Employment Type: Permanent Full Time, 38 hours per week

Location: Liverpool Hospital Mental Health Service
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Manager Level 2
Remuneration: $118,419.26 per annum
Requisition ID: REQ176052

Application Close Date: 23/08/2020

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

We aspire to bring out the best in customer and patient care

About The Opportunity
Liverpool Hospital is recruiting for a Nurse Unit Manager to complement and enhance the current Mental Health unit.

Life at South Western Sydney Local Health District is rewarding, progressive and diverse and is always focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, Healthier Communities.

Where You'll Be Working
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background and people with a disability to apply.

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

What you'll be doing

The Nursing Unit Manager (NUM) is in-charge of all aspects of the unit environment and takes overall responsibility for the standard of patient care in the unit. The NUM is pivotal to the coordination of patient care, unit management and leadership to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care and efficient use of resources.

South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) is focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, healthier communities.

All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model, promoting a culture that supports practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviors and interactions with patients, clients and employees.

The vision of SWSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Service is Compassionate Nursing and Midwifery Care Always, through leading effective workplace cultures that improve the patient experience.

How to Apply

To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria as thoroughly as possible.

Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent work experience or a combination of study and experience deemed appropriate by SWSLHD.
Demonstrated senior nursing experience with experience in leading staff and managing services in a relevant setting.
Proven ability to ensure the human, physical and financial resources of the unit are managed to provide safe, compassionate, quality care that is culturally responsive
Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with patients/consumers, carers and the multidisciplinary health care team to identify and ensure responsiveness of care needs
Demonstrated capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner and manage conflicts and performance issues when they arise
Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the management of the unit and the delivery of evidenced based nursing care
Demonstrated understanding and participation in risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace

Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Natalie Vella on 0434 077 073 or via email on Natalie.Vella@health.nsw.gov.au

Interview Date Range: 26/08/2020 – 02/09/2020

Click ‘Apply’ to submit your application now.

Stepping Up – Close the Gap

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If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role within South Western Sydney Local Health District, please contact the SWSLHD Aboriginal Workforce Team on SWSLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au.

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Nurse Unit Manager (Lvl 2) - Mental Health (Liverpool Hospital) - Perm FT

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