Director of Nursing/Facility Manager
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Director of Nursing/Facility Manager Garrawarra Centre
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until January 2026
Position Classification: Nurse Manager Grade 6
Remuneration: $162,943.24 - $165,552.17 per annum plus Super
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ565501
Location: Waterfall, Sydney
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until January 2026
Position Classification: Nurse Manager Grade 6
Remuneration: $162,943.24 - $165,552.17 per annum plus Super
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ565501
Location: Waterfall, Sydney
Applications close date: 7 April 2025
Interviews expected to be held 15 April 2025
Interviews expected to be held 15 April 2025
Ready to make an impact? Join a team dedicated to transforming lives and shaping the future of healthcare.
Garrawarra Centre thrives on providing quality, person-centred care for elderly people who have a primary diagnosis of Dementia and associated behaviours. We endeavour to maintain a home-like appearance and atmosphere. We work closely with experts in the field such as Geriatricians and Clinical Nurse Specialists to ensure a high level of care is provided.
For more information we encourage you to contact Vicki Weeden on Vicki.Weeden@health.nsw.gov.au
Where you'll be working:
Where you'll be working:
Garrawarra Centre is a 104 bed Dementia Specific Residential Aged Care Facility located in the tranquil setting of Garrawarra State Conservation Area, Waterfall. The Centre is one of the few purpose-built, dementia specific facilities in New South Wales.There is ample, free on-site parking but you will need your own reliable transport as Garrawarra is not accessible by any public transport.Learn more about Garrawarra Centre here. Learn more about SESLHD here.
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 role requires clinical leadership of the Garrawarra Centre and oversight of the operational management of service provision to the residents. To ensure high quality care of residents through effective management of the physical, human and financial resources of the Garrawarra Centre and to achieve the objectives of the Centre and the Local Health District.
The 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.
Selection Criteria:
- Current unrestricted registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
- Demonstrated recent experience in health service management in a health care setting
- Demonstrated knowledge of resident safety and clinical governance in an aged care setting
- Comprehensive knowledge of the Aged Care Funding instrument and Australian Aged Care Quality Standards
- Demonstrated proven ability to lead, influence workplace culture and motivate staff
- Demonstrated experience in risk management, change management, improvement systems and nursing practice development
- Demonstrated high level interpersonal and written communication skills
- NSW unrestricted drivers licence
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
2) Find out more about applying for this position
Reasonable Adjustments:
Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.
Information for applicants:
- 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. Please note we are not offering sponsorship for work rights for this position.
- 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 (including Covid-19) for all positions prior to offer.
- At South Eastern 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.
- 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
