Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time
Organisation: Austin Health
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Administration/Secretarial, Medical, Nursing
Reference: 51167
- Make an impact supporting patients, their families and carers
- Full time
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
**About the Austin Operating suite;**
Austin Operating Suite is a busy, highly complex unit with 11 ORs, 2 procedure rooms and 2 endoscopy rooms. We operate 24/7 365 days a year. We do many types of surgery including liver & renal transplants, General & Bariatric, ENT, head and neck, Urology, Vascular, Cardio Thoracic, Plastic reconstructive, Neuro and Orthopaedics.
The Austin Operating Suite is committed to promoting the highest levels of care for our patients. In realising this goal, the department will lead and excel in research, teaching and the use of person centered evidence-based practice
**About the role**
The Peiroperative Nurse Unit Manager is responsible for the day to day running of the suite. Ensuring staff are trained and competant to deliver high quality care in a fast paced ever changing environment. The ability to manage staff and resources is cruicial as is an understanding of the complexities of each surgical specialty.
A regular day will see you
- Ensuring all relevant standards are met and staff are trainined in OR process
- Managing staffing, recruitment, training and skill enhancement
- Manging budget requirments
- Ensuring a high standard of care dleivery
- Ensuring adherance to infection control principals.
**About you**
To be successful in this role you'll bring with you:
- Extensive experience in perioperative nursing
- Post Grad qualification in periop nursing
- Good understanding Infection Control and ACORN standards
- Experience leading a team
- Great communications skills and a committment to excellence
**Our benefits**
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, discounted car parking
- Five weeks annual leave (pro rata for part time), plus purchased leave options
**Inclusion at Austin Health**
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