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Associate Nurse Manager - Psychiatry Adult

Bendigo Health
Bendigo, VIC
A$54.88-$56.73 p/h + Super + Salary Packaging
Healthcare & Medical → Nursing - Management
Part-time
On-site

Posted 11 days ago


Bendigo Health

Work in an environment that offers:

  • Support for career progression and development
  • A strong attitude to teaching and learning
  • Excellent clinical exposure across a range of specialties

The Position

Job Reference: 2396

Position Title: Associate Nurse Unit Manager
Classification: NP83 - NP74
Salary per fortnight (exc. super): $54.88 - $56.73
Hours per fortnight: 64 Hours
Employment Status Ongoing Part Time

Other Requirements: 2025 Flu Vaccination

Closing date: 15/06/2025

The Role

Are you ready to lead and support nursing staff in a dynamic acute mental health setting? We are seeking an Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) for our Adult Psychiatry Unit to ensure high-quality, person-centered care in a busy environment.

Lead and support nurses on shift, maintaining excellent standards of care and patient safety

Collaborate with psychiatrists, psychologists, and allied health professionals to deliver coordinated, holistic treatment plans

Manage daily nursing operations, balancing clinical care with unit efficiency and safety protocols

Foster strong communication and teamwork across the multidisciplinary team to drive the best patient outcomes

Mentor and develop nursing staff, promoting a positive, professional, and supportive work environment

Champion patient safety initiatives, quality improvement projects, and continuous professional development

6 weeks annual leave

Shift work covering day, evening, and night shifts

Working with Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

  • We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including: Staff health and wellbeing programs
  • Career development and education opportunities
  • Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
  • Flexible Working Arrangements
  • Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

Your new division

The Clinical Operations Division encompasses acute, allied health, cancer and mental health services. We provide a wide range of general medical, surgical and specialty services including but not limited to; Oncology, Cardiology, Renal, Emergency, Women's and Children's, Critical Care, Specialist Clinics, Cancer Clinics and Mental Health Services. Our Allied Health teams provide a diverse range of programs and person centred care in inpatient, outpatient, community, home and residential care settings.

Bendigo Region

Bendigo is one of Victoria's largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region's population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

Interested?

We'd love to hear from you! Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.

Need more information? Please contact Fiona Hutchins, Nurse Unit Manager on (03) 54447675for a confidential discussion.

Diversity and Inclusion

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

Position Description: HERE

Careers Video Reference: Welcome to Bendigo Health

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If you are an existing Bendigo Health employee, please ensure you apply with your Bendigo Health email address.


About Bendigo Health

Bendigo, VIC, Australia
Healthcare & Medical
1001-5000 employees

With more than 4500 staff and covering an area a quarter of the size of Victoria, Bendigo Health Care Group (commonly known as Bendigo Health) is an expanding regional health service offering the advantages of city life combined with the beauty and freedom that comes from living in a regional area.

We provide services in emergency, maternity, women’s health, medical imaging, pathology, rehabilitation, community services, residential aged care, mental health care, community dental, hospice/palliative care, cardiology, cancer services and renal dialysis to the people of the Loddon Mallee region.

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