Full Time, Permanent Contract 80 hours per fortnight - inclusive of ADO Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) is the major health provider in the Central Hume region with an extensive range of acute, sub-acute, aged care and community services.
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The North East Victorian lifestyle might be just what you're looking for!
Fabulous food and wine venues, excellent cycling tracks and river walks with easy access to the snowfields.
The area is home to excellent public and private schools and is only 2.5 hours on a major freeway from Melbourne.
NHW have recently completed a very exciting redevelopment, which includes an expansion of the existing medical ward to a 40 bed unit, with the addition of a number of single occupancy rooms, increasing the capacity for patient isolation.
NHW has recently been successful in a submission to participate in the DOH Timely emegency care collaborative, partnering with IHI.
As the NUM of the medical ward, you will be integral in leading sustained change and will have the opportunity to be involved professional development in change managment and improvment methodolgy through your involvement in the collaborative.
As the NUM, and as a senior leader within the Nursing & Midwifery Division, you will have direct operational responsibility for the provision of high quality and safe patient services through leadership, coaching, team building, change management, risk management and effective human and financial resource management.
To be eligible for this role you will hold current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and have a minimum of five years post registration experience in acute medical nursing.
Postgraduate qualifications in leadership and management or working towards are desirable as is previous experience in a management role.
You will demonstrate strong leadership and management skills as well as highly developed communication / interpersonal, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
You will be required to establish relationships and work closely with the to Physician craft groups, Clinical Director of Internal medicine and leaders of the allied health teams to drive best patient outcomes.
The role is a senior leadership role and you will have strong peer support as well as mentoring and coaching from your manager.
The successful applicant will enjoy the benefits of competitive remuneration and full salary packaging benefits that are available to Victorian Public Health Sector employees.
If you have the background and skills for this exciting role, then we would like to hear from you!
Our Region: Wangaratta has a population of approximately 30,000 and our catchment serves a community of around 100 000 throughout the northeast.
An easy 2 ½ hours drive on the Hume freeway from Melbourne and less than an hour to Albury airport with direct flights to most of the large Australian cities.
We have over 11 schools including private Catholic and Anglican schooling options for pre-year 12.
Our region is a popular destination year-round.
It boasts multiple national parks, picturesque small towns, award winning restaurants, wineries and breweries.
Whether you want to hike, mountain bike and ski in the mountains, paddle the rivers or cruise on the rail trails there is something for everyone in the northeast.
https://www.visitwangaratta.com.au/Home https://www.victoriashighcountry.com.au/snow/ The successful applicant will benefit from: Competitive remuneration, novated leasing and full salary packaging benefits Available.
If you have relocated permanently you may also be able to substantially increase your take-home pay by salary packaging some or all of your relocation costs.
5 weeks annual leave and an addition week for any employee working 10 or more weekend shifts.
There is also the option for full time employees to be able to purchase additional leave if they wish.
Option to be able to swap any existing public holiday to another religious holiday or day of significance of your choice.
Employee Assistant Programs (EAP) Well being programs and discounted corporate gym membership Social Club Benefits Support for our diverse workforce Applying for the role: Enquiries can be made with Anna Dewan (Operational Director) on (03) 5722 5079 Confirmation of Influenza Vaccination or an approved medical exemption is required upon application.
Covid Vaccination is strongly recommended.
A PD for this role can be downloaded below or at www.northeasthealth.org.au/careers/jobs/ Applications must address the Key Selection Criteria from the PD Employment Statutory Declaration form must be submitted with your application To apply for this position hit Apply Now/Join Now or head over to our careers page at www.northeasthealth.org.au/careers/jobs/ All additional documents can be uploaded within the application after filling in the key selection criteria Applications close Thursday, 19th December 2024 NHW do not accept unsolicited applications from recruitment companies