Nurse Unit Manager -Anaesthetics and Recovery

A unique and exciting opportunity has become available at Mater Private Hospital Townsville for an experienced full-time Nurse Unit Manager, with extensive experience in a leadership role in the Operating Theatres with a focus on Anaesthetics, Recovery and Day Surgery. This will be in our Pimlico campus which has 12 operating theatres, 22 PACU 1 bays and 24 PACU 2/3 bays.

The Nurse Unit Manager is responsible for providing exceptional clinical and professional leadership to the clinical area that drive patient centered outcomes and innovation across the department within Perioperative Services. This successful applicant will be offered Permanent Full-Time employment.

Salary range: $69.34 - $74.56 per hour (Nurse Manager 3) plus superannuation and salary packaging up to $15,900 annually

What you’ll be doing

As the leader of this team, you will provide exceptional management and be responsible for the clinical, resource management, education, research and material accountabilities within this area.  Additionally, in conjunction with the medical leadership of the service, you will ensure the provision of best practice, quality and safety aspects of patient care. 

Other duties and responsibilities include:

• Caring for and leading a team of professionals
• Communication and coordination of patient care across operation theatre teams
• Engagement with stakeholders in other departments to ensure the highest quality patient care, that services are efficient, that patient safety is optimized, and to resolve barriers to patient flow.
• Team management, including performance management and compliance with Human Resources processes
• Delivery of work against relevant timeframes

About you

As an experienced leader you will drive innovation in your field; using evidence-based research to suggest new ways of doing things and take a positive and adaptive approach to embedding change.

Your broad understanding of the health sector and your ability to work collaboratively provides you with a foundation to grow your business in line with the strategic vision of the organisation.

Other skills and responsibilities include:

• Extensive experience in Operating Theatres with sound clinical expertise
• Current AHPRA Nursing registration and Advanced Life Support certification
• Ability to demonstrate strong capability in leading both the clinical and commercial aspects of a tertiary service
• High level communication skills within a multidisciplinary environment
• Demonstrated competence in cost centre management
• Willingness to role model and promote the Mater values

Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

• Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
• Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
• Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
• Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• Access to on-site, discounted parking
• Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues

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Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.