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

Job Description:

The role:

Become part of the most highly regarded, best paid and well supported nursing team.

Voted no.1 Australian hospital by Medibank members 2 years in a row, St. Vincent’s Private Hospital, Sydney has an opportunity available for a highly motivated Nurse Unit Manager with management and leadership experience to join our Surgical Services Day of Surgery Admissions (DOSA) team.

This role is planned to commence from February 2024. The position is full-time working Monday to Friday supporting the Perioperative Services and Cardiac Catheter Lab. The DOSA NUM will play a pivotal role in planning, preparing and delivering nursing care services to patients from their admission through to the recovery and discharge of any patients within and up to 24hrs of their procedure.

You will bring your passion to the role, you will be a valued member of the multi-disciplinary team and will have the opportunity to participate in all learning and development activities including support to enhance and proactively lead quality improvement in the DOSA environment.

Our benefits:

• St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney has amongst the highest paid nursing staff in NSW (both public and private)

• Committed nurse to patient ratios across all ward/units

• 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

• Attractive wellbeing discounts including gym memberships through Fitness Passport, private health insurance and our on-site pharmacy

• Professional development opportunities and support through sponsored scholarship programs

• Continuing Education Allowance & Paid Professional Development Leave

• Generous 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:

As an outstanding Registered Nurse with managerial or leadership experience, you are equipped with a minimum five (5) years post graduate experience in nursing. Experience with pre and post-op management of elective acute surgical and/or catheter lab patients along with professional membership with ACORN will be considered an advantage to this role.

Your skills will include:

• Nurse with AHPRA registration

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Exceptional interpersonal and computer literacy skills with electronic patient record systems

• Critical thinking skills that result in effective problem solving approach to patient care

• Proactive approach to continual process improvement with clinical care and continued professional development for the team

• Able to initiate innovative solutions to identified issues

• Detail oriented work habits and strong organisational behaviours including excellence in time management

• Ability to maintain collaborative and effective relationships with interdisciplinary team members, patients and visitors within a dynamic environment

Remuneration:
St. Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney Nurses' EA. Nurse Unit Manager Level 1 –$65.58 + salary packaging + superannuation, exclusive of shift penalties or allowances.

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).

Apply now!
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 confidentially discuss this opportunity, please contact Victoria Waghorne, Assistant Director Clinical Services (Surgical) via victoria.waghorne@svha.org.au.

Position Description and Critical Job Demands Checklist:

Review the following documents:

JR134059_Nurse Unit Manager PD 2019.pdf

Contact Details:

Victoria Waghorne via victoria.waghorne@svha.org.au

Alternate Contact:

Closing Date:

14 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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