Associate Nurse Unit Manager – Cardiac | Melbourne
Associate Nurse Unit Manager – Cardiac | Melbourne
Category: Nursing Management, Unit Manager
Location: AU - VIC Melbourne
Job type: Permanent / Full Time
Posted: 2025-09-08
Reference: 1618868
A unique opportunity is available for a highly experienced Registered Nurse with excellent interpersonal and customer service skills to step into a leadership role of an Associate Nurse Unit Manager in a Cardiac Ward, which recently expanded from 17 to 30 beds, at a private hospital in Melbourne. This is a permanent position with both full-time and part-time schedules available.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As an Associate Nurse Unit Manager, your responsibilities will include:
- Facilitating a learning culture to ensure continuous improvement;
- Maintaining professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners, using a customer service mindset, to enable high-quality patient outcomes;
- Providing clinical operational direction for the unit to ensure efficient and effective management by coordinating the delivery of nursing care that is evidence-based;
- Being accountable and responsible for the effective daily management of human, financial and material resources;
- Coordinating and driving clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives;
- Looking after a variety of cardiac patients (heart failure, chest pain, arrhythmias);
- Looking after patients pre and post cath lab (coronary angiograms, PPM);
- Preparing patients for CABGs/Valve surgeries.
REQUIREMENTS
- Current registration with AHPRA;
- Working with Children check;
- Current or previous ANUM or clinical nurse specialist experience (desirable);
- Sound clinical knowledge;
- Sound clinical knowledge with 2+ years cardiac experience preferred;
- Compliance with ACQSHC National standards;
- Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills;
- Positive role modelling behaviours;
- Excellent customer service focus, time management and prioritisation.
BENEFITS
- Employee discount on private health insurance;
- Gym Passport;
- Supportive management team committed to your development.
ABOUT THE FACILITY
The hospital, located in Melbourne, is a fully accredited tertiary facility with 334 beds, providing Emergency Services, Extensive Surgical Specialities, a 14-bed ICU, a 17-bed CCU, Medical, and a full range of Cardiac Services including two 24-hour Cardiac Catheter Laboratories and Victoria's only Single-Site Robotic Surgery Program. The hospital has 15 theatres, including a hybrid theatre, diagnostic cardiology, two cardiac cath labs and capabilities for cardiothoracic surgery, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, urology and more. All supported by a newly expanded coronary care unit and intensive care unit.
APPLICATION PROCESS
If this aligns with what you're looking for, click "APPLY" to send in your application - attaching your most up-to-date CV. It is that easy! Alternatively, you can send your CV directly to info@ihrgroup.com.au.
And if this particular role isn't quite right, be sure to explore the array of other openings on our website at www.ihrgroup.com.au.
If this aligns with what you're looking for, click "APPLY" to send in your application - attaching your most up-to-date CV. It is that easy! Alternatively, you can send your CV directly to info@ihrgroup.com.au.
And if this particular role isn't quite right, be sure to explore the array of other openings on our website at www.ihrgroup.com.au.
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