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Nurse Unit Manager - Acute Care Service

North West Hospital and Health Service
Mount Isa, QLD
A$132,562-$143,924 p/a
Healthcare & Medical → Nursing - Psych, Forensic & Correctional Health
Full-time
On-site

Posted 4 days ago


North West Hospital and Health Service (HHS)

  • Unique locations
  • Friendly communities
  • Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives

Working with us

  • for 1 year will get you an isolation bonus of AUD$3,500. If you stay for 2 years you will get AUD$10,500… and for your 3rd year (and every year after that) you will get AUD$7,000.

In your downtime, we will provide 2 return airfares p.a. (inc. spouse/dependents) to the nearest east coast provincial city in conjunction with your recreation leave; of which we offer 5 weeks p.a. with a 17.5% loading/bonus.

  • Base salary ranges between $132,562 and $143,924 p.a. (Nurse Grade 7).
  • 12.75% employer superannuation contribution.
  • Long Service Leave and Sick Leave accrual.
  • Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.

Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.

Plus 2 weeks p.a., travel as required and enrolment and conference costs for approved courses and conferences.

We also offer staff accommodation (if eligible) or a private rental subsidy of AUD$82.50 per week for up to 17 months.

The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay.

The Traditional Owners of the area are the Kalkadoon people.

Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!

About the role

The Nurse Unit Manager – Acute Care Service (ACS) is accountable at an advanced practice level for leading and coordinating the ACS to achieve best practice standards for clinical practice, patient centred care within a healthcare team and is responsible for the provision of effective and efficient human, material, and financial resource management.

Requirements

  • Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.
  • Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse and possession of a current annual licence certificate is mandatory.
  • A post graduate qualification or currently enrolled in a post graduate program in a relevant area of study is highly desirable.
  • Appointees will be required to work all shifts in accordance with the unit roster.
  • C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.
  • The position may involve travel to various facilities or units within the North West Hospital and Health Service.
  • Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
  • This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
  • A period of probation may apply.

Interested?

Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.

Apply ONLINE: https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-MI626559-NG

Contact: Dan VanderDonk on 07 4744 7103.

Applications close: Monday, 31 March 2025.


About North West Hospital and Health Service

Mount Isa, QLD, Australia

Our vision

Healthier Queenslanders.

Our purpose

To provide leadership and direction, and to work collaboratively to ensure the health system to deliver quality services that are safe and responsive for Queenslanders.

Our responsibilities

The Department of Health's role include:

1.providing strategic leadership and direction for health through the development of policies, legislation and regulations

2.developing statewide plans for health services, workforce and major capital investment

3.managing major capital works for public sector health service facilities

4.purchasing health service delivery

5.supporting and monitoring the quality of health service delivery

6.delivering specialised health services, providing ambulance, health information and communication technology and statewide health support services.

Hospital and Health Services are independent statutory agencies responsible for their own strategic plans.

Our strategic objectives

1.Supporting Queenslanders to be healthier: promoting and protecting the health of Queenslanders

2.Enabling safe, quality services: delivering and enabling safe, clinically effective, high quality health services

3.Equitable health outcomes: improving health outcomes through better access to services for Queenslanders

4.High performance: responsive, dynamic and accountable management of the department, and of funding and service performance

5.Dynamic policy leadership: drive service improvement and innovation through a collaborative policy cycle

6.Broad engagement with partners: harnessing the skill and knowledge of our partners

7.Engaged and productive workforce: foster a culture that is vibrant, innovative and collaborative

Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website.

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