Workforce Nurse Manager

NSW Health; Hornsby; On-site; AUD 138,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Health at Hornsby Hospital is seeking a Nursing Workforce Manager to provide strategic and operational leadership of the nursing workforce. You will lead recruitment activities, maintain workforce profiles and coordinate with Nurse Unit Managers to meet staffing needs.

The role requires senior nursing management experience, a relevant tertiary qualification, and strong analytical and stakeholder management skills. A permanent full-time position with a 38-hour week is offered.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration.
• Senior nursing management experience in an acute setting.
• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse and manage operational workforce matters.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership of the nursing workforce at Hornsby Hospital.
• Lead nursing recruitment activities and staffing planning.
• Maintain workforce profiles and staffing matrices for wards/units.
• Coordinate with Nurse Unit Managers and stakeholders to meet workforce requirements.
• Manage KPIs including mandatory training and staffing data.

Skills

Recruitment

Workforce planning

Nursing leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Education

Nursing degree / equivalent qualification

Job description

Ready to make a difference in nursing workforce leadership? Join Hornsby Hospital’s Nursing Leadership Team as Workforce Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping, strengthening and supporting our nursing workforce. Lead innovative recruitment and workforce strategies, empower our nursing teams and help build a positive, skilled and sustainable workforce dedicated to delivering excellence in patient care.

Employment Type:PermanentFull Time
Position Classification:Nurse Manager Grade 3
Remuneration:$3,032.60 - $3,088.90 per week
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ707331

Whowe 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, interestingand 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, theircarers, 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, discriminationand racism.

Where you'll be working

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, part of Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD), in a supportive and collaborative environment committed to excellence in patient care and staff wellbeing.

What you'll be doing

As the Nursing Workforce Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership in the management of the nursing workforce at Hornsby Hospital. You will lead and coordinate nursing recruitment activities, maintain accurate workforce profiles and work collaboratively with Nurse Unit Managers, nursing leadership and key stakeholders to ensure workforce requirements are met.

The Nurse Manager will:

• Lead Nursing and Midwifery recruitment
• Prepare and submit ATFs for nursing whilst adhering to recruitment policies and practice and maintain staffing profiles for wards/units.
• Implementselection strategies to ensure that the most appropriate personnel are selected
• Overseedocumentation of each selection process
• Manage/coordinate a mechanism to estimate the monthly nursing staffing requirements
• Maintainstatistical data
• Manageworkforce related KPIs including PDRs, Mandatory training
• Coordinateand participate in any nursing recruitment strategy as directed by the DONM HKH

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

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

• Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration.
• Recent senior nursing management experience in an acute setting supported by a relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience in managing operational workforce matters at a senior level.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively and efficiently analyse, interpret, respond to and manage key operational issues.
• Demonstrated experience and a proven track record in managing key priorities and delivering successful strategies and solutions using excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively and efficiently recruit nursing staff and maintain workforce profiles at an organisational level.