Nursing Unit Manager
Are you looking for a rewarding career working with complex and challenging behaviours? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated, enthusiastic and hardworking mental health Nursing Unit Manager in the Mental Health Intensive Care Unit (MHICU) at Hornsby Hospital. The MHICU is a specialist 12-bed tertiary referral unit with a focus on high quality evidence-based intensive care management of mental health consumers. You will have the opportunity to work with an experienced and dynamic recovery-orientated team including a strong leadership group focusing on complex and challenging mental health consumers.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Manager Level 3
Remuneration: $2,698.29 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ643227
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working
Mental Health Intensive Care Unit at Hornsby Hospital
What you'll be doing
The Nurse Unit Manager Level 3 (NUM 3) holds responsibility for all aspects of the service environment and is accountable for ensuring the standard of consumer care within the service. The NUM provides strategic and operational leadership that is essential to coordinating consumer care, overseeing clinical practice, and managing resources to support the delivery of safe, effective, and high quality nursing care. The NUM’s leadership is pivotal in ensuring that mental health services function cohesively, efficiently, and with a strong focus on safety, clinical excellence, and consumer/patient experience.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Registered Nurse-Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) AND Relevant management tertiary qualification OR equivalent work experience, OR a combination of study and work experience; and demonstrated commitment to professional development.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a team environment within mental health setting and the ability to lead high quality services within effective and efficient management strategies and change management skills.
Demonstrated experience managing acute complex and challenging clinical behaviours within a consumer centred, recovery focused framework.
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For role related queries or questions contact Michele Manktelow on Michele.Manktelow@health.nsw.gov.au
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
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Applications Close: 5 March 2026
