This role offers an exciting opportunity to combine your advanced critical thinking, leadership, and nursing expertise, that directly impact Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service. You’ll lead initiatives that enhance rostering and resource management, ensuring best practice in workforce planning that directly supports patient safety and quality care.

As the Nurse Manager (Rostering and Resources Management), your expert understanding of policies, data analysis, and contemporary rostering processes will help drive efficiency, innovation, and continuous improvement across nursing and midwifery services. If you’re passionate about shaping smarter, safer, and more effective systems that support both staff and patients, this role is an outstanding opportunity to lead positive change, so take the next step and apply.

This role is until 31 May 2026!

Job details

About us:

The Nurse Manager Rostering and Resource Management role will be responsible for building and supporting Nurses, Midwives, Line Managers and team leaders who develop and manage rostering and workforce to achieve the industrial safe rostering practices ensuring resources are available to deliver safe patient care. The Nurse Manager will form part of the Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Unit and work in close partnership with Central Queensland Hospital and Health Services Integrated Workforce Management Program (IWFM) Rostering Systems team in Workforce Division.

About the role:

The Nurse Manager Rostering and Resource Management is an advanced clinical practice Registered Nurse who provides strategic and professional leadership management for nursing and midwifery rostering and resource management. This position has an advanced level of professional and operational autonomous decision making in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and is responsible for enacting strategies that support a positive work-based culture.

About you:

• Current registration through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is mandatory for this position.
• A relevant postgraduate diploma or Master's degree is an expectation of this position. Where the successful applicant does not currently hold this qualification, commitment to completion within an agreed timeframe is expected and will form part of the performance and development plan.

What we offer:

Total monthly remuneration value of up to $13,684 p.m. is comprised of:

• An hourly rate between $66.85 - $72.58 p.h.
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% leave loading

Additional Benefits

• Ongoing Professional Development and Education Opportunities
• Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety
• Generous Salary Sacrificing Options
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements:

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.

How to apply:

To apply, please submit the following:

• Your current CV or resume, including referees.
• A cover letter (1-2 pages) addressing how your experience, skills and values align with the key responsibilities and expectations outlined in the Role Description.
• Any additional forms / evidence as attached or listed on the Role Description.

For assistance:

1. Contact Recruitment.CentralQueensland@health.qld.gov.au
2. Quote the Job Ad Reference (JAR) RK5J668495

Applications close: Sunday, 16 November 2025

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Further information

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

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Documents

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• RK5J668495 - Nurse Manager Rostering & Resource Management (PDF)
  
  Information for Applicants (PDF)