Central West Hospital and Health Service are recruiting to Nurse Unit Manager, Longreach.

This role will provide:
• Leadership and direction to other nursing staff.
• Be responsible for enacting strategies that supports a work-based culture that promotes and supports education, learning, research and workforce development.

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Patient Centred Care

for our Central West communities

Job details

People-centred care | Quality and safety | Integrity and accountability | Investment in staff | Innovation and change

What's involved – Provide clinical skills, support and education to patients/clients and nursing staff within the Unit to ensure the provision of best practice and quality patient care.

 The Nurse Unit manager is a senior level clinical manager, accountable at an advanced practice level for the coordination of clinical practice, nursing leadership and the provision of human and material resources within Longreach Hospital. The Nurse Unit manager provides leadership and direction to other nursing staff and is responsible for implementing plans related to safe, consumer focused clinical care, professional development of staff and financial accountability.

As a Central West Health employee, you will be well remunerated with a competitive full-time package of up to $13,286 p.m. Your benefits include generous employer superannuation contribution up to 12.75%; salary packaging to increase your take home pay; 17.5% annual leave loading; career development opportunities; housing or rental assistance.

Living in Central West Queensland is ideal for those who enjoy being part of a close-knit, safe, friendly and inclusive community. The outback offers a quiet, relaxed and safe lifestyle and is the perfect location to relax, unwind and enjoy life's simple pleasures. Schools in the west provide more one on one learning with students and there are various work opportunities for partners of healthcare workers with local businesses, property owners and other local and state government agencies. For more insight visit FarOut! (gofarout.com.au)

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis B, pertussis and influenza during their employment.

About Central West Hospital and Health Service - We are responsible for the delivery of healthcare services to communities across a vast region to 20.6 per cent of Queensland. As a rural and remote hospital and health service, Central West HHS provides a range of community, primary and hospital-based services and has formed strong partnerships with other service providers to collectively support the holistic care to the people of the Central West.

Applications should be submitted ONLINE. Include a completed vaccine preventable disease form and evidence of immunity and vaccinations and relevant qualifications with your application. For additional information regarding the responsibilities, mandatory qualifications and/or other requirements for this position please refer to the role description.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

It is recommended that you download the Role Description for future reference. If you have difficulty viewing the role description, contact Central West Recruitment (07) 4650 4017. Microsoft Word or PDF files are supported. Files – max: 2MB each.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Vaccination_tb-risk-assess-questionnaire-workers-hhs (PDF, 177KB)
  Application Kit
  
  Vaccination_Vaccine Preventable Diseases Forms (PDF, 328KB)
  Application Kit
  
  RD_NG7 Nurse Unit Manager - Longreach (PDF, 239KB)
  Role Description