Facility Manager - Cootamundra

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

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $20,600 per yr

Novated car leasing

Health & wellbeing programs

Job summary

Southern NSW Local Health District seeks a Facility Manager to lead daily operations of nursing and clinical services in Cootamundra. The role focuses on safe, person-centred care within a supportive, community-focused district.

The successful candidate will have RN- AHPRA registration, strong leadership, and experience managing budgets and performance in health settings. NSW Health benefits and flexible arrangements accompany this leadership role.

Qualifications

• Hold current authority to practise as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
• Demonstrate senior leadership and operational management experience.
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication and stakeholder liaison skills.
• Experience with health-related systems and analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operational management of nursing and other clinical/non-clinical services at facility level.
• Ensure safe, compassionate and person-centred care through planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary health care team to meet patient and organizational goals.
• Identify efficiencies, develop strategies and meet performance targets.

Skills

Senior leadership

Operational management

Communication skills

Financial management

Health system knowledge

Education

Nursing registration (AHPRA)

Health management qualification

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.

Our ideal candidate will:

• 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 inthe NSW Health OASV Policy(Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.