Nurse Unit Manager - Macalister

Gippsland Health Alliance; Traralgon; Vor Ort; AUD 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Salary packaging up to $9,000 p.a.

Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,?

Professional development and education

Staff wellbeing centre access

Discount gym membership

Zusammenfassung

Latrobe Regional Health is seeking a Nurse Unit Manager for the Macalister Unit to lead high-quality, recovery-focused mental health care in an inpatient setting. You will guide clinical governance, workforce planning and financial management while driving service development and outcomes for consumers.

The role requires extensive mental health nursing experience, a Division 1 RN with AHPRA and postgraduate qualifications, and a collaborative leadership style to support staff and

Qualifikationen

• Registered Nurse (Division 1) with current AHPRA registration and postgraduate qualifications in Mental Health Nursing.
• Extensive mental health nursing experience with leadership and management roles.
• Knowledge of mental health practice, clinical governance, and quality improvement.

Aufgaben

• Provide clinical, operational and strategic leadership for the Macalister Unit.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams through workforce planning, recruitment, and development.
• Manage budgets, staffing, quality indicators, risk management and regulatory compliance.
• Drive quality improvement, clinical governance and service development initiatives.
• Foster partnerships with consumers, carers and stakeholders for integrated care.
• Oversee patient flow, clinical reviews and reduce restrictive interventions.

Kenntnisse

Mental Health Nursing

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Ausbildung

Postgraduate qualification in Mental Health Nursing

AHPRA Registration – Division 1

Jobbeschreibung

Latrobe Regional Health is a leading provider of health care services across the Gippsland Region

About the role

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Nurse Unit Manager role in a leading regional hospital? Join the Macalister Unit at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive.

Latrobe Regional Health is looking for Nurse unit Manager to join our growing team on a full time (1.0EFT) ongoing basis.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Nurse Unit Manager – Macalister Unit to lead the delivery of high-quality, recovery-focused mental health care within a specialised inpatient setting. Responsible for the operational, clinical, financial, and workforce management of the Macalister Unit, you will provide strategic leadership to multidisciplinary teams, drive quality improvement initiatives, and ensure the provision of safe, person-centred care. This leadership role offers an opportunity to influence service development, support staff excellence, and improve outcomes for consumers receiving acute mental health and psychogeriatric care.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the Nurse Unit Manager is to:

• Provide overall clinical, operational, and strategic leadership for the Macalister Unit, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, recovery-oriented mental health care.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams through effective workforce planning, recruitment, performance management, supervision, and professional development.
• Manage unit performance, including budgets, staffing, quality indicators, accreditation requirements, risk management activities, and compliance with legislative and regulatory standards.
• Drive quality improvement, clinical governance, research, and service development initiatives that enhance consumer outcomes and support best-practice mental health care.
• Build strong partnerships with consumers, carers, community agencies, clinicians, and stakeholders to support integrated and person-centred care pathways.
• Oversee patient flow, clinical review processes, reduction of restrictive interventions, aged care compliance requirements, and implementation of evidence-based care practices.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Registered Nurse (Division 1) with current AHPRA registration and postgraduate qualifications in Mental Health Nursing.
• Extensive mental health nursing experience, including a minimum of five years' clinical experience and demonstrated success in leadership and management roles.
• Strong knowledge of contemporary mental health practice, recovery-oriented care, clinical governance, quality improvement frameworks, and relevant legislation including the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate, develop, and support multidisciplinary teams while fostering a positive workplace culture.
• Demonstrated experience managing budgets, resources, change initiatives, performance improvement activities, and complex operational challenges.
• Highly developed communication, stakeholder engagement, and decision-making skills, with a commitment to delivering exceptional consumer-centred mental health care.

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Anna Baranova, General Manager Acute & Bed Based Mental Health email on *************@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

About us

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency ca re, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: ***************@lrh.com.au

Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.

Applications Close: 14 October 2026

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