Facility Nurse Manager Grade - Hay (Incentives Offered)

NSW Health; Hay; Hybrid; AUD 158,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Short-term accommodation (12 weeks)

Relocation assistance considerations

Hybrid work options and flexible hours

Maternity & parental leave

Staff wellbeing support (EAP)

Fitness and wellness benefits

Job summary

NSW Health in Hay is seeking a Facility Nurse Manager (Grade 3) to provide strategic and operational leadership across nursing services. You will inspire your team, shape safe, high-quality, person-centred care, and drive continuous improvement while managing resources for the Hay community.

This permanent full-time role offers incentives under the NSW Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme, including sign-on incentives and annual allowances, plus flexible hybrid work options and generous leave

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA/NMBA.
• Strong leadership and management experience within healthcare.
• Experience balancing service demands, workforce requirements and resources to achieve service goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing teams with strong clinical and professional leadership while developing staff capability.
• Drive quality and safety, monitor standards of care, and support excellent patient outcomes.
• Shape service delivery by planning, implementing and leading change to keep nursing services responsive.
• Manage people and resources, including workforce planning, performance, staffing priorities and budgets.
• Build partnerships with multidisciplinary teams to support coordinated, high-quality care.

Skills

Nurse leadership

Operational management

Staff development

Clinical governance

Education

Registered Nurse registration (AHPRA/NMBA)

Tools

Budgeting tools

Job description

Facility Nurse Manager Grade - Hay (Incentives Offered)

*This position qualifies for incentives under the NSW Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme , including up to $20,000 sign on incentive, and up to $10,000 each year (incentive value dependent on full-time equivalent, position and location).

Shape the future of healthcare in Hay by joining our team as the Facility Nurse Manager. In this rewarding leadership role, you'll provide strategic and operational leadership across nursing services, supporting your team to deliver safe, high-quality and person-centred care. You'll foster a positive workplace culture, strengthen workforce capability and drive continuous improvement, while effectively managing resources and supporting responsive, sustainable healthcare for the Hay community.

Employment type:Permanent Full Time
Position classification:Nurse Manager - Grade 3
Renumeration:$158,236.73 - $161,174.38 per annum (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per week:38
Requisition ID:REQ700663
Location: Hay

About the role

As the Facility Nurse Manager at Hay MPS, you will lead nursing services, inspire your team and help shape the delivery of safe, high-quality care for the community. This is an exciting opportunity to influence service delivery, strengthen workforce capability and champion a positive culture of quality, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire nursing teams, providing strong clinical and professional leadership while developing the capability of staff.
• Drive quality and safety, championing continuous improvement, monitoring standards of care and supporting excellent patient outcomes.
• Shape service delivery by planning, implementing and leading change to ensure nursing services remain responsive and sustainable.
• Manage people and resources effectively, including workforce planning, performance, staffing priorities and nursing service budgets.
• Build strong partnerships with multidisciplinary teams and healthcare providers to support coordinated, high-quality care
• Annual leave with 17.5% leave loading (for full-time and part-time staff)
• Relocation assistance considerations
• Short term free accommodation for 12 weeks
• Flexible work options, including hybrid and varied hours (depending on the role)
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• Generous leave options including long service and carers leave
• Discounted gym membership through Fitness Passport
• Free and confidential support for staff and their families via our Staff Wellbeing and Support Service (EAP)
• Wellbeing programs that promote mental health, resilience and balance

What We’re Looking For:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA/NMBA, with demonstrated practice in accordance with relevant professional standards, codes and frameworks.
• Strong leadership and management experience, supported by relevant qualifications in health management, health policy and planning, business or equivalent, or a commitment to working towards these qualifications.
• An inspiring and capable people leader who can motivate teams, build a positive workplace culture and confidently lead change in a contemporary healthcare environment.
• Proven operational and financial management skills, with experience balancing competing service demands, workforce requirements and resources while achieving service goals.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate, negotiate and engage effectively with clinicians, managers, staff and key stakeholders, along with a current Class C driver's licence and willingness to travel for work purposes

MLHD values diversity and is committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTI, people with a disability and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants can access recruitment application support through the Stepping Up initiative.

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.