Nursing Unit Manager Level 1 Permanent Full-Time

**Nursing Unit Manager Level 1 | Permanent Full-time | Tresillian Cowra**

**Reference Number**:Tresillian 71/2024

**Employment Status**:Permanent Full-time

**Vaccination Category**:CAT A

**Enterprise Agreement**:The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations Nurses Agreement 2017

**Location**:Tresillian Cowra, 2 Ina Drive, Cowra
- _Are you passionate about Child and Family Health?_
- _Do you want a job that engages with all of your skills and aspirations and delivers therapeutic programs in a way that truly make a difference to parents with young children?_
- _Do you want to work with the largest Child and Family Health organisation with sites across NSW, Victoria and the ACT?_
- _If so then Tresillian would like to hear from you._

Tresillian is currently recruiting for a dynamic Nursing Unit Manager to join the Cowra team.

The Nursing Unit Manager is the most senior person on site and is supported by the multidisciplinary senior clinical and executive team at Tresillian based at Tresillian Belmore.

Tresillian is excited to offer this opportunity for an experienced Child and Family Health Nurse to join the Cowra team. The Nursing Unit Manager (NUM) will be pivotal to the coordination of client care, centre management and leadership of the Family Care Centre team to ensure the delivery of high-quality care for families experiencing early parenting difficulties.

The successful applicant will utilise their partnership skills to engage stakeholders including partner organisations and referral agents. They will possess strong contemporary child and family health nursing skills and have a clinical client load for part of the time. Professional development and reflective practice will be provided as part of the wrap-around support for those new to management, to enable you to achieve your aspirational career goals.

The NUM is responsible for the day-to-day functioning of the Centre. The NUM takes overall responsibility for the standard of client care in the centre and is pivotal to the coordination of client care, centre management and leadership of the nursing profession to ensure the delivery of high-quality client care and efficient use of resources. The position will also provide clinical leadership and have a clinical client load for part of the time.

The Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies, trading as **Tresillian**, was formed in 1918 to coordinate early child and maternal health care services in New South Wales (NSW). Tresillian is now the largest early child and family health and parenting service in Australia, operating from four sites in metropolitan Sydney and numerous regional and rural sites supporting service provision to families across NSW, Victoria and ACT.

Tresillian is a Certified Child Safe Leader and is dedicated to creating a workplace environment where children's rights are recognised and championed.

Tresillian provides local and state-wide services including: health and parenting assessments; parenting advice; education; and, support to families via a range of service delivery models including centre based day programs, home visiting, telephone, internet and residential services. In addition, Tresillian provides education, training and consultancy across a range of sectors including within the health care service and higher education. For further information

**Selection Criteria - **_Applicants must address the Selection Criteria_**

**1)** Registered Nurse (Current Registration or eligible for registration with AHPRA) with further qualification in Child & Family Health.

**2)** Postgraduate management qualifications or working towards the same; or experience in leadership or management roles in a health setting with a proven ability to manage, supervise and provide leadership to the team; and demonstrate sound judgment in decision-making.

**3)** Considerable experience in contemporary Child & Family Health.

**4)** Demonstrated ability to negotiate resolutions and manage conflict; creating and maintaining a positive workplace culture.

**5)** Demonstrated ability to evaluate clinical services and facilitate continuous improvements.

**6)** Demonstrate high level and effective written, verbal, communication and interpersonal skills.

**7)** Experience in developing and/ or implementing organisational change programs.

**8)** Demonstrated organisational skills including the capacity to set priorities and work to deadlines utilising Information and Communications Technology appropriately.

**What We Offer**:1) **Generous salary packaging up to **$15,900** per FBT year and Meal & Entertainment on top of this amount utilising an additional **$2,650** (as a Not-for-profit and registered Health Promotion Charity). **2)** **Opportunity to access a large range of clinical and non-clinical education programs, including access to study leave, extended child and family health practice skills for clinicians and a biannual Tresillian conference. **3) **Acc