Clinical Nurse Unit Manager - Adult Intensive Care Unit
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Manager Level 1
Remuneration: $64.10 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 16
Requisition ID: REQ541892
Applications Close: Monday 13th January, 2025
Are you a dynamic nursing leader that would like to deliver person-centred care in a critical care environment? Come and join our team!
What You'll Be Doing:
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and motivated health care professional to lead a team of experienced, supportive and friendly staff in the Intensive Care Unit/ High Dependency Unit.
As the Clinical Nurse Unit Manager you will be responsible for all aspects of Clinical operations including patient care, developing and maintaining safe clinical practices and excellent clinical outcomes, quality improvement, human resources management and patient flow of the unit. Our 18 bed Intensive Care Unit/High Dependency Unit supports our surgical and medical streams for those patients requiring higher care. The purpose of the Nursing Unit Manager is to:
- Lead, direct and co-ordinate patient or client care;
- Ensure the practice of nursing is safe and efficient, maintaining standards of care through continual quality improvement initiatives.
- Lead and co-ordinate the nursing and multi-disciplinary care team at the ward or unit level, and
- Monitor and manage the business and management functions and processes of the ward or unit
- Broad nursing/critical care experience and knowledge;
- Understanding and acceptance that patients are the central focus of service delivery;
- Professional integrity;
- Ethical conduct;
- Accountability;
- Advocacy;
- Enabling others;
- Cultivation of collaborative relationships and effective team work;
- Commitment to advancing the profession of nursing/midwifery and care provision
Our staff, through facilitation, are empowered and engaged in the shared decision making process in order to influence practice and workplace culture. This is achieved by working together in an environment which supports person centredness through evidence based care, learning and enquiry. All Registered Nurses must comply and act in accordance with recognised professional and organisational standards established by:
- NSW Health
- The Nursing and Midwifery Board Of Australia
- South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
- Prince of Wales Hospital
Benefits:
- Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave.
- Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay! Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
- Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
- Discounted Private Health Insurance.
- · Inner city location with direct access to eastern suburbs beaches, restaurants and transport links that are right at the front door
Selection Criteria:
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia.
- Relevant management tertiary qualification or equivalent work experience, or a combination of study and work experience with a demonstrated commitment to professional development.
- A demonstrated knowledge and experience in the management and delivery of health care services.
- Proven ability in innovative clinical service delivery, harm minimisation and practice development.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills that demonstrate the ability to engage, enable and manage teams.
- Proven ability to create and maintain a positive workplace culture and articulate and achieve a vision for nursing services.
- Recent clinical experience in intensive care &/or high dependency.
- Understanding of and commitment to the effective and meaningful engagement of clinicians in the decision making process that impact on positive patient outcomes.
Need More Information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
For role related queries or questions contact Megan Pinfold on Megan.Pinfold@health.nsw.gov.au
Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.
- An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
- Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
- Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
- Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer.
- SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website
