Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Melbourne, Australia - Healthscope Hospitals

Description

• Permanent full-time roles available with career pathway development
• Supportive management team with a commitment to quality patient care

LaTrobe Private Hospital is looking for Associate Nurse Unit Manager's to join our Perioperative team with a focus on Urology in 2024.

In this fast paced and varied environment where you will bring your experience and take pride in your work, have a friendly and positive work attitude and a commitment to customer satisfaction.

An exciting new redevelopment for Latrobe & Northpark Private Hospital's

We are proud to announce that the major redevelopment and expansion of clinical services at Latrobe Private Hospital is complete and opened on 5th February 2024 helping us meet the growing healthcare needs of the Northern suburbs communities.

With an emphasis on expanding accessible clinical services for patients, investing in state of the art operating theatres with a focus on orthopaedics and offering new career and professional development opportunities for existing and prospective staff, this is an exciting time for our hospital.

As part of Latrobe University's city of the future, we look forward to providing outstanding nursing and allied health training and education, medical research, and specialist doctor experience.

Our redevelopment:

• Expanded clinical services including Orthopaedics
• 4 new operating theatres
• New 4 bed high dependency unit
• New day surgery admission area
• New onsite pharmacy and cafe.

Position Responsibilities

• Facilitate a learning culture to ensure continuous improvement
• Maintain professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners, using a customer service mindset, to enable high quality patient outcomes.
• Provide clinical operational direction for the unit to ensure efficient and effective management by coordinating the delivery of nursing care that is evidence based.
• Be accountable and responsible for the effective daily management of human, financial and material resources
• Coordinate and drive clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives
• Undertaking direct patient care, as required

Selection Criteria:

· Current Registration with AHPRA

· Working with Children check

· Demonstrated experience being in-charge of shifts

· Current or previous ANUM or clinical nurse specialist experience (desirable)

· Post-graduate degree in relevant specialty area (or working towards)

· Sound clinical knowledge

· Compliance with ACQSHC National standards

· Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills

· Excellent customer service focus, time management and prioritisation

· Ability to manage a dynamic and changing environment

· High degree of computer literacy including MS office and various data bases

Why Healthscope?

When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. As one of the biggest private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia, our 39 sites are supported by our central Support Office, enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.

• Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.
• Discounted health insurance
• Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth

We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us. Come and be the difference in our patient's lives.

To Apply: Please click on the 'Apply' button to be taken to our online application form. For any questions, please visit or reach out to reach out to Mirriam Muganiwa via

If you are successful, you will receive a salary based on your years of relevant nursing experience against the current nursing Enterprise Agreement the "Healthscope - Victoria - Nurses' and Midwives' Agreement " (salaries range between $ $54.71 per hour).

More Information: Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority. Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check, WWCC (where applicable) and Evidence of right to work in Australia prior to appointment. Staff in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker.

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