Nursing Unit Manager, Nursing & Midwifery Workforce

NSW Health; Sydney; On-site; AUD 149,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Beaches Hospital, part of NSW Health, seeks a highly motivated Nurse Unit Manager Level 2 (NUM2) – Staffing to lead the Nursing Staffing Office and casual nursing workforce. The role supports workforce utilisation, recruitment and liaison with nursing agencies.

You will provide leadership across Nursing & Midwifery Workforce, align staffing with patient care needs, and drive continuous improvement in workforce planning and governance at NBH.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
• Recent management experience within an acute healthcare setting.
• Management qualifications, or substantial progress towards these.
• Demonstrated financial and human resource management skills.
• Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated nursing leadership capability.
• A comprehensive understanding of clinical governance and contemporary nursing issues.
• Sound knowledge and experience in staff selection and recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Leading and overseeing the casual nursing pool, including recruitment, education, performance appraisal and performance management.
• Monitoring and evaluating casual nursing workforce supply and demand, ensuring resources are used effectively.
• Overseeing the daily allocation of casual and agency staff with Staffing Officers.
• Coordinating the recruitment and selection of casual nurses and developing strategies to attract and maintain the casual nursing workforce.
• Participating in strategic workforce planning, monitoring and reporting, including reviewing casual staff utilisation and relevant workforce indicators.
• Providing leadership and management to the Staffing Officer positions.
• Liaising with nursing agencies regarding performance development, contracts and invoices.
• Providing timely advice and communication regarding staffing challenges.
• Supporting staff education, professional development and quality improvement activities.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant statutory requirements, hospital policies and procedures.

Skills

RN Registration

Management experience

Management qualifications

Financial & HR skills

Communication skills

Nursing leadership

Clinical governance

Staff selection & recruitment

Job description

Nursing Unit Manager, Nursing & Midwifery Workforce

Are you an experienced nurse leader with a passion for workforce management, operational coordination and supporting our nursing teams to deliver exceptional patient care?

Employment Type:PermanentFull Time
Position Classification:Nurse Unit Manager Level 2
Remuneration:$2,863.40 - $2,920.60 per week
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ700065

Love where you work. Love what you do.

There’s something special about working at Northern Beaches Hospital. It’s busy, dynamic and full of opportunity, with an incredible group of people who genuinely care about their patients, their colleagues and their community. Having recently transitioned to NSW Health, Northern Beaches Hospital has 486 beds and offers a wide range of specialties, including NSW first High Volume Surgical Hub.

There’s something special about working at Northern Beaches Hospital. It’s busy, dynamic and full of opportunity, with an incredible group of people who genuinely care about their patients, their colleagues and their community. At NBH, no two days are quite the same. You’ll be part of a hospital where great teamwork matters, ideas are welcomed and nursing leaders have the opportunity to influence how we support our workforce and deliver care.

And with the beautiful Northern Beaches on your doorstep, it’s a pretty fabulous place to come to work!

Northern Beaches Hospital is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Nurse Unit Manager Level 2 (NUM2) – Staffing to lead the Nursing Staffing Office and casual nursing workforce.

This is a pivotal nursing leadership role supporting effective workforce utilisation across the hospital. The NUM2 Staffing manages all facets of the casual nursing pool and coordinates liaison with casual and agency nursing staff to support the filling of vacant shifts.

About the role

As NUM2 Staffing, you will provide leadership and oversight of the hospital’s casual nursing workforce and staffing operations.

Working collaboratively with Nursing and Midwifery Unit Managers, Nurse Managers, the NSLHD Casual Pool Nurse Manager and nursing agencies, you will provide expert advice and support around casual workforce utilisation and management.

Your responsibilities will include:

Leading and overseeing the casual nursing pool, including recruitment, education, performance appraisal and performance management.

Monitoring and evaluating casual nursing workforce supply and demand, ensuring available resources are used effectively and efficiently.

Overseeing the daily allocation of casual and agency staff in collaboration with the Staffing Officers.

Coordinating the recruitment and selection of casual nurses and developing strategies to attract and maintain the casual nursing workforce.

Participating in strategic workforce planning, monitoring and reporting, including reviewing casual staff utilisation and relevant workforce indicators.

Providing leadership and management to the Staffing Officer positions.

Liaising with nursing agencies regarding performance development, contracts and invoices.

Providing timely advice and communication regarding staffing challenges.

Supporting staff education, professional development and quality improvement activities.

Ensuring compliance with relevant statutory requirements, hospital policies and procedures.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced nursing leader who can balance the fast‑paced operational requirements of staffing with strategic workforce management and strong people leadership.

You will bring

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
• Recent management experience within an acute healthcare setting.
• Relevant management qualifications, or substantial progress towards these.
• Demonstrated financial and human resource management skills.
• Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated nursing leadership capability.
• A comprehensive understanding of clinical governance and contemporary nursing issues.
• Sound knowledge and experience in staff selection and recruitment.

A commitment to the NSW Health CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

This role provides an opportunity to influence how nursing workforce resources are coordinated and deployed across Northern Beaches Hospital. You’ll work closely with nursing leaders and workforce partners, combining hands‑on operational leadership with workforce planning, recruitment and continuous improvement.

If you are a collaborative, organised and solutions‑focused nursing leader who enjoys working in a dynamic environment and wants to make a hospital‑wide contribution, we would love to hear from you.

Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like‑minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you’ll be working

Northern Beaches Hospital.

What you’ll be doing

The Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) will manage a unit or ward in order to provide a quality standard of care to NSLHD Patients.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria

• Registered Nurse-Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) and Relevant management tertiary qualification or equivalent work experience, or a combination of study and work experience; and demonstrated commitment to professional development.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and support a clinical team.
• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication skills and computer literacy in Microsoft Applications, roster management systems and electronic medical records.
• Demonstrated knowledge and/or experience in change management and initiating a new service delivery model within an established service.
• Evidence of and commitment to patient/customer focussed care, clinical governance and quality improvement.

The team enriching health in millions of ways every day.

Applications Close: 28 October 2026

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