After-Hours Nurse Manager - HammondCare

HammondCare; Sydney; Presencial; AUD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Additional training & career dev.

Fitness Passports

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Exclusive discounts (MyCar, JB HI-FI,

The Good Guys, Optus, Dell, Samsung

Resumo da vaga

HammondCare in Sydney, NSW seeks an After-Hours Nurse Manager to provide operational management and clinical leadership after-hours across a network of hospitals and services. You will supervise clinical staff, ensure patient care standards, and support disaster planning with medical teams.

The role requires AHPRA registration, post-registration palliative care, rehabilitation, or mental health experience, and strong management and IT skills.

Qualificações

• Current registration with AHPRA.
• Post-registration experience in palliative care, rehabilitation, or mental health.
• Tertiary qualification in management or equivalent leadership experience.
• Ability to work across multi-site and remote settings.
• Strong administrative, computer, and technology skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee after-hours operational management of HammondCare's hospital network.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision after hours across multiple sites.
• Monitor staffing levels and adjust to occupancy and acuity.
• Lead staff development and quality improvement projects.
• Implement disaster and emergency plans and liaise with the Operations Managers/Director of Nursing and medical teams.

Conhecimentos

AHPR registration

Palliative care experience

Rehabilitation experience

Mental health experience

Team management

Administrative skills

Technology skills

Independent & team work

Cultural diversity experience

Management qualification or experience

Formação

Management qualification or significant management experience

Descrição da vaga

About HammondCare

Make a difference every day to the lives of older Australians in need by joining the team at HammondCare. We provide expert aged care, home care, dementia care and palliative care for older people, regardless of circumstances, beliefs, background or financial situation, led by our not-for-profit, Christian foundations and backed by research and clinical expertise. We've been caring for people for over 90 years, recruiting and developing passionate team members who can support older people through some of life's most difficult circumstances. Whether it's in our innovative residences, our hospitals, or at home, from the most complex situations to just offering a little help, we bring the same skill, experience and compassion to all we do. It's not just care, it's HammondCare.

About the position

The After-Hours Nurse Manager is a key member of the HammondCare Health and Hospitals management team who works within the Mission, Motivation and Mission in Action of HammondCare to provide operational management, clinical professional leadership and supervision after-hours (evenings, nights, weekends and on public holidays). You will be a vital link across the team, you will support and assume the after-hours responsibilities and duties of the overarching operational management to ensure effective patient care and staff management to meet identified needs. You will also implement business continuity plans in emergency situations, escalating appropriately to the Operations Managers/Director of Nursing and medical teams.

Essence of the role

• Ensures the smooth operational management of HammondCare's hospital network (Braeside, Greenwich, Neringah, and Community Palliative Care teams across SWS and Northern Sydney LHDs).
• Assists with community palliative care calls from relevant LHDs across the hospital network Monitor and adjust staffing levels to meet the care needs of patients based on occupancy and acuity.
• Support clinical staff in the planning, delivery and evaluation of clinical care.
• Proactively build relationships with and manage staff to ensure high quality patient care is delivered.
• Ensure clinical care for inpatients of the clinical services is safe, well managed and of the highest quality.
• Participate in and initiate quality improvement projects.
• Implement disaster plan, including fire and fire evacuation plan when required

About you

• Current registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
• Relevant post registration experience including palliative care, rehabilitation, and/or specialist mental health.
• Tertiary qualifications in management or significant experience at a management level.
• Experience in working with people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and other language/ bilingual skills.
• Experience managing a team of skilled professionals in a multi-site and remote capacity.
• Strong administrative, computer, and technology skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Empathy and patience.

Benefits - What are we offering

• Additional training & career development opportunities
• Reward and Recognition Program
• Fitness Passports: Full facility access can include gyms, group classes and pools for yourself and your family.
• Free independent, confidential counselling services, wand wellbeing resources available through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you & your family.
• Exclusive discounts at MyCar; Servicing, Brakes, Repairs
• Exclusive commercial discounts for JB HI-FI, The Good Guys, Optus, Dell and Samsung

For any specific queries please contact [e-mail] Closing date: 14th November 2026 HammondCare is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and inclusion. We thrive on creating an equal employment environment where everyone from any background can be themselves. All short-listed applicants for these positions will be asked to consent to staff screening, a criminal record and immunisation checks.