Nursing Unit Manager (NUM1), Custodial Mental Health - Stepdown, Recovery and Reintegration Team - Silverwater - PFT

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Manager Level 1
Remuneration: $130,905.596 per annum + superannuation 
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ629666

Position Title: Nursing Unit Manager (NUM1), Custodial Mental Health - Stepdown, Recovery and Reintegration Team - MRRC Silverwater - PFT

Looking to Make a Positive Difference?

Then we are Just the Place to grow your career and be part of a valued team delivering care where it is needed most.

At the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, you can be part of a supportive environment and apply your skills to deliver healthcare with the greatest impact, address complex needs and broaden your treatment capabilities to maximise patient outcomes.

With industry-leading safety standards, you can focus on your best work alongside skilled colleagues. We are a challenging yet rewarding place to take your career even further.

The Role

The Nursing Unit Manager Level 1 (NUM1) is a leadership role with line management and clinical operations responsibilities for a designated specialist Custodial Mental Health (CMH) area at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre.

The NUM1 is an integral part of the CMH Nursing Management team. The NUM1 is responsible for local level planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of specialist mental health nursing services and overseeing the delivery of those services.

We are looking for a qualified health care professional with:

• Current authority to practice as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
  
   
• Tertiary qualifications in health management or working towards and/or combination of study and work experience.
  
   
• Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills and ability to liaise and negotiate with clinicians, managers, staff, and other key stakeholders.

The position holder will work within Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network and NSW Ministry of Health policies, procedures, and guidelines as well as relevant Corrective Services NSW legislation, regulations, and policies.

Our Location and Service

The Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre (MRRC) is a maximum-security correctional facility for male offenders and is one of 3 correctional facilities within the Silverwater Correctional Complex in Sydney. Inmates who arrive at the MRRC:

• Come directly from court on remand
• Stay at the MRRC while they attend court in the Sydney Metropolitan Area (before returning to their home correctional centre)
• Stay at the MRRC while they await a vacancy at a centre matching their classification.

Most offenders leave the centre within a few months of their arrival, usually because they obtain bail (and release) or transfer centre.

Salary and Benefits

Your salary of $130,905.596 per annum + superannuation, as per the Public Health System Nurses & Midwives (State) Award, is just the beginning. You will have also access to:

• Additional allowances
• Access to Salary Packaging benefits and eligibility for Fitness Passport
• Allocated Days Off (ADOs) and Leave Loading.
• Fantastic training and education opportunities.

Diversity and Inclusivity

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We employ all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability.