Facility Manager - Cootamundra

NSW Health; Cootamundra; On-site; AUD 158,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful salary package

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development

Health & wellbeing support

Job summary

NSW Health in Cootamundra is seeking a Facility Manager (Nurse Manager – Grade 3) to lead day-to-day operations of nursing and support services. You will ensure safe, compassionate, person-centred care and work with the multidisciplinary team to achieve high-quality outcomes for residents.

The role requires current AHPRA RN registration, senior leadership experience, and strong governance knowledge. Location offers a relaxed regional lifestyle with strong community ties.

Qualifications

• Hold current authority to practise as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
• Demonstrate senior leadership and operational management experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication with stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with accreditation, clinical governance and quality/safety improvement.
• Travel across MLHD and driving long distances when required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operational management of facility services.
• Deliver safe, compassionate and person-centred care.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to meet goals and outcomes.
• Lead workforce planning, recruitment, and budgeting to optimise service delivery.

Skills

Nurse Management

Leadership

AHPRA RN

Health Management

Budget & Finance

Education

Postgraduate in Health Management

Nursing Degree

Tools

Health IT Systems

Job description

Requisition Number: REQ693753
Employment Type: Permanent Full - Time
Position Classification: Nurse Manager - Grade 3
Remuneration: $158,236.73 - $161,174.38, pro rata (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per week: 38
Applications Close:8 October 2026
Location: Cootamundra
Vaccination Category: A

Lead the way in Cootamundra – a rewarding career with a lifestyle to match.

Cootamundra offers meaningful leadership, a strong sense of community and a relaxed country lifestyle. As Facility Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference in a close-knit community while enjoying great local cafés, sporting clubs, parks and heritage attractions. Cootamundra is famous for the birth place of Sir Donald Bradman, the annual beach volleyball and touch football carnival and wattle time festival of lights.
Just over an hour from Wagga Wagga and within easy reach of Canberra and Sydney, Cootamundra gives you the best of regional living with excellent connections.

About the Opportunity

As the Facility Manager you will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of nursing and other clinical and non-clinical support services at the facility level. The role ensures the delivery of safe, compassionate and person-centred care, through the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care in collaboration with individuals and the multidisciplinary health care team, to achieve safe, high-quality care outcomes that meet the goals of each person at the facility.

To find out more, please review the Position Description.

• Hold current authority to practise as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA, with demonstrated capability consistent with Appendix 1 (Core knowledge and skills of Nurse Manager Grade 3) of the Public Health System Nurses’ and Midwives’ (State) Award 2015.
• Demonstrate proven senior leadership and operational management experience, supported by qualifications in health management, health policy and planning, business or equivalent, or currently working towards relevant postgraduate qualifications.
• Demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to liaise, negotiate and influence effectively with clinicians, managers, staff, and key stakeholders, including demonstrated capability in conflict resolution.
• Demonstrate high-level computer literacy, including experience with health-related systems and a range of workforce and performance/analytics platforms.
• Provide evidence of successful achievement in financial and activity/service delivery management, including the ability to identify efficiencies, develop strategies and meet organisational performance targets.
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, inspire and manage teams, applying recognised change management principles to achieve service and organisational goals.
• Demonstrate sound understanding of, and experience with, accreditation requirements and the link between accreditation, clinical governance, and quality and safety improvement.
• Demonstrate experience managing a complex clinical service with competing demands relating to access, patient flow/throughput, workforce capability, and resource allocation.
• Hold a current Class C Driver Licence and demonstrate the ability and willingness to travel as required across MLHD, including driving long distances when necessary.

Why join MLHD

At Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD), we offer more than a job — we offer the chance to make a real difference.

• Meaningful Impact – Play a vital role in supporting essential services to our diverse and vibrant regional communities.
• Flexible Working Arrangements – Designed to support work-life balance, aligned with NSW Health policy.
• Generous Salary Packaging – Access up to $20,600 per annum tax-free for living expenses, plus the option for novated car leasing.
• Professional Development – Take advantage of ongoing learning and career development opportunities.
• Health & Wellbeing Support – Benefit from our comprehensive wellness programs for you and your family, including Employee Assistance Programs Fitness Passport and initiatives to support both physical and mental health.

MLHD welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community. If you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, you can access recruitment application support through the Stepping Up initiative.

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined intheNSW 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.