Position Summary |
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 4200 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.
Reporting to the Assistant Director of Nursing, the Clinical Nurse Manager - Neuroscience is responsible for overall management of the Neuroscience ward, including staffing and clinical service delivery. You will apply your knowledge of operational management to achieve departmental, hospital and organisation-wide goals, ensuring optimal patient outcomes through advancing the stardard of nursing care delievered to patients and the practice of nursing in the neuroscience specialty.
Ideally, the successful applicant will demonstrate the following criteria:
- Proven experience with Neuroscience;
- The ability to provide leadership and direction to nursing staff to ensure the delivery of safe nursing care;
- Exceptional operational management skills;
- The ability to influence and manage change;
- Have well developed communication skills;
- Demonstrate an advanced level of professionalism;
- Be accountable for the professional development of staff and the provision of human and material resources including financial accountability.
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.
To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply' button below to be taken to our online application process and quote reference number 11651.
We look forward to receiving your applications by 28th October, 2016.
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