Director of Nursing (DON) - Kilmore District HospitalNorthern Health is seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced Site Director Operations / Director of Nursing (DON) to join Kilmore District Hospital.About Northern HealthNorthern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.Services are provided through our five main campuses: Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Centre, and Kilmore District Hospital.
In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.About the RoleThis role requires highly motivated nursing leadership, strategic thinking, collaborative approach to service delivery.This role is responsible for the daily operations, service delivery and professional nursing issues and governance at Kilmore District Hospital.
The role works collaboratively with the Medical and Nursing Divisional Directors to set the direction, and strategic planning to enhance and improve the operations of the services to deliver optimum patient care, within the overall strategic direction of Northern Health for the community.Qualifications and ExperienceExperience and good working knowledge of access and flow for acute and sub-acute servicesProven ability to lead teams with a focus on service planning and nursing leadershipDemonstrated ability to adopt strategic approach to managing complex and challenging operational issuesUnderstanding of Aged Quality Standards and associated schemes within the Commonwealth Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.Bachelor of Nursing or equivalentPost Graduate Qualifications in management, business, public health or working towards sameRegistered Nurse with minimum 5 years' experience in management as NUM, Team Leader, and/or Director Operations role or equivalent is essentialCurrent AHPRA RegistrationNext StepsIf this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you.
Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.About the OrganisationNorthern Health is one of Victoria's busiest public health services.
The organisation's acute and sub-acute health services cover a local community of approximately 728,000 people and their emergency department treats almost 70,000 patients each year.
The northern community is located in one of Melbourne's most significant growth corridors and the local population is expected to grow by 64% or an additional 128,569 people by 2031.
The Northern Health catchment encompasses the rapidly expanding local government areas of Banyule, Darebin, Hume, Nillumbik, Whittlesea and Moreland.
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