Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Emergency Department

at  Mercy Health

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: Mercy Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Nursing
Reference: 21664

ABOUT US:

Werribee Mercy Hospital is a General Public Hospital located in the rapidly growing Western suburbs of Melbourne. Our services include surgical, medical, maternity, newborn, renal dialysis, emergency, mental health, rehabilitation, aged and palliative care. The hospital has recently undergone significant expansion with the opening or our new intensive care unit, additional operating theatres and the opening of two new wards, taking the total number of beds to 298. Join us now and be part of our team as we expand to serve our community.
Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women’s health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.
Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

The Emergency Department is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated nurse to join the nursing leadership team as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager. As a key leadership position, the ANUM will support the Nurse Unit Manager in the day-to-day management of the unit and will work with members of the multidisciplinary team to provide a high standard of patient care.

The Associate Nurse Unit Manager will:

• Be a professional role model and mentor cultivating a positive team environment
• Demonstrated a high standard of clinical knowledge, assessment skills and commitment to clinical excellence.
• Have a high level of interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal with experience in managing difficult circumstance.
• Engagement with all key stakeholders to ensure the best clinical outcome and experience for patients and their families.
• Demonstrated appetite for innovation and change while practicing within the Mercy core values.
• Working a rotating roster (AM, PM and Night Duty)