Nursing & Midwifery Workforce Project Lead | Melton Hospital

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

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Job summary

Western Health is seeking a Part-Time Project Manager for Nursing and Midwifery Workforce to support Melton Hospital's commissioning and opening in Melbourne. You will lead workforce planning, recruitment, readiness, and mobilisation initiatives to ensure a sustainable nursing and midwifery workforce ahead of opening.

You will collaborate with the Melton Workforce Director and clinical leaders to translate service requirements into practical workforce strategies and deliverables, while managing

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse and/or Midwife with current AHPRA registration.
• Demonstrated 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

• Work in partnership with the Melton Workforce Director and other team members to achieve the Melton Hospital Workforce project objectives.
• Work collaboratively with nursing and midwifery workforce stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Development and implementation of nursing and midwifery workforce plans to support the commissioning of Melton Hospital.
• Workforce demand and supply analysis, workforce modelling, and establishment planning.
• Coordination of workforce readiness, recruitment sequencing, onboarding, and workforce pipeline strategies.
• Monitoring workforce project milestones, risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
• Preparation of workforce reports, dashboards and briefing materials.
• Facilitation of stakeholder engagement, workshops, and consultation processes across clinical and operational teams.
• Supporting the implementation of workforce management technologies, reporting tools and evidence-based workforce planning approaches.

Skills

Workforce planning

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Communication

Education

Postgraduate management qualifications

Job description

Western Health is seeking a Part-Time Project Manager for Nursing and Midwifery Workforce to support Melton Hospital's commissioning and opening in Melbourne. You will lead workforce planning, recruitment, readiness, and mobilisation initiatives to ensure a sustainable nursing and midwifery workforce ahead of opening.

You will collaborate with the Melton Workforce Director and clinical leaders to translate service requirements into practical workforce strategies and deliverables, while managing