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We are St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.
Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate nursing leader to step into the Nurse Unit Manager role within our Cardiology/Cardiothoracic Ward.
As Nurse Unit Manager, you will provide visible clinical and operational leadership within a dynamic cardiac service, supporting the delivery of exceptional patient-centred care across a broad range of cardiology presentations and procedures. Working closely with VMOs, nursing staff, and multidisciplinary teams, you will drive excellence in clinical outcomes, patient experience, workforce engagement, and service development.
We are seeking a leader with significant cardiology nursing experience and a strong understanding of contemporary cardiac care, including the management of acute and chronic cardiac conditions, cardiac monitoring, post-procedural care, and complex patient pathways. Your clinical expertise will enable you to support best practice, mentor staff, and lead the ongoing development of a highly skilled cardiac nursing workforce.
About the role:
Lead all aspects of patient care delivery, ensuring evidence-based practice and excellence in contemporary cardiology nursing.
Utilise your advanced cardiology knowledge to support complex clinical decision-making and optimise patient outcomes.
Build and sustain a positive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture.
Coach, mentor, and develop nursing staff, fostering specialist cardiac nursing knowledge and clinical capability.
Drive quality improvement, patient safety, and service innovation initiatives within the cardiology service.
Lead and support the implementation of new projects, technologies, and models of cardiac care.
Ensure exceptional standards of patient experience, clinical governance, and operational performance.
Strengthen interdisciplinary partnerships with cardiologists, VMOs, allied health professionals, and broader hospital stakeholders.
Foster a culture of continuous learning, professional development, and evidence-based practice.
Effectively manage workforce planning, budgeting, and resource utilisation.
Maintain compliance with all relevant safety, quality, accreditation, and regulatory requirements.
About you
Currently registered as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency.
Recognised post graduate tertiary qualification in a clinical speciality or management (or willingness to undertake same within 12 months) or equivalent relevant experience.
Demonstrated operational, financial, human resource, workplace health and safety and effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Comprehensive understanding of clinical governance and current nursing issues.
Demonstrated experience in quality improvement principles, clinical policy and procedure development and implementation.
Why work at St Vincent's?
Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free
Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave
Moving from NSW Health? Your eligible accrued leave entitlements will be transferred over. (As restrictions apply to the amount and type of leave that can transfer, feel free to discuss this with our team during the recruitment process)
Aboutthe hospital
In this role you will be based at St Vincent’s private hospital, Darlinghurst
A state-of-the art hospital in a beautiful inner-city location
Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
Closely partnered with universities&affiliated research institutes, manyofwhich are located on campus
Groundbreaking technologies, including world-first robotic-assisted surgeries
Highly specialized servicesinorthopaedics, heart and lung, head and neck, neurosurgery, urology, vascular surgery, upper GI/hepatobiliary surgery,ENT, colorectal surgery,gynaecology, neurology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, cancer services,and mental health
Sponsorship / work rights forAustralia
Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Forthis roleyou must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen orhave an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.
Please note,for candidates whopossessthe required qualifications, accreditations, and experience,visa sponsorship may be available for this positionand will bedeterminedon application.
Pre-employment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, includingrelevant immunisations.
Equal opportunity
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.
As part of our commitment toreconciliationwe encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind,spiritand community.
How to apply
Pleasesubmityour resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with each of the things listed in the About You section of this job advert.
Pleasesubmityour resumeA cover letter iswelcome butnotrequired
Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.
Questions? Please email ADCS - Orla.Nesdale@svha.org.au
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At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
For further information, visit https /www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au
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The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
