the State Rehabilitation Service, a comprehensive cancer centre, purpose-built mental health unit, maternity, paediatric and neonatal services, and the State Adult Burns Service. FSH also delivers specialised services such as heart and lung transplantations and hyperbaric medicine.
SMHS delivers quality, safe and effective hospital and health services within a catchment area stretching more than 3300 square kilometres across the southern half of Perth.
Our vision is Excellent health care, every time. You can read more about SMHS in our Strategic Plan here.
We are seeking a dynamic and compassionate Associate Nurse Unit Manager to join our dedicated team at Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional patient care. This is your opportunity to step into a leadership position where your clinical expertise, collaborative spirit, and commitment to excellence will truly make a difference.
The successful applicant shall support the NUM and act in their role as required. The ANUM works with NUM to provide effective leadership and efficient management of the designated area of specialty in line with the FSH strategic direction. The position will provide clinical leadership to patients and nursing staff within the area of specialty. The position is responsible for the delivery of clinical nursing services at an advanced level, promoting, establishing and implementing evidenced based therapeutic interventions in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. The ANUM coordinates the continuum of care across the patient's journey.
Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment SMHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.
Want to know more? We encourage you to contact Holly Bootsma, A/Coordinator Nursing on ***.
If you are ready to partner with us see the application instructions below:
Your application should include:
A copy of your current CV and a Cover Letter
A statement addressing the selection criteria.
The names and contact details of two (2) current referees who can attest to your suitability for this role.
These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow enough time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.
If you experience difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee Services on for immediate assistance during business hours.
Employee Benefits
Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which may include (in line with operational requirements):
Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistance
Flexible working arrangements
Flexible leave arrangements
Other professional and location-based allowances
Eligibility
To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have a valid working visa (for fixed term appointments) or be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or have a visa to live and work indefinitely in Australia (for permanent appointments).
WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant's integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.
Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may also be used to fill other "similar" vacancies throughout the health service. In addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process. Both of these options remain valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision.
Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted. LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.