Nurse Unit Manager - Perioperative

Melbourne based

Permanent Full Time | Salary Packaging Benefits + 5 weeks annual leave + Monthly ADO

$156,800 including superannuation per year + $10,000 salary packaging

World-class patient care and experience

Supportive and dynamic Medical, Allied Health, and Support Staff

About the Client - The Royal Victorian Eye and Hear Hospital

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital is a word-class specialist hospital with over 50 different outpatient clinics for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of vision and hearing loss. They have a proud history of serving a diverse community, caring for approximately 250,000 patients, with over 200,000 outpatients, nearly 40,000 emergency patients and over 14,000 inpatients per year.

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital is proud to foster a culture that brings a 'country feel' offering a family-friendly atmosphere for their employees and patients. Staff appreciate the convenient location and the opportunity to engage in meaningful work, and working alongside professional and engaged colleagues.

Company Values

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital are actively working to create a safe and fair environment, particularly focusing on gender equality and inclusivity for all staff and patients. The hospital emphasizes patient-centered care and is committed to acting on patient feedback to improve the overall experience.

They aspire to be the world’s leading eye and ear health service through; outstanding patient experience; exemplary leadership; inspiring our people and building a platform for the future. Their values of Integrity, Care, Excellence and Innovation are at the core of everything they do.

About the role

Directly reporting to the Perioperative Services Manager (PSM), the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) - Perioperative is responsible for leading a team across 8 Operating Theatres, Treatment Room and Stage 1 Recovery.

Supported by a cohesive and dedicated team of ANUMS, Registered Nurses, Theatre Technicians and Administrative staff, a significant part of the NUM role is to effectively lead their team, ensuring staff are equipped to perform their roles to the highest standards within a safe and collaborative environment.

The NUM will maintain and implement quality systems in accordance with National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and will have a commitment to continuous improvement, risk minimisation and successful delivery of outcomes.

The NUM is committed to quality improvement in care and value and ensure a focus on education and professional development in the department and also help shape organisational strategy, continue to strengthen VMO relationships and improve procedural service provision to achieve departmental and hospital strategic objectives.

The NUM will ensure there is an effective workforce available to support the hospital's strategy, along with identifying and supervising issues of clinical risk ensuring high quality, safe, patient centred care. The NUM provides guidance and development of the staff within the Unit and holds responsibility to develop and manage the unit within the allocated budgets and organisational improvement plan objectives.

About you

To be successful in this role you will possess:

Current registration with AHPRA with a Bachelor of Nursing

Post graduate qualification or relevant experience in Perioperative Nursing

Highly developed interpersonal and leadership experience

Demonstrated success in delivering a patient centred service in a complex hospital environment

Experience or exposure to managing a budget including labour costs, procurement of equipment, etc.

On Offer

Attractive and competitive remuneration with excellent salary packaging benefits.

1 x ADO per month + 5 weeks annual leave.

Hours are Monday to Friday during standard business hours - no after hours or on-call work.

Support from a dedicated team of Executive Management, NUM's, Allied Health professionals, and support staff.

Access to health and well-being programs and professional development.

Ready to make an impact?

If you are ready to create an impact in a hospital making a meaningful difference in patients' lives, please submit your application today.

FLEX People Group, is a boutique HR consultancy exclusively partnering with the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital on this search assignment. Please submit your application to Tiffany Lo, Managing Partnering at FLEX People Group - [email protected] or via the SEEK ad.

A candidate information pack will be provided upon receiving your application.

For further information, please call 1300 029 837 or email [email protected]

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