COMPLETE Nurse Unit Manager - Mental Health Unit - NSW St Vincent's Private Hospital - Sydney

Job Description:

The role:

We currently have an exciting and rare opportunity for a highly motivated and dynamic Nurse Unit Manager with experience in young adult mental health to join our St Vincent’s Hospital Private Team. This role will work in collaboration with Consultant Psychiatrists to lead a vibrant, positive and cohesive team. The role requires Clinical Leadership and Managerial acumen to deliver a model of care that strives for exceptional clinical outcomes. The successful applicant will be pivotal in the strategic management of clinical staff, financial and material resources and work collaboratively with key stakeholders to deliver on activity growth targets.

Our Young Adult Mental Health voluntary inpatient unit (Uspace) has 20 single rooms and a multidisciplinary team who provide comprehensive programs to engage patients in their own mental health care. The Uspace model of care revolves around comprehensive assessment that facilitates patient-centred treatment planning. This includes individual and group interventions, transitioning back to regular care and ongoing monitoring through our day programs and outpatient services. The Nurse Unit Manager role includes the clinical, strategic and financial management of both the inpatient and day program services.

Our benefits:
• Salary packaging of up to $15,900 per FBT year (pay less tax and increase your take home pay), with increased benefits for full-time employees such as reduction to rent or mortgage payments, vehicle leasing and a meal entertainment card up to $2,600 a year
• Generous wellbeing discounts including gym memberships through Fitness Passport, private health insurance and our on-site pharmacy
• Attractive reward and recognition program
• Options to purchase additional leave in support of work life balance
• Convenient location close to cafes, restaurants and public transport
• Opportunity to join our workplace giving program, Give4Good

You will join a high performing team and a workplace with relationships built on mutual trust and respect. We value our staff and offer professional advancement in a respectful, collaborative and learning environment.

Your skills and experience:

To be successful in the role, you must possess:

• Minimum five years employment experience in Young Adult Mental Health
• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills including the ability to manage complex situations involving doctors, patients, family and staff in a professional manner to determine an appropriate course of action
• High level computer literacy with experience with Microsoft Office products and electronic clinical and administrative applications used by health services
• Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills with experience in developing high quality business plans, presentations and strategic documentation
• Have the ability to understand and monitor performance and compliance with agreed key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Demonstrated understanding of clinical risk management frameworks and quality principles and proven ability to apply these in the private hospital setting

Remuneration:

St. Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney Nurses' EA. Nurse Unit Manager Level 3: $68.74 + salary packaging + superannuation, exclusive of shift penalties or allowances.

Essential Requirements

• Previous Management, Clinical & Leadership experience in Young Adult Mental Health
• AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
• Criminal record and/or child protection checks will be conducted and will form part of the selection criteria for this role
• Masters in psychiatric/mental health nursing or completion of a specialist undergraduate psychiatric nursing program

The Company:
St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney is one of Australia’s leading private hospitals, located in Darlinghurst. Our team of expert surgeons, nurses and allied health professionals deliver outstanding care, surgery and rehabilitation across a range of highly specialised surgical and medical services supported by several distinguished research institutes.

Our requirements:
Criminal record and child protection checks will be conducted and will form part of the selection criteria.

SVPHS has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings. You are therefore required to comply with the SVHA Staff Health Screening Immunisation Policy, which, depending on the role you perform in the organisation will require you to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including COVID-19 and flu vaccinations).

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If this is the ideal role for you, apply today!

We are committed to equal employment opportunity, ethical practices, the principles of cultural diversity and promote a smoke free work environment.

St Vincent's Health Australia is committed to reconciliation and encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to apply for all advertised positions. For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au.

Any questions?

If you would like to discuss this opportunity please contact Leah Hammond leah.hammond@svha.org.au for a confidential discussion on 8382 7407.

Position Description and Critical Job Demands Checklist:

Review the following documents:

JR132664_Nurse Unit Manager PD NUM 2023.pdf

Contact Details:

Leah Hammond via leah.hammond@svha.org.au

Alternate Contact:

Closing Date:

21 December 2023 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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