Nursing After Hours Manager

Currumbin Clinic; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Currumbin Clinic on the Southern Gold Coast is seeking an After-Hours Manager to oversee nursing, clinical and admin tasks after hours, ensuring high quality patient care and cost efficiency.

The role requires an RN with at least 5 years' mental health inpatient experience and full registration with AHPRA; you will lead a multidisciplinary team and support continuous professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with mental health inpatient experience.
• Current AHPRA registration is mandatory.
• Ability to lead and mentor staff in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee after-hours clinical nursing care and assessments.
• Coordinate administrative tasks and bed management after hours.
• Ensure adherence to policies, safety and quality standards.
• Support continuous professional development of staff.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Mental Health Inpatient Experience

Leadership

Clinical assessment

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Nurse Registration with AHPRA

Job description

Currumbin Clinic is a 104-bed private mental health hospital located on the Southern Gold Coast, delivering high quality care and positive patient outcomes. We have a team of dedicated Psychiatrists, Medical, Nursing, Allied and Administrative staff who provide expert care in the management and treatment of all acute mental health disorders.

About the Role:

The role of After-Hours Manager is on a rotating roster. This role is responsible for the management of the facility after hours including clinical, administrative, and other support services. The After-Hours Manager ensures that quality patient care is provided while maintaining cost efficiencies. As the After-Hours Manager of the hospital there are multiple roles and skills that will be performed from time to time involving clinical and administrative tasks.

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse, minimum 5 years Mental Health Inpatient Hospital experience.
• Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency Registration (Mandatory).
• An ability to work flexibly and manage situations efficiently and effectively in line with the Hospital’s vision.
• An ability to role model high standards of clinical skills, problem solving techniques and customer and patient interaction.
• Enthusiasm towards the promotion and support of Currumbin’s commitment to quality.
• An ability to promote a supportive environment that facilitates professional development and job satisfaction amongst hospital staff.
• An ability to actively contribute to and promote a culture of “teamwork” within the hospital.
• An ability to anticipate and proactively address customer needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Practises in accordance with legislation affecting nursing practice and healthcare.
• Practises within a professional and ethical nursing framework.
• Practises within an evidence-based framework.
• Participates in ongoing professional development of staff and others.
• Conducts a comprehensive and systematic nursing assessment.
• Plans nursing care in consultation with individuals/groups, significant others and the multidisciplinary health care team.
• Provides comprehensive, safe and effective evidence-based nursing care to achieve identified individual/group health outcomes.

Vaccination Preventable Disease:

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against the following vaccine preventable diseases during their employment:

• Pertussis (whooping cough), Diphtheria and Tetanus
• Hepatitis B (confirmation of immunity also required)

You must be able to provide serology evidence and a VPD form for the above-mentioned vaccinations and will be asked by the recruiting manager to supply this evidence if you are the preferred candidate for the role. Please note you are not susceptible to the VPD's listed in the role description.