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Nurse Unit Manager, Ophthalmology Outpatient Department
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD
Lead specialist ophthalmology services and make a lasting impact on patient care
Step into a rewarding Nurse Unit Manager opportunity at Princess Alexandra Hospital, leading a specialised, high-volume Ophthalmology service. Bring your clinical expertise and leadership strengths to inspire a skilled nursing team, drive service improvements and deliver exceptional, patient-centred care.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Flexible full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Nursing |
| Classification | Nurse Grade 7 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City,Brisbane - South |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MS12696355 |
| Closing date | 03-Dec-2026 |
| Job duration | |
| Contact person | Melanie Hickson |
| Contact details | 07 3176 5868 Access the National Relay Service |
Your new role:
As the Nurse Unit Manager, you will provide advanced clinical and operational leadership across Ophthalmology Outpatients and Eye Casualty services. You will lead a team of approximately 15 FTE, overseeing service delivery, workforce and financial management, clinical governance and quality improvement. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, you will foster a positive learning culture, drive innovation and ensure the delivery of safe, efficient and evidence-based care across a complex, high-volume service.
About you:
You are an experienced and engaging nursing leader with advanced ophthalmology knowledge, a passion for patient-centred care and the ability to lead a high-performing team in a complex, fast-paced clinical environment.
- Demonstrated advanced clinical knowledge and experience in ophthalmology nursing, with the ability to lead contemporary, evidence-based practice and achieve quality patient outcomes.
- Proven operational leadership skills, with experience managing nursing teams, workforce planning, rostering and financial resources to support safe and efficient service delivery.
- Strong transformational leadership capabilities, with the ability to build team engagement, foster a positive workplace culture and support staff development and succession planning.
- Demonstrated ability to lead change, quality improvement and clinical governance initiatives, using service data and performance indicators to drive innovation and improve patient access and outcomes.
- Highly developed communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams and influence positive service outcomes.
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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.
Princess Alexandra Hospital:
The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.
We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.
We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.
Princess Alexandra Hospital, a place of countless opportunities to learn and grow your career!
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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