Overview
Lead and inspire inpatient nursing teams in Kingaroy as a Nursing Unit Manager with Darling Downs Health. You'll shape safe, compassionate care, support a skilled workforce, and make a meaningful impact for patients and the local community—while growing your leadership career in a connected regional setting.
What Your Day Could Look Like
As Nursing Unit Manager – Inpatient Services, you'll play a vital role in strengthening care delivery and supporting the health and wellbeing of the Kingaroy community. From guiding clinical leadership to partnering with multidisciplinary teams, your work will help ensure patients receive high‐quality, respectful care every day.
Responsibilities
* Leading inpatient teams to deliver safe, person‐centred care that meets quality and performance goals
* Creating a positive, engaged workplace where nurses feel supported to grow and succeed
* Balancing people, resources and budgets to keep services running sustainably and effectively
* Driving improvements in care, safety and ways of working through evidence‐based decisions
About You
Here's What Will Help You Thrive In This Role
* Current registration (or eligibility) as a Registered Nurse in Australia
* Strong leadership experience in acute or inpatient care, with confidence managing teams and resources
* A collaborative, people‐first approach and sound clinical judgement
* The ability to use data and systems to support quality improvement and safe care
You'll stand out from the crowd if you bring rural health experience and/or postgraduate study in nursing, leadership or health management.
Above all, you'll live the values we stand for—Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage—helping deliver care our community can trust and be proud of.
Why Join Darling Downs Health?
At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.
Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.
Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.
Benefits
* Maximise your take‐home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
* Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
* Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
* Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration
* Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.
For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits
Your future is here. Where are you?
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.
Click "Apply Now" to submit your application and upload the requested documents.
Find out more about us
Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:
www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns
Occupational group: Health - Nursing
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