SA Health Job reference: 884264
Location: 5280 - MILLICENT
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
Join Our Team as a Nurse Unit Manager at Limestone Coast Local Health Network! As the Nurse Unit Manager in Aged Care, you will leverage your clinical knowledge and experience to coordinate patient/client care delivery within a Health Unit or Community Service. Your primary focus will be on line management, coordination, and leadership of nursing/midwifery and multi-disciplinary team activities, ensuring continuity and high quality of patient/client care and outcomes.
In this role, you will take accountability for the outcomes of nursing/midwifery practices and multidisciplinary initiatives. You will address any discrepancies between practice and policy while fostering team performance and cultivating a positive work culture that prioritizes exceptional patient/client outcomes.
Key Responsibilities: Evidence-Based Decision Making: Integrate contemporary information and personal experience to enhance decision-making, innovative thinking, and objective analysis. Your expert clinical knowledge will inform your ability to lead clinical services and management activities, optimizing nursing and midwifery care.Leadership & Coordination: Provide pivotal leadership and coordination in delivering patient/client care within a designated ward, unit, service, or program. Ensure continuity and quality of care, improve patient outcomes, and facilitate efficient patient flow.What We're Looking For: Nursing/Midwifery Registration: Must be registered or eligible for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, holding a current practicing certificate.Experience: At least 3 years of post-registration experience as a Registered Nurse and/or Midwife.Clinical Competence: Demonstrated expertise in the relevant area of nursing and/or midwifery practice, adhering to applicable standards.Leadership Experience: Proven experience in management and leadership roles.Supervisory Skills: Experience supervising students, enrolled nurses, and less experienced registered nurses and/or midwives.Why Join Us? Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of the Limestone Coast Local Health Network means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.Collaborative and supportive work environment where your ideas are valued.Job security and financial incentives: in addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits.Relocation reimbursement of up to $13,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity.The Region The Limestone Coast Local Health Network provides a wide range of health care services to residents within the Limestone Coast region, which is situated in the southeastern part of South Australia and extending all the way to the Victorian border.
Your lifestyle Relaxed and affordable lifestyleAccess to safe beaches, excellent recreational fishing, sailing and surfOutstanding National Parks and great sporting and recreational facilitiesWell-serviced with educational facilities, including TAFE and University campusesPlenty of social activities including sporting clubs, music groups and great food and beverage experiencesConveniently located approximately halfway between two major cities: Melbourne and AdelaideApplicant Information Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker CheckNational Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 884264
Enquiries Lorna Curran
Administration Officer
Phone: 8733 0150
Email: ******
Application Closing Date Saturday 16th November 2024, 11:55PM
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
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