High quality healthcare. Quality of life. Learn and grow in your career and in your life with more opportunities and more flexibility.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Mgr Gde 7
Remuneration: $181,122.25 - $183,819.88 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ617524

Applications Close: 16 November 2025

About the role

Tweed Valley Hospital is seeking a transformational and inspirational leader with a passion for developing and empowering teams, and for driving excellence at every level. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate closely with the leadership team within a newly built, state-of-the-art facility, helping to shape innovative and sustainable healthcare services that respond to the evolving needs of the growing Tweed-Byron community—now and into the future.

The Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Tweed Valley Hospital is responsible for the efficient and effective day to day operational and strategic leadership and management of nursing and midwifery services to support the delivery of high standards of care for patients and their families in line with professional standards of practice.

Clinician engagement and leadership has been a prominent feature of the public health system for a number of years, where clinician led clinical standards, safety and quality improvements have become a major focus. The Local Health District (LHD) is committed to the strengthening and ongoing involvement and clinician engagement of staff that provide direct patient care in the planning, delivery, improvement and evaluation of health services.

About Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD)

We are a healthcare community, caring for the people of the Northern Rivers. We understand that high quality healthcare and quality of lif go hand in hand. Our hospitals, and our community health and multipurpose services are a well-balanced modern network truly connecting the communities we serve across the Tweed, Richmond, and Clarence Valleys.

If you care about high quality healthcare and quality of life, we encourage you to join us.

You care. We care. Learn more about NNSWLHD here.

Relocating to the region?

The Welcome Experience in the Northern Rivers connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.

Learn more at: www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience

Exciting opportunity to join Tweed Valley Hospital, a new, major referral hospital at the heart of the network of hospitals and health facilities across the Tweed-Byron region.

The new state of the art facility includes:

• more operating theatres and recovery spaces
• expanded emergency department
• enhanced medical, surgical, and mental health services
• enhanced ambulatory care services including more outpatient clinics
• new interventional cardiology service
• new radiotherapy service as part of a new integrated cancer care service

Join our team and you’ll enjoy:

Salary packaging and novated leasing – increase your take-home pay

Fitness discounts – focus on your health and wellbeing

Growth – access to professional and personal development

Team culture – work in a collaborative, flexible and supportive team environment

Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce

Need more information?

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Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Graham Guy on [email protected]

Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day.

NNNSWLHD embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.

NNSWLHD is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this position. All applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be viewed most favourably.

For help with your application to this role visit Stepping Up, our online recruitment resource for Aboriginal people.

To apply for this position, you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or be able to independently, legally live and work in Australia. For more information, please see www.homeaffairs.gov.au.

This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2024_015).

You may be subject to a probationary period of six months from the date of appointment to this position.

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