Clinical Nurse Manager - General Surgical Ward

Employment Term: Permanent Full Time Opportunity available
Location: Buderim Private Hospital Sunshine Coast
Remuneration: Attractive Salary 12% Super NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

Make a meaningful difference with Buderim Private Hospital

As one of the Sunshine Coasts largest hospitals we provide a comprehensive range of surgical and medical services using the latest technology. This includes emergency maternity intensive care cardiovascular obstetric and gynaecology urology cancer care general medicine renal and respiratory services orthopaedic and mental health care among many others. With a deep connection to the Sunshine Coast thats 40 years in the making Buderim Private Hospital partners with our patients to deliver personalised one-on-one care from the heart and make a meaningful difference in peoples lives.

An integral part of our team as a Clinical Nurse Manager youll be encouraged to grow develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Lets make a meaningful difference together!

Your part in our Buderim Private Hospital team

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Clinical Services you will oversee the operational leadership and development of our 4B General Surgical Ward applying your operational knowledge leadership capability and communication skills to effectively lead your team to successacross our state-of-the-art complex.

Youll collaborate effectively with other healthcare leaders in the hospital including Nurse Management working together to deliver optimal patient-outcomes through advancing the delivery of exceptional clinical care. A diverse role you will:

• Achieve optimal patient outcomes and objectives through effective leadership and direction
• Lead your people through identifying opportunities for development learning and improvement.
• Build a cooperative working environment between members of a multi-disciplinary team applying your skills to build a high functioning and outcome focused unit
• Maintain professional standards of practice through the evaluation of services and through key strategies
• Ensure optimal procurement and allocation of resources including recruitment and budgeting to achieve optimal service objectives

What makes a difference for us

As an advanced Clinician you will demonstrate exceptional skills in Clinical Nursing a passion for people leadership and strong patient advocacy. Youll present with:

• Extensive senior clinical expertise and skills in General Surgical Care
• Leadership experience in the provision of comprehensive evidence-based patient care
• Expertise and skills in managing a cost centre budget and people management
• Evidence of contribution to ongoing quality initiatives and improvements
• Ongoing commitment to self-evaluation and professional development
• Post-registration qualifications relevant to the area of nursing practice and/or people management/leadership qualifications are highly desirable.

What makes a difference for you

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15900) and meal entertainment (up to $2650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: SalaryPackagingExplained

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

• A recognition and rewards platform providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers including everyday expenses holidays health insurance annual awards celebration wellbeing and employee assistance programs

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave available after 6 months service in addition to the government scheme

• Diversity and inclusive leave offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year Diwali Ramadan NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

• Career development opportunitiesto challenge yourself grow and make a meaningful difference

• A positive and inclusive team based on respect shared standards strong values and a commitment to serving others

Wed love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

By joining our Hospitals youll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer were a proud not-for-profit with more than 17500 staff and 9 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare Lifeline ARRCS The Wesley Hospital Buderim Private Hospital St Stephens Hospital and St Andrews War Memorial Hospital and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate inclusive and committed to the work we do helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming safe and nurturing services for children

• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare diversity is at the core of our who we are our mission and our are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex race culture sexual orientation disability or gender our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children young people and the elderly safe from harm within our services workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.