Nurse Manager Grade 3 - Staffing and Allocations
Position Classification: Nurse Manager Grade 3
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $70.43 - $71.74 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ575310
Applications Close: 26/05/2025
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.
About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.
Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.
Are you a strategic thinker and dynamic leader with a passion for Workforce Management? Nepean Hospital is seeking a Nurse Manager Grade 3 to lead our Staffing and Allocations Unit in a Temporary Full time role until June 2026. This role will see you ensure the right people are in the right place at the right time—every shift.
This pivotal role is ideal for a highly organised and proactive Nurse Leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment. As Nurse Manager – Staffing and Allocations, you will oversee the efficient deployment of nursing staff across all units, maintain safe staffing levels, and contribute to workforce planning initiatives that support high-quality patient care. You will coordinate the utilisation of casual staff through the Casual Pool and selected Nursing Agencies and the subsequent payment of accounts, Project lead for bend the curve strategies in FTE management of contingency staff, overtime and decreasing agency costs and monitor Nursing Hours Per Patient Day (NHPPD), Like for like replacement of sick leave / emergency leave.
Take the next step in your leadership journey and help us build a resilient, responsive workforce that delivers outstanding care—every shift. We encourage you to apply now!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
- Accrued Day Off (ADO)
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing
- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.
For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.
What you will bring to the role:
- Current authority to practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Relevant tertiary qualification or working towards the same, or combination of study and work experience as deemed relevant by the organisation
- Broad clinical and operational management experience at a senior level within a complex health care environment
- Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to motivate inspire and organise staff to achieve organisational and professional outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and as part of a management team
- Computer literacy, including recent experience with HealthRoster
- Demonstrated highly developed written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, and leadership and management skills with proven success in improving efficiencies, setting priorities, working in a high volume high demand environment and role, and established and achieving agreed objectives
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Kellie Oliver on Kellie.Oliver@health.nsw.gov.au
