Casual Pool and Agency Nurse Manager

NSW Health; St Leonards; On-site; AUD 138,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Health at Royal North Shore Hospital seeks a Nurse Manager Grade 3 to lead the casual pool and agency nursing and midwifery workforce. You will drive centralised, customer-focused workforce management across NSLHD facilities and collaborate with clinical leaders to ensure safe patient care and governance.

The role requires senior clinical and operational management experience, with strong leadership, communication skills, and recruitment ability.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current unconditional AHPRA registration.
• Tertiary qualifications in Health Management or working towards the same.
• Clinical and operational management experience at a senior level.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to recruit nursing staff and use IT platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead management of casual pool and agency nursing and midwifery workforce.
• Collaborate with Nurse Manager Workforce NSLHD to meet workforce needs.
• Ensure safe, high quality patient care through governance and education.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Leadership

Communication skills

Recruitment

IT platforms

Education

Health Management qualification

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for a Nurse Manager to join the Nursing and Midwifery Directorate- Workforce team.
You will lead the management of the casual pool and agency workforce and have opportunity to be part of district wide Nursing and Midwifery projects.

Employment Type

Temporary Full Time until 17 September 2027 (with the possibility of ongoing employment)

Position Classification

Nurse Manager Grade 3

Remuneration

$3,032.60 - $3,088.90 per week

Hours Per Week

38

Requisition ID

REQ702615

Who we are

We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you'll be working

Royal North Shore Hospital

What you'll be doing

The Nurse Manager (NM) Nursing and Midwifery (NMD) Casual and Agency Workforce is responsible for providing a centralised, customer focused, casual and agency workforce management service for Nursing and Midwifery across all facilities/services within NSLHD. The NM Casual and Agency Workforce will work collaboratively with the Nurse Manager Nursing and Midwifery Workforce NSLHD to ensure the workforce requirements and workload management meet the needs of the Local Health District. The NM will provide leadership and work with service and facility staffing and workforce managers to ensure delivery of safe, high quality patient care through the management of appropriate governance systems and processes relating to the employment of casual and agency nurses and midwives in addition to appropriate professional development and education support.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

• Registered Nurse who holds current unconditional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA).
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Health Management/working towards same or significant relevant experience.
• Clinical and operational management experience at a senior level within a complex health care environment.
• Demonstrated high level interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated sound leadership skills and ability to meet deadlines and prioritise workload.
• Proven experience in a high pressured challenging environment with the ability to adapt quickly.
• Demonstrated ability to efficiently and effectively recruit nursing staff combined with an aptitude to utilise relevant information technology platforms.

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in theNSW Health OASV Policy(Page 11).You will be required to complete theOASV Undertaking/ Declaration FormandTB Assessment Toolduring the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

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