This position qualifies for an annual Recruitment Incentive Package up to the value of $10,000 (conditions apply and may be pro‐rated to your contracted or ordinary working hours; these payments are paid on a fortnightly basis) under the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme.
This scheme recognises the role key health workers play in enabling the delivery of rural and remote health services, and aims to provide incentives over and above award entitlements, to attract and retain staff in these areas.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Manager Level 2
Remuneration: $137,104.41 + Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ653864
Location: Broken Hill NSW
What You'll Be Doing
* Lead and co‐coordinate the nursing and multi‐disciplinary care team at the ward or unit level.
* Monitor and manage the business and management functions and processes of the ward or unit.
* As the leader of the unit, the NUM will demonstrate capability through attitude, skills, behaviour, and attributes.
* Demonstrate broad nursing/midwifery experience and knowledge.
* Understand and accept that patients are the central focus of service delivery.
* Demonstrate professional integrity; ethical conduct, accountability, advocacy, enabling others.
* Cultivate collaborative relationships and effective teamwork.
What Is On Offer
* 5 weeks annual leave.
* Salary packaging (pay less tax!), enjoy up to $9k for living expenses, $2.6k for meals and entertainment.
* Novated Leasing.
* Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) every month.
* Fitness Passport and EAP to maintain your health and wellbeing.
* Isolation and Climate Allowance.
* Professional development with support through advanced education & training to help you develop your career.
* A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing.
Qualifications and Experience
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in your application:
* Current nursing/midwifery registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
* Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to negotiate resolutions and manage conflict.
* Proven ability to create and maintain a positive workplace culture and articulate and achieve a vision for nursing services in the critical care environment.
* Demonstrated focus on service excellence through the ability to read and act on issues quickly, decisively and effectively; demonstrated ability to apply and share professional expertise to enhance patient/client care; demonstrated ability to guide others to analyse problems and apply a range of solutions.
* Tertiary qualifications in nursing and/or health management with a minimum of three years postgraduate experience.
* Demonstrated ability to ensure the human, physical and financial resources of the unit are managed to deliver safe and efficient health care within available resources.
* Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, coach, mentor, encourage and guide others to enable them to reach their full potential and adapt to ongoing change within a multidisciplinary group with broad clinical experience and knowledge.
* Demonstrated computer literacy and ability to use a variety of NSW Health computer applications (e.g., word processing, Excel and databases).
Equal Opportunity Statement
At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal‐opportunity employer, where we don't just accept differences, but we honour and support them. We are committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity; we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
Applications Close: 14th April 2026
Rural Health Incentives
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