Step into a leadership role with Darling Downs Health in Oakey as a Nurse Unit Manager – Aged Care.
This is your opportunity to guide a dedicated team, shape safe and consumer-focused care, and make a meaningful impact on the lives of older people in your community.
You'll combine advanced clinical expertise with resource management and staff development to create a thriving, supportive environment.
What Your Day Will Look Like
You'll lead with purpose, coordinating clinical practice and ensuring care delivery meets the highest standards of safety and compassion.
Your day involves guiding and mentoring nursing staff, overseeing resource allocation, making strategic decisions that balance clinical excellence with financial accountability, engaging with multidisciplinary teams, supporting quality improvement initiatives, and fostering a culture of learning and collaboration.
Every interaction—whether with residents, families, or staff—is an opportunity to strengthen wellbeing, inspire growth, and model the values that make Darling Downs Health a trusted provider of aged care.
Let's Talk About You
Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.
Why Us
Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland.
We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff.
We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breast screens.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace.
We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect.
DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
Benefits
Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
A diverse work culture
Career development
Professional development opportunities
Education opportunities, Study and Research
Paid parental leave
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Discounted Private Health Insurance
Fitness Passport
Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
Generous Salary Sacrificing
Next Step
Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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