After Hours Nurse Manager (Gde 3) - Liverpool Hospital - Temp PT
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time, 24 hours per week up until October 2026
Location: Liverpool Hospital
Position Classification: Nurse Manager Grade 3
Remuneration: $70.44 - $71.74 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ586826
Application Close Date: 27/07/2025
Interview Date Range: 30/07/205 – 06/08/2025
Contact Details: Kelly Paddock | 0459 824 830 | Kelly.Paddock@health.nsw.gov.au
Please note: A current influenza (flu) vaccination is a mandatory requirement for appointment to this position
About the Opportunity
Liverpool Hospital is seeking an experienced After Hours Nurse Manager (Grade 3) to lead hospital operations during evenings, nights, weekends, and public holidays. In this pivotal role, you will provide clinical and operational leadership, manage nursing staff, coordinate patient flow, and respond to emergencies when senior management is off-site. You’ll act as a key liaison between shifts, ensuring continuity of care and maintaining high standards of safety, compassion, and quality across the facility.
The ideal candidate will bring extensive nursing experience, strong leadership capabilities, and the ability to manage complex situations independently in a fast-paced environment. You’ll be a role model and resource for staff, fostering professional development, supporting reflective practice, and upholding the highest standards of nursing conduct.
This is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact after hours—leading with confidence, compassion, and a commitment to excellence.
What You'll be Doing
The Nurse Manager participates in or is responsible for the leadership and management of nursing services in a management unit, service, complex function or facility to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care and efficient use of resources.
Where You'll Be Working
Liverpool Hospital, founded in 1813, is the major health service for south-western Sydney, providing services to the local government area of Liverpool City Council as well as district services to residents and visitors in the area. It also provides a range of state-wide services in areas such as critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care and brain injury rehabilitation.
The Hospital provides a health service of international standing, with 23 operating theatres, capacity for 877 beds, diagnostic and imaging services, emergency and trauma care, maternity, paediatric, cancer care, mental health, ambulatory care, allied health and medical and surgical services from birth to aged care.
Liverpool Hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment. The $790 million Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct (LHAP) project will provide enhanced facilities and an increased capacity to meet future significant population growth for South Western Sydney.
Liverpool Hospital is a principal referral and teaching Hospital of the UNSW Sydney and the Western Sydney University and also welcome students from over 20 universities and colleges.
Located in the heart of Liverpool City, the hospital is close to public transport, shopping centres and eateries.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.
- Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Relevant post graduate qualifications or equivalent work experience or a combination of study and experience deemed appropriate by SWSLHD.
- Please elaborate on how your skills and experiences align with the role requirements and highlight what you will bring to add value to the After Hours Nurse Manager role..
- Share the main reasons for your application for this role and tell us what aspects of joining the After Hours Nurse Manager that motivates you.
- Discuss how your leadership approach aligns with the values and goals of the After Hours Nurse Manager. Elaborate on how you intend to bring your unique leadership skills and experience into a new team environment.
- Tell us about a time when you were responsible for managing a clinical or operational issue during a shift. What was the situation, what actions did you take, and what was the outcome?
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Additional Information
Salary Packaging
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Health & Fitness
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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