Nurse Manager - Grade 3 - RCOS
Position Classification: Nurse Manager Grade 3
Remuneration: $139,661.16 - $142,254.44 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ592410
Applications close: Sunday 3 August 2025
Prince of Wales Hospital - Nurse Manager Grade 3 - RCOS - Randwick Campus
Are you ready for a new challenge? Do you have a passion for leadership in nursing.
If you answered yes, we have an exciting opportunity for you at Prince of Wales Hospital (POWH).
The Role
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.
The Nurse Manager Grade 3 (NM3) - RCOS works in collaboration with the Senior Nurse Manager RCOS and the multidisciplinary team to provide leadership and management within the perioperative environment ensuring safe quality clinical services for patients of the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney Children’s Hospital and Royal Hospital for Women.
The NM3, in collaboration with the Senior Nurse Manager RCOS is responsible for ensuring the effective planning and coordination of all elective and emergency surgical procedures within the perioperative environment ensuring that patients undergo surgery in line with their clinical indication and meet key safety surgical targets.
In collaboration with the Senior Nurse Manager RCOS the NM3 contributes towards the effective management of the nursing and support staff within the RCOS including recruitment, transitioning and retention of staff, career development and succession planning, professional learning and development, and the safe and effective utilisation of staffing through appropriate skill mix, patient allocations and models of care.
The Nurse Manager has a professional reporting structure to the DON via Nursing Co-director Surgery and Perioperative Medicine and is an active member of the Nursing Governance Structure through engagement and participation on Nursing Councils.
The vision for nursing at Prince of Wales Hospital is to embrace a culture that enables all persons to flourish.
Nurses at the Prince of Wales Hospital are committed to working within Practice Development principles. This is enabled through a framework of inclusiveness, active participation and collaboration.
Our staff, through facilitation, are empowered and engaged in the shared decision making process in order to influence practice. 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
Clinical supervision at the point of care is the role and responsibility of each Registered Nurse/Midwife and Enrolled Nurse within everyday clinical practice, in line with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council Decision Making Frameworks for Nurses and Midwives.
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
For more information on careers and benefits of working for SESLHD, visit our page
Where you'll be working
Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Service is a Level 6 Tertiary Referral Hospital with an inpatient bed base of 370. Each year we care for more than 70,000 patients in our Emergency Department and have around 50,000 admissions to the inpatient units. POWH offers an outpatient service and rural outreach service and provides more than 900,000 occasions of non-admitted patient care each year, including innovative virtual models of care. We have transitioned the majority of inpatient units and wards to the Acute Services Building (ASB) including a state of the art Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit. POWH provides an exceptional staff experience and enhanced patient and family outcomes as a result of the provision of person-centred care.
Randwick Local council is renowned for our world-class beaches and supported by cafes and restaurants to tickle your taste-buds, Randwick’s fascinating coastline and atmosphere will have you in awe the minute you arrive. Offering a mix of historic buildings, impressive beaches and coastal walks coupled with boutique restaurants, transport links and a vibrant nightlife, you’ll never be short of things to do in this progressive community.
Selection Criteria
- Registered Nurse who holds current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA).
- Recognised tertiary management qualifications or working towards same, and evidence of recent professional development to further enhance leadership and management competencies.
- Recent clinical and operational experience within a complex operating suite environment, including the ability to manage flow of emergency and elective cases.
- Demonstrated experience in the application of change management principles and achievement of measurable outcomes.
- Demonstrated effective verbal, written and negotiation skills with an aptitude to utilize relevant information technology platforms and ability to provide clear and concise plans and reports.
- Demonstrated ability to identify, evaluate and incorporate where appropriate emerging trends within the profession of nursing.
- Evidence of experience in financial management and ability to develop and lead financial strategies.
- Sound knowledge of current clinical practice, its delivery and models of care and the ability to motivate, inspire and lead staff to achieve service and professional goals.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Lorraine Symonds on Lorraine.Symonds@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.
SESLHD values a diverse workforce. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging strategy here.
Reasonable Adjustments
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-POWH-SSEH@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.
Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.
Information for applicants:
- 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
