Nurse Unit Manager - Emergency Department

St John of God Murdoch Hospital is one of the leading private health campuses in Western Australia, and major health care hub in the southern region.  Offering 507-beds, services include an emergency department, operating theatres, endoscopy suites, birth suite and maternity ward, medical library and education centre. It has an excellent reputation, benefits from being in the fastest growing area of Perth and is conveniently positioned next door to the State’s flagship Fiona Stanely Hospital.

Your role

As Nurse Unit Manager you will be responsible for leadership and management on our Emergency Department, ensuring patient safety, quality of care and experience, efficient operations and contribution to the strategic objectives of the Directorate.

This exciting opportunity will allow you to show case your vast knowledge through both staff management and a hands-on clinical component. The role will require you to provide supervision and direction, alongside advanced clinical nursing skills in Emergency Care.

This position will be offered on a permanent full-time basis working 38 hours per week, hours negotiable.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor standards of service and practice against benchmark targets, including nurse sensitive indicators, incident management system data, clinical indicator results and patient, doctor and caregiver satisfaction results. Where benchmarks are not met, design, implement and evaluate responses.

• Support and participate in the ACHS accreditation process/regulatory assessments, as well as group-wide and divisional Quality and Clinical Risk Management programs.

• Foster a clinical culture of interdisciplinary collaboration to improve patient outcomes.

• Ensure that patients and consumers are actively involved in relevant planning and decision-making processes.

• Work in a clinical capacity within the department as required, to support caregivers, medical officers and to ensure the delivery of safe, person-centred care.

• Ongoing financial management and monitoring of the service cost centre including, productivity, activity and utilisation in line with budgetary parameters and performance targets.

• Promote and demonstrate a culture of innovation and improvement to enhance patient care and experience.

Holding current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse, you will possess recent experience working in fast past hospital emergency department, with dedication to quality improvement, including knowledge of the ACHS EQuiP process and clinical risk management.  You will have expertise in establishing, overseeing, and fulfilling annual and financial operational targets and benchmarks. Additionally, you will possess the knowledge and abilities to lead and support change management.

To be successful, you will have contemporary management and leadership experience as a Senior Nurse in an acute hospital setting, with previous management experience.  You will be skilled in making clinical, managerial and ethical decisions whilst cultivating a positive service-oriented culture.  Building strong relationships and teams amongst medical professionals, nurses, and other health care providers will be key.  Additionally, you will manage risks, balance competing priorities and meet delivery timeframes.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Salary: $141,353 per annum (pro rata for part-time), plus 12% superannuation

• A permanent full-time position, working 38 hours per week, hours negotiable

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing 

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs

• Access to gym membership, fitness and wellbeing benefits through Fitness Passport for you and your family.

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Innovative Professional Development opportunities

• Travel Green allowance.  If you walk, carpool or use public transport you could be eligible for up to $1,500 per year

All applicants are asked to submit a current CV and covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements.

For enquiries, contact Natalie Chemello, Deputy Director of Nursing, on (08) 9428 8***.

Applications will be reviewed throughout the advertising period and interviews conducted regularly.  If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date. Apply today!

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