We Are Southern Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Bega
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Mgr Lvl 1
Remuneration: $127,091.34 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Applications Close: 12 October 2025
Interview Details: Scheduled within 10 days of closing
The successful candidates will coordinate and manage unit resources under the supervision of the Nursing Unit Manager, providing leadership within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, person-centered care. Working collaboratively in the Emergency Department, the successful candidates will share management responsibilities, contribute to service improvements, and assist the NUM as needed.
They will manage key performance indicators to ensure effective flow of the unit whilst providing evidence-based care. They will uphold a positive and empowering team culture and initiate and lead opportunities for continuous quality improvement projects and education to improve service delivery and patient outcomes.
Support for
- Applicants for this position may qualify for the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentives Scheme (RHWIS)
- Working within SNSWLHD
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Salary packaging options
- Health and Wellbeing benefits including Fitness Passport, and annual Influenza vaccinations
- A team that values your expertise, invests in your development and supports your lifestyle
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What you'll be doing
The Clinical Nurse Unit Manager coordinates and manages the ward/unit or clinical service and its resources, provides leadership and direction within a multidisciplinary health care team to achieve people focused quality care.
Selection Criteria
- Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in the field or equivalent work experience, or a combination of study and work experience.
- Demonstrated effective communication through the use of information technology, written and verbal means with the ability to utilise a range of communication strategies to negotiate resolutions and manage conflict.
- Demonstrated knowledge of professional practice with proven skills in assessing and supervising competence and performance of staff together with the skills in implementing continuous quality improvement programs, policies and procedures.
- Proven ability to contribute to the implementation of the operational/business plans, to create a positive workplace culture and manage organisational change processes.
- Demonstrated capacity to manage and coordinate clinical services with proven ability to allocate and monitor resources to meet service and financial performance targets.
We look forward to learning more about you and what you can bring to our team.
Information for applicants
Southern NSW Local Health District is committed to closing the gap in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. As part of this commitment, the Stepping Up website has been developed to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander job applicants through the NSW Health recruitment process.
This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer.
Southern NSW Local Health District is dedicated to fostering a child-protected environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, LGBTIQ+ people, and others who bring diverse experiences and perspectives to our workforce.
If you require any accommodations or adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know when you apply or at any stage of the process.
To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport.
Southern NSW Local Health District is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are committed to fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated, inclusion is part of everyday practice, and our people are supported to succeed.
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📌 Clinical Nurse Unit Manager - Emergency Department - Bega
🏢 NSW Health
📍 Bega