Nurse Unit Manager - Surgical

Your role at St John of God Midland Private Hospital

Be part of something exceptional from the very beginning. As we prepare to open a brand-new state-of-the-art private hospital this August, we are seeking an experienced and motivated Nurse Unit Manager for our surgical ward. The hospital will offer a comprehensive range of surgical care including:

• Orthopaedics

• Ear, nose, throat, head and neck surgery

• General Surgery

• Plastic and reconstructive surgery

• Maxillofacial surgery

• Urology

• Gynaecology

You will be responsible for leadership and management of the unit, optimising patient safety, quality of care and experience, operational efficiency and contributing to the strategic objectives of the Directorate.

The Position

• Monitor standards of service and practice against benchmark targets, including nurse sensitive indicators, incident management system data, clinical indicator results and patient, doctor and caregiver satisfaction results. Where benchmarks are not met, design, implement and evaluate responses.

• Support and participate in the ACHS accreditation process/regulatory assessments, as well as group-wide and divisional Quality and Clinical Risk Management programs.

• Foster a clinical culture of interdisciplinary collaboration to improve patient outcomes.

• Ensure that patients and consumers are actively involved in relevant planning and decision-making processes.

• Works in a clinical capacity within the department as required, to support caregivers, medical officers and to ensure the delivery of safe, person-centred care.

• Ongoing financial management and monitoring of the service cost centre including productivity, activity and utilisation in line with budgetary parameters and performance targets.

• Promotes and demonstrates a culture of innovation and improvement to enhance patient care and experience.

• In consultation with Hospital Management Committee, actively contributes to marketing the service to Medical Practitioners

• Participates in the implementation and maintenance of a workforce model/model of care that enables quality of care to be maintained as well as implementing appropriate levels of workforce skills.

• Cost-effectively manage human resources, particularly ‘on-call’, overtime and rostering practices in accordance with enterprise agreements entitlements.

• Review payroll and personnel data in relation to service/unit caregivers, managing absenteeism, agency utilisation, and leave entitlements to achieve departmental budget.

• Participate in developing and implementing a recruitment, retention and succession plan to achieve skill mix profile and FTE requirements.

• Prepare and implement, in conjunction with the DDON and Finance, the annual Operational Plan/Management Plan for the service/unit.

All other reasonable duties as directed by the relevant Manager/Supervisor

You will hold registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse. Demonstrated advanced and relevant clinical skills and a commitment to quality improvement are essential.

To succeed you will have the ability to foster a positive service orientated culture that encourages sound patient care and stewardship and strengthens medical, nursing and interdisciplinary relationships and teams.

About the new Midland Private Hospital 

• A brand-new purpose-built state-of-the-art facility, currently under construction, located just 300 metres from the St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals Campus. 

• A comprehensive range of medical and surgical services, with interventional cardiology being offered for the first time in the region

​The hospital will feature:

• 96 overnight inpatient beds, including a six-bed critical care/high dependency unit

• 33 bed/chair short stay and day procedure unit

• Eight operating theatres

• A Cardiac Catheter Laboratory

We can offer you

• Salary: $129,203 to $154,854 plus 12% superannuation

• Permanent full time position

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing 

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave and well-being programs

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Access to fitness and wellbeing benefits through Fitness Passport

All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements.

For enquiries contact Eilish Russie, Deputy Director of Nursing on 0417 762 931

If suitable applicants are identified the advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.