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Nurse Unit Manager - Community Hospital Interface Program


Metro South Health

Lead innovative care that keeps patients out of hospital and closer to home.

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Drive excellence in community-based healthcare by leading a multidisciplinary team, improving patient flow and outcomes, and shaping innovative hospital avoidance models across Metro South Health.

Job details

Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 7
Workplace Location Brisbane - South
Job ad reference QLD/MS05682307
Closing date 21-May-2026
Job duration See Job Details
Contact person Emma Jackson Hill
Contact details 0436672052
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Your new role:

This is a senior leadership role responsible for driving excellence in clinical care, service delivery and operational management within the Community Hospital Interface Program (CHIP).

  • Lead and coordinate CHIP services to deliver high-quality, person-centred care and optimal patient outcomes
  • Provide strategic and operational leadership across workforce, financial and resource management
  • Drive service improvement, innovation and evidence-based practice aligned with organisational priorities
  • Foster a high-performing multidisciplinary team culture through leadership, mentoring and workforce development

About you:

You are an experienced nursing leader who combines advanced clinical expertise with strong operational capability and a passion for improving patient outcomes.

  • Demonstrated advanced clinical knowledge and experience in complex care, including discharge planning and hospital avoidance models
  • Proven leadership capability with experience managing teams, resources and service delivery in a healthcare setting
  • Strong communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills across multidisciplinary environments
  • Experience in quality improvement, data-driven decision making and implementing evidence-based practice

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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.

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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Last updated
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