Nursing & Midwifery Workforce Project Lead - Melton

Western Health; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 102,000 - 125,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible work options

Learning scholarships

Career development

Job summary

Western Health is seeking a Project Manager for the Nursing and Midwifery Workforce to lead commissioning and workforce readiness for Melton Hospital. You will translate future service requirements into practical workforce strategies and deliverables, working with the Melton Workforce Director and clinical leaders.

Part-time fixed-term (until June 2027) with travel across Western Health sites; Admin Grade 6 salary plus superannuation and salary packaging.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse and/or Midwife with current AHPRA registration.
• Experience in workforce planning, project management, or implementing service improvement initiatives within a complex healthcare environment.
• Strong project management skills, including planning, monitoring, reporting, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of an organisation.
• Experience working within dynamic environments and leading change initiatives to achieve organisational outcomes.
• Postgraduate management qualifications, or progress toward such qualifications, will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of nursing and midwifery workforce plans to support Melton Hospital commissioning.
• Coordinate workforce readiness, recruitment sequencing, onboarding, and pipeline strategies.
• Conduct workforce demand and supply analyses and workforce modelling.
• Prepare workforce reports, dashboards, and briefing materials.
• Engage stakeholders across clinical and operational teams.
• Support adoption of workforce management technologies and data-driven planning.

Skills

Workforce planning

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Education

Postgraduate management qualifications

Job description

Western Health is seeking a Project Manager for the Nursing and Midwifery Workforce to lead commissioning and workforce readiness for Melton Hospital. You will translate future service requirements into practical workforce strategies and deliverables, working with the Melton Workforce Director and clinical leaders.

Part-time fixed-term (until June 2027) with travel across Western Health sites; Admin Grade 6 salary plus superannuation and salary packaging.