Nurse Unit Manager Level 2 - Cardiology

at  Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Manager Level 2
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $129,235.88 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ482540
Applications Close: 12/06/2024
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.

ABOUT US

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.
Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.
An opportunity is now available to join the team in the Division of Medicine, located at Nepean Hospital in the role of Nurse Unit Manager 2 in the Cardiology ward. This is a Permanent Full time role that will see provide safe, compassionate, person-centred health care in collaboration with patients, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams.
The Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) is in-charge of all aspects of the unit/ward environment and takes responsibility for the standard of patient care in the unit/ward and is pivotal to the co-ordination of patient/client care, unit/ward management and leadership to enable the delivery of safe, effective, quality nursing care and efficient use of resources.
You will bring to this role the ability to contribute to developing team capability and recognise potential in people, through performance management, talent development and training, appraisals, counselling and clinical supervision to ensure care provided is safe and appropriate and meets professional standards. You will inspire and support others while helping them to understand their obligations to comply with legislation, policies, guidelines and the code of conduct.
We invite you to make your next career move with us. Apply Today!

• Registered Nurse - Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) AND extensive relevant post registration nursing experience.
• Demonstrated ability to create and support a culture of integrity and professionalism which adheres to legislation and policy.
• Demonstrated high level of written and verbal communication skills and ability to liaise and negotiate with clinicians, managers, staff and other key stakeholders.
• Proven ability to ensure the human, physical and financial resources of the unit/ward are managed to deliver safe and efficient health care within available resources.
• Excellent leadership skills and the ability to motivate, inspire and manage staff to achieve service and organizational goals utilising change management principles.
• Evidence of and commitment to patient/client/customer focused care, clinical governance and quality improvement.
• Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
• Current Driver’s License and ability to travel within the LHD as required.
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