Nursing Unit Manager Community Nursing
Northern Sydney Home Nursing Service (NSHNS) is seeking a Nursing Unit Manager to lead a dynamic team delivering diverse, client-centered care in clients’ homes.
In this role, you’ll demonstrate resilience, integrity, and accountability while inspiring direction and purpose. You’ll manage and develop people, optimise business outcomes, and lead change with confidence. Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills are essential, along with the ability to plan, prioritise, and deliver results. If you’re ready to combine clinical expertise with leadership capability, join us in shaping the future of community nursing.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Manager Level 3
Remuneration: $2,698.29 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ632488
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
Ryde Centre, Northern Sydney Home Nursing Service, office based at Macquarie Hospital North Ryde. This Centre covers the Ryde and Hunters Hill LGAs within Northern Sydney Local Health District
What you'll be doing
The Nursing Unit Manager provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality, person-centered care in clients’ homes. This role is accountable for leading, directing, and coordinating care across the Centre, managing patient flow, and ensuring workforce planning and rosters support optimal care delivery.
The NUM fosters multidisciplinary collaboration, actively participating in care planning as clinical lead where appropriate, and using patient and carer feedback to inform service improvements. The position promotes a culture of enquiry, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement in nursing care, ensuring compliance with Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council standards, NSW Health, and NSLHD policies.
As a leader, the NUM models professional excellence, maintaining strong communication and trust within the team, conducting performance reviews, nurturing talent, and inspiring others to achieve shared goals. The role requires effective management of human, physical, and financial resources, problem-solving, and maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors. The NUM will lead change, optimise business outcomes, and ensure service delivery aligns with organisational priorities and community needs.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background 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 independently and collaboratively, with proven leadership skills to manage, support, and develop a clinical team.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and proficiency in digital systems, including Microsoft applications, roster management platforms, and electronic medical records.
- Experience in change management and implementing new service delivery models, with a strong commitment to patient-focused care, clinical governance, and continuous quality improvement.
- Current NSW Drivers Licence
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For role related queries or questions contact Kerry Hooppell on Kerry.Hooppell@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: 23 January 2026
Tentative Interview Dates: Week commencing 27 January 2026
