Nurse Unit Manager - Neonatal Services

at  Mercy Health

JOB DESCRIPTION

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

Reference: 21875

• Demonstrate your expert leadership skills in our Neonatal Services team
• Join our team committed to providing exceptional clinical care
• Our 61 bed unit cares for 1,500 infants per year

ABOUT YOU:

We are looking for a strong leader who is enthusiastic, passionate and driven with exceptional people management skills and extensive experience working in Neonatal Services to take on this key role. You will have:

• Registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Postgraduate qualification in Neonatal Intensive Care is essential
• Postgraduate degree (or working towards) in hospital or health services, administration, management or equivalent qualification will be highly regarded
• Prior experience in management including demonstrated experience in change management and clinical innovation
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and mentor a team to maximise performance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and critical thinking skills
• Awareness and understanding of financial and budgetary processes

ABOUT US:

Mercy Hospital for Women is a fully accredited Level 6 Public Specialist Teaching Hospital providing both public and private patient care through maternity services, neonatology and paediatrics, perioperative services, gynaecology, women’s health and associated health, support and diagnostic services. We are a major teaching hospital and specialist referral centre with the medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health expertise to treat the most complex obstetric, neonatal and gynaecological cases.
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.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Our Neonatal Services operates two FTE of Nurse Unit Managers (NUM) roles who lead and drive the daily operations and staff management across NICU and SCN.

• As NUM you will have responsibility for the clinical and operational outcomes and management of staff within Neonatal Services
• A key focus of this role is to provide effective leadership and strategic direction within the unit where you will act as a role model and form an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team
• This leadership role will encompass the strategic planning of financial, capital, human and physical resources
• You will co-ordinate and manage the day to day operations to ensure high quality clinical practices and patient care in Neonatal Services
• Pivotal to this role will be developing and maintaining collaborative relationships internally with other departments, and with external stakeholders to facilitate patient care

We are looking for a strong leader who is enthusiastic, passionate and driven with exceptional people management skills and extensive experience working in Neonatal Services to take on this key role. You will have:

• Registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Postgraduate qualification in Neonatal Intensive Care is essential
• Postgraduate degree (or working towards) in hospital or health services, administration, management or equivalent qualification will be highly regarded
• Prior experience in management including demonstrated experience in change management and clinical innovation
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and mentor a team to maximise performance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and critical thinking skills
• Awareness and understanding of financial and budgetary processe