Perioperative Nurse Unit Manager: Lead Quality Care & Team

SustainHealth Recruitment; Hobart; On-site; AUD 87,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

Extended Christmas closure

Career development opportunities

Health and wellbeing benefits (Fitness

Passport gym discounts

Confidential Employee Assistance Plan

Healthcare discounts for employees and

Employee rewards and discounts

Employee referral bonuses

Novated leasing options

Travel-related discounts

Job summary

SustainHealth Recruitment is seeking an experienced Perioperative Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) for a permanent, full-time role in Hobart, Tasmania. You will provide clinical and operational leadership across perioperative services and mentor a skilled nursing team in a private day surgery hospital.

Join a collaborative multidisciplinary environment with a focus on quality improvement, patient safety and a supportive workplace culture. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
• Strong perioperative nursing experience with leadership or management experience.
• Postgraduate qualifications relevant to perioperative nursing or healthcare leadership, or willingness to work towards them.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership across perioperative services, ensuring safe, efficient and high‑quality patient care.
• Lead, mentor, support and develop nursing staff while fostering a positive and high‑performing team environment.
• Assist the GM/Director of Nursing with workforce planning, rostering, resource management and daily operational activities.
• Drive continuous quality improvement, patient safety, clinical governance and evidence-based nursing practice.
• Maintain compliance with relevant healthcare standards, infection prevention and control, WHS and accreditation requirements.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with surgeons, Visiting Medical Officers, multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical governance

Infection control

Education

AHPRA Registered Nurse

Postgraduate perioperative/healthcare leadership

Tools

WHS knowledge

Accreditation processes

Job description

SustainHealth Recruitment is seeking an experienced Perioperative Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) for a permanent, full-time role in Hobart, Tasmania. You will provide clinical and operational leadership across perioperative services and mentor a skilled nursing team in a private day surgery hospital.

Join a collaborative multidisciplinary environment with a focus on quality improvement, patient safety and a supportive workplace culture. Visa sponsorship is not available.