Lead Cancer Care. Inspire Clinical Excellence in Princess Alexandra Hospital

Lead a dedicated cancer nursing team at Redland Satellite Health Centre, driving clinical excellence, service improvement and outstanding patient-centred care across Cancer Services.

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Your new role:

As Nurse Unit Manager, you will provide advanced nursing leadership and operational management for Princess Alexandra Hospital's Cancer Services at Redland Satellite Health Centre, with an oversight and support role for the Eight Mile Plains Satellite Cancer Service. You will lead a skilled team, optimise resources and foster a positive workplace culture focused on safe, high-quality cancer care and improved patient outcomes.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the delivery of safe, evidence-based and person-centred cancer care, ensuring clinical standards and service performance targets are achieved.
• Manage staffing, rostering, workforce development, budgets and resources to support efficient service delivery.
• Drive clinical governance, quality improvement, risk management and compliance with healthcare standards.
• Build an engaged and capable nursing team through mentoring, education, professional development and succession planning.

About you:

You are an experienced nursing leader with strong clinical expertise in cancer care and a passion for developing high-performing teams. You bring sound operational and financial management skills, excellent communication abilities and a commitment to continuous improvement, evidence-based practice and compassionate patient care.

You will bring:

• Advanced knowledge of contemporary cancer nursing practice, treatments, clinical standards and patient outcomes.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including staff management, rostering, resource allocation and fostering a positive team culture.
• Strong skills in clinical governance, quality assurance, risk management and service improvement.
• Experience in budget management, performance monitoring, data analysis and reporting against key performance indicators.

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What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

The Division of Cancer Services (DoCS) at the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a highly developed multidisciplinary cancer service in one of Australia's largest teaching hospitals. The hospital provides comprehensive adult cancer services encompassing haematological, surgical, medical and radiation oncology specialties, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, cell therapy, cancer vaccines and stem cell transplantation. DoCS is the state referral centre for some rare malignancies and provides highly specialised care for many medical oncology and haematology cancers, which is supported by a Stem cell Program.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

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• MS10694415 (PDF)
  
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