• Orthopaedics
• Permanent Full-time

UnitingCare Health is one of the largest not-for-profit private hospital groups in Queensland and is a service group of UnitingCare Queensland. The hospital group is a major provider of healthcare services in Queensland which operates almost 1000 licensed hospital beds and employs over 4400 people.

With 524 beds, The Wesley Hospital provides tertiary level medical and surgical services across 30 specialty areas including cardiology, urology, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, maternity and women’s health. These services are supported by an intensive care unit, coronary care unit, cardiac catheter theatres, 24-hour emergency centre, renal dialysis, radiology, radiation therapy, pathology, pharmacy services, IVF, haematology and oncology services.

We are currently seeking an experienced and motivated professional to join the Orthopaedics Unit in the role of Clinical Nurse Manager.  As Clinical Nurse Manager you will be responsible for managing all aspects of the Orthopaedics Unit, achieving set KPIs and working on initiatives across the ward, facility and organisation.  As the Clinical Nurse Manager you will be accountable for:

• Achieving optimal patient care and organisational objectives through the use of effective management strategies, leadership, direction team building;
• Assessing and responding appropriately to clinical nursing issues and concerns;
• Maintaining professional standards of practice through the evaluation of nursing services;
• Developing and managing a budget to acheive financial and organisational goals;
• Demonstrating application of the principles of clinical and workplace risk management;
• Identifying trends and variances through data analysis to support decision making;
• Acheiving continuous Quality Improvement to optimise customer service and organisation outcomes, whilst complying with National Safety and Quality Standards. 

Ideally, the successful applicant will demonstrate the following criteria: 

• Current registration with AHPRA;
• High level post registration experience and clinical competence within a Orthopaedics environment;
• Extensive clinical experience including recent roles in a leadership / management capacity;
• Exceptional organisational skills. 

UnitingCare Health is committed to being a child safe, child friendly organisation for all children who come into contact with our services. It is our expectation that our employees will share in this commitment.  Therefore, employees and successful candidates in specified roles will be required to hold a valid ’Blue Card’ in line with the ’Working with Children Check’ requirements.

Criminal record checks will be conducted for all successful candidates

 Working as part of the UnitingCare Health at The Wesley Hospital, our staff enjoy a values based organisation with benefits including: 

• Friendly values based environment
• Generous salary packaging options
• Exciting career paths in both clinical and leadership streams
• Exceptional professional development opportunities including Post graduate leaderships programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• Subsidised on-site parking and restaurant
• Access to staff gym

For more information regarding this opportunity please contact Di Fisher, Assistant Director of Nursing on 07 32327482 or email diane.fisher@uchealth.com.au.

To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply' button below to be taken to our online application process and quote reference number 11700.

We look forward to receiving your applications by Sunday 18th December 2016.