Nurse Unit Manager - Urgent Care 1

Employment Type -  Permanent Full Time

Hours per fortnight - 80 

Classification - Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2024-2028 : NM11 NUM Level 2

Job Category - NUM Urgent Care

Req Id - 8693 

About Us

Situated just 150 kilometres south-west of Melbourne, at the foot of the stunning Otway Ranges, close to Lorne and the Surf Coast, Colac Area Health services 21,000 people who call the Shire home. Colac Area Health meets the needs of more than 30,000 people in the Corangamite, Colac Otway, and Surf Coast Shires. A unique integrated health service providing a wide range of clinical and non-clinical services to the Colac and district community. This includes the following:

• Nursing/Midwifery


• Aged Care


• Medical


• Community Services


• Corporate Services


• Support Services

About the role

• Work across diverse clinical setting


• Support operational demands and patient flow


• Deliver high-quality, patient-centred care


• Collaborate within multidisciplinary teams


• Contribute to a positive and professional workplace culture

NURSE UNIT MANAGER - Urgent Care
Up to Fulltime

Colac Area Health (CAH) is a values-based organisation providing a unique integrated health service comprising of over 500 employees, providing Acute Care, Aged Care, Community and Allied Health Services.

The Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) is responsible for the day to day operations of the Urgent Care Department ensuring high quality services are provided to patients/residents within applicable financial frameworks, budgetary constraints, quality standards and legislative requirements.  The NUM works collaboratively with medical, nursing, and allied health teams to deliver excellent, patient-centred clinical care. 

The Successful applicant will have;

What’s required?

Essential:

• Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as a Registered Nurse with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in an Emergency setting. 

• Post graduate studies in Emergency/Critical Care Nursing.


• Recent management experience, with proven competency in operational planning, strategic and innovative thinking, resource and budget management.


• Ability and willingness to provide direct care within scope of practice.


• Exceptional leadership skills, including evidence of leading and motivating staff to be the best they can be within a patient-centred and team environment.


• Demonstrated evidence of effectively leading staff through change including development of contemporary models of care.


• Strong interpersonal, communication (written and oral) and problem solving skills.


• Ability to actively lead and contribute to continuous quality improvement activities.


• Demonstrated ability and ongoing committment to use information technology in care and management.


• Evidence of a focus on and a passion for high quality care


• Previous experience in Leadership.

Desirable:

• Post graduate studies in management


• Experience in education, training and devlelopment of staff capability in meeting service demand

Benefits working with us

Colac Area Health offers the following benefits.

• Extensive organisational orientation/department induction


• Salary Sacrificing/Packaging


• Active Social Club


• Extensive professional development and continuing education


• Employee Assistance Program


• Access to on-site research support from the CAH Research Unit and the Western Alliance Academic Health Science Centre

To learn about our town and region please visit: Discovering natures wonders in Colac

This role requires you to provide evidence of a 2026 influenza vaccination.

Contact person: Meagan Place

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (03) 5232 5256

Application closing date: Sunday 28th June, 2026.

Position description

Are you currently a Colac Area Health employee? If so, please log into the People Plus internal careers site via your applications using your network login. Here you will find the full list of jobs available to you. You can then apply though the internal portal.