Director of Nursing - Inpatient Services
Full Time, ongoing
The Role:
The Director of Nursing - Inpatient Services provides strategic and operational leadership across inpatient wards and the Access and Flow Unit. Reporting to the Executive Director Clinical Operations and Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, this role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, high quality, and efficient patient care.
The Inpatient Services portfolio includes:
* Ward 1: Maternity and Newborn Services
* Ward 2: Medical/Surgical
* Ward 3: Medical
* Ward 4: Rehabilitation/Palliative Care and Geriatric Services
* Ward 6: Paediatric Surgical
* Access and Flow Unit (Hospital Coordinators)
This position plays a vital role in clinical workforce management, service development, and continuous improvement - helping MBPH meet its strategic, operational, and community health goals.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
* Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional
* Sound knowledge and demonstrated skills in human resources management issues
* Proven ability to lead, motivate and support a team in an environment of change
* Ability to manage a budget, meet deadlines, set goals and manage projects including excellent report writing skills
For more role specific information please visit to view the position description.
Our People, Our H.E.A.R.T.:
Our H.E.A.R.T. values (Happy Empathetic Accountable Respectful Team Based) are so much more than words; they are the driving force behind what we do every day. These values are lived throughout the organisation across each department, role and location.
What MBPH has to offer you:
* Internal Professional Development– including but not limited to the opportunity for eligible employees to access scholarships for postgraduate studies as well as specifically designed programs within MBPH for skill development
* An environment where external professional development is supported and encouraged
* A location centre of town reducing travel times
* Free parking on site for all employees
* Salary Packaging – Pay less tax
* On-site Café
* Employee Assistance Programs
* Employee Intervention Programs – Free Remedial Therapy and Physiotherapy
* Free employee events and celebrations (check out our Facebook page @MilduraBasePublicHospital to see what we have been up to this past year)
* At MBPH, we continue to strengthen our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion practices. This is supported through our internal network of LGBTQIA+ Allies and organisational membership with ACON Pride in Diversity.
How to Apply:
All applications must be lodged online by clicking on the 'apply now' button.
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For further enquiries please contact our human resources team.
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A valid Working with Children Check and a National Police Check (undertaken in the last three months) are required.
Applications close: 19 November 2025