Nurse Unit Manager – Emergency Department – Incentives Offered

Hunter New England Local Health District; Moree; On-site; AUD 136,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rural Health Workforce Incentive

Job summary

Moree District Hospital is seeking an experienced Nurse Unit Manager (Level 2) for the Emergency Department. The role is a permanent full-time position with a salary of AUD 150,816.94 per annum plus superannuation and salary packaging, with incentives offered.

You will provide strategic and operational leadership for the ED, overseeing clinical leadership, safe patient-centred care, workforce planning, rostering, and resource management.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
• Extensive experience in emergency nursing.
• Postgraduate qualifications in clinical leadership or management or current enrolment.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Emergency Department.
• Coordinate safe, patient-centred care and rostering.
• Lead workforce planning, performance management and staff development.
• Manage unit resources (human, financial, physical) with support from senior management.

Skills

Nurse leadership

Emergency nursing

Staff development

Education

AHPRA Registered Nurse

Postgraduate leadership/management

Job description

The role

Moree District Hospital is seeking an experienced nurse leader as Nurse Unit Manager (Level 2) for its Emergency Department — a permanent full time position paid $150,816.94 per annum plus superannuation and salary packaging, with incentives offered.

As Nurse Unit Manager you will provide strategic and operational leadership across the unit: clinical and professional leadership for the nursing team, coordination of safe and patient-centred care, workforce planning, rostering, performance management and staff development, and management of the unit’s human, financial and physical resources. You will be supported by the Health Service Manager and the wider multidisciplinary emergency team, which the advert describes as friendly and close-knit.

Applicants need current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA and extensive experience in emergency nursing, plus postgraduate qualifications in clinical leadership or management — or current enrolment in such a course — or a combination of equivalent experience.

Incentives

Eligible applicants may be rewarded with up to $10,000 in the first 12 months, plus up to $5,000 each year thereafter in fortnightly payments under the Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme.

Hunter New England Health also offers ongoing training and professional development and the Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families.

Where you’ll be working

Moree is a vibrant, progressive town at the heart of NSW’s northern wheatbelt, recognised as Australia’s Artesian Spa Capital. Daily direct flights to Sydney, quality schools and a short commute mean more time for the things you love.