Associate Unit Manager - Melbourne, Australia - The Royal Women's Hospital
Description
Location:
Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type:
Not provided
Organisation:
The Royal Women's Hospital
Salary:
Salary not specified
Occupation:
Nursing
Reference: 25779
Associate Unit Manager
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Part time 32 hours p/w, ongoing:
Parkville location with flexible, hybrid working:
$106,834 - $110,432 + salary packaging + super + 5 weeks annual leave
The Royal Women's Hospital is one of Australia's oldest and most distinguished tertiary hospitals dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns, offering specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women's health.
Our goal is to be the best place to work, learn and contribute, and to provide exceptional experiences for our patients and consumers.
About Women's Health Clinics
The Women's is a tertiary referral centre for women with complex gynaecological needs, chronic pelvic pain, issues related to menopause, pelvic floor and other urogynaecological problems.
The outpatient department accommodates several specialist clinics such as gynaecology, abortion, and contraception, urogynaecology, menopause, vulva/dermatology, menopause symptoms after cancer clinics, chronic pelvic pain clinic and colonoscopy.
There are many speciality services within the Women's Health Clinics which require clinical coordination and a leader for improvement and change.
About the role
- The Associate Unit Manager will assume incharge responsibility for the day to day operations in the outpatient and satellite areas to ensure care is delivered in a safe, competent and professional manner. This includes the day to day monitoring of standards of nursing practice in relation to patient care, interpersonal behaviour, teamwork, staff safety, patient flow, wait times for appointments, the provision of and safe utilisation of equipment and consumables. The AUM should be able to step in and assist with clinical procedure in all clinics if required.
In collaboration with the Nurse Manager, you will identify the training needs of staff and participate in the planning, implementation and evaluation of education programs for the above areas.
These clinics and areas have teams which comprise of clinic coordinators, nurse practitioners, specialist nurses, enrolled nurses, and medical staff and clerical staff.
- In addition to this, you will lead quality improvement activities in national standards allocated portfolios and other improvement projects within the outpatient setting.
About you
You'll bring with you:
- experience in women's health
- experience in leadership and management
- knowledge of an outpatient setting
- confidence in leading a team and change projects
Our benefits
At the Women's you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning. We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day.
We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:
- $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Public transport options at our doorstep and end of journey facilities for cyclists
- Onsite childcare centre and breastfeeding rooms
- Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
- Five weeks annual leave, 17.5% leave loading, monthly ADO's and purchased leave options
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