Nurse Unit Manager - Medical and Assessment Planning Unit

Queensland Government; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave entitlements

Salary packaging

Professional development allowances

Employee wellness programs

Job summary

Queensland Government invites applications for Nurse Unit Manager at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. You will lead the Medical and Assessment Planning Unit (MAPU), overseeing a 32-bed short-stay ward that supports timely patient assessment, hospital flow and early discharge planning.

You will drive clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety, while managing staffing, rostering, budgets and resources to ensure efficient service delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a nursing/clinical team in acute care settings.
• Strong focus on clinical governance and patient safety.
• Proven ability to manage staffing, rostering and budget in a hospital ward.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team across nursing and clinical operations.
• Oversee clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Manage staffing, rostering, budgets and resources to support efficient service delivery.
• Drive evidence-based practice, education and continuous improvement.

Skills

Nurse leadership

Team motivation

Staff rostering

Job description

Your new role:As Nurse Unit Manager, you will lead the Medical and Assessment Planning Unit (MAPU) at Princess Alexandra Hospital, overseeing a 32-bed short-stay ward that supports timely patient assessment, hospital flow and early discharge planning. You will:Lead and inspire a team across nursing and clinical operations.Oversee clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.Manage staffing, rostering, budgets and resources to support efficient service delivery.Drive evidence-based practice, education and continuous improvement.About you:You are an experienced nursing leader with a strong background in acute medical care, a commitment to person-centred practice and the confidence to lead teams through change. You will have:Advanced acute medical knowledge, with cardiac care experience highly regarded.Proven ability to motivate teams, manage performance and build workforce capability.Experience in rostering, resource allocation, budget management and service performance.A commitment to evidence-based practice, clinical governance, research and continuous improvement.Check out our quick tips and application essentials!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.About us:The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.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.