Nurse Unit Manager - Mental Health

The Geelong Clinic

Nurse Unit Manager Fulltime

The Geelong Clinic is seekingan experienced Nurse Unit Manager to join our team with excellent leadership skills and a passion for delivering high quality patient care to both general psychiatry and eating disorders.

AsNurse Unit Manager (NUM) you willbe a role model of The Geelong Clinics values andresponsible for providingleadership direction to Sunnymeade wardto support the strategic direction operational processes budget and business direction of the hospital.

The position also offers supportive management supervision professional development and parking. The Geelong Clinic is a 73 bed Psychiatric Hospital offering a range of inpatient day programs and outreach services for individuals experiencing mental health problems. Located on the outskirts of Geelong within close proximity to spectacular coastal attractions the clinic has a number of accredited Psychiatrists supported by a skilled multidisciplinary team of nursing allied health administration and domestic services staff.

Why Healthscope

When you join Healthscope you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation no matter the role every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia our 42 sites are supported by our central Support Office enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.

• Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.
• Discounted health insurance (noncasuals only)
• Continuous professional development education & support provided to encourage growth

We pride ourselves on working with talented passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us.

Come and be the difference in our patients lives.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and provide an excellent standard of evidence based and personcentred care to lead and provide safe quality nursing care through comprehensive assessment development of a plan implementation and evaluation of outcomes in a timely and efficient manner.
• Lead the multidisciplinary team to provide this quality care for our patients.
• Advocates for and involves patients their families and significant others to participate in care goal setting and discharge planning.
• Provide professional nursing leadership by ensuring all staff practice according to AHPRA professional standards code of ethics and conduct legislative requirements Healthscopes polices and processes required registration scope of practice and patient confidentiality and privacy.

• Lead a learning environment within the Unit by maintaining own professional learning and continuous professional development and by providing coaching and guidance to ENs RNs graduates students and other staff.
• Implement Healthscopes patient safety and quality frameworks within the Unit by identifying areas of improvement leading and conducting clinical audits leading quality improvement projects and the plan for the Unit
• Create and maintain a safe highperforming and sustainable Unit by visibly leading a values and safetyled workplace culture.
• Build strong relationships with external partners to ensure patients receive a high quality of care

Essential:

• Registered and current practicing certificate with AHPRA
• Minimum 5 years experience
• Bachelor of Science (Nursing)
• Working With Children Check
• Police Check

Desirable:

• Leadership and management qualification
• Post graduate qualification in Mental Health

Closing Date: 28^th April 2025

Enquiries to: Cate Unsworth Clinical Services Manager

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To Apply: Please click on the Applybutton to be taken to our online application process. Please includea cover letter and your CV along with the contact details for 2 professional referees.