Nurse Unit Manager

Queensland Government; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly work environment

Salary packaging options

Professional development allowances

Job summary

Queensland Government is seeking an experienced Nurse Unit Manager to provide advanced nursing and operational leadership across the Central Referral Hub (CRH) and General Practice Liaison Officer (GPLO) teams. The role focuses on high-quality, patient-centred care and efficient service delivery across a multidisciplinary workforce.

You will lead a team, manage clinical governance, and oversee resources to support contemporary nursing practice and service performance within Queensland's public

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent; relevant postgraduate study is highly desirable.
• Very knowledgable and experienced in outpatient services, particularly referral management, stakeholder engagement and supporting effective access to care.
• Demonstrably capable in leading teams, managing resources and budgets, and using transformational leadership to build workforce capacity, capability and engagement.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical and operational leadership across the Central Referral Hub and GPLO services, supporting contemporary nursing practice, patient-centred care and service performance.
• Lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary workforce, fostering team cohesion, capability, engagement and a positive practice environment.
• Drive quality improvement, clinical governance, innovation and service development, ensuring care and referral processes align with relevant standards, evidence and organisational priorities.
• Oversee human, financial and material resources, including workforce planning, rostering, performance development, budget management and efficient allocation of resources.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Outpatient services

Referral management

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Change management

Evidence-based practice

Education

Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent

Postgraduate study desirable

Job description

Your new role:As Nurse Unit Manager, you will provide advanced nursing and operational leadership across the Central Referral Hub (CRH) and General Practice Liaison Officer (GPLO) teams, driving high-quality, patient-centred care and effective service delivery. You will lead a multidisciplinary workforce while managing clinical, human, financial and material resources to achieve best-practice outcomes. You will:Provide advanced clinical and operational leadership across the Central Referral Hub and GPLO services, supporting contemporary nursing practice, patient-centred care and service performance.Lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary workforce, fostering team cohesion, capability, engagement and a positive practice environment.Drive quality improvement, clinical governance, innovation and service development, ensuring care and referral processes align with relevant standards, evidence and organisational priorities.Oversee human, financial and material resources, including workforce planning, rostering, performance development, budget management and efficient allocation of resources.About you:We are seeking an experienced and inspiring nursing leader who can combine advanced clinical expertise with strong operational and people-management capabilities. To be successful, you are:A Registered Nurse with demonstrated advanced clinical and leadership experience, supported by a Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent qualification; relevant postgraduate study is highly desirable.Very knowledgable and experienced in outpatient services, particularly referral management, stakeholder engagement and supporting effective access to care.Demonstrably capable in leading teams, managing resources and budgets, and using transformational leadership to build workforce capacity, capability and engagement.An innovative and collaborative leader with strong communication, negotiation and change-management skills, committed to evidence-based practice, quality improvement and exceptional patient outcomes.What we can offer you:We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your roleYou'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.Unit ProfileThe Central Referral Hub (CRH) receives, processes and distributes external referrals for MSH Outpatient services which are offered at five Metro South Health Hospital facilities and both satellite health centres. The CRH is a multidisciplinary team comprising of administration officers, registered nurses, clinical nurses, physiotherapy, and social workers.INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCEOur values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.We are better together.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.