About The Role:
We are seeking a full-time Nurse Unit Manager to join our senior management and clinical teams. The successful candidate will provide strong leadership, strategic direction, and effective management of the unit, while maintaining an active, hands-on role in delivering high-quality clinical care.
The role is focused on delivering best-practice, high-quality health outcomes for patients while contributing to effective clinical governance and service delivery. As Nurse Unit Manager, you will engage, motivate, and mentor your team, fostering a positive and collaborative workplace culture. You will also build and sustain strong relationships with patients, families, and key stakeholders. A demonstrated commitment to excellence in mental health care, together with strong communication and organisational skills and the ability to prioritise effectively in a dynamic clinical environment, will be essential for success in this role.
Role Requirements:
- Provide accountable clinical and professional leadership to ensure safe, effective, and high-quality care aligned with national standards, professional guidelines, and organisational policies.
- Contribute to organisational and departmental planning through active involvement in strategic, business, and service development, evaluation, and improvement initiatives.
- Oversee patient care coordination, including admissions, treatment programs, discharge planning, and referrals to outpatient and community follow-up services.
- Lead daily clinical operations, ensuring best-practice care delivery, appropriate staff allocation, effective handover, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
- Promote quality, safety, and evidence-based practice through auditing, risk management, incident investigation, and compliance with documentation and reporting requirements.
- Foster effective communication and strong professional relationships with medical, nursing, allied health, management, and support staff to promote a positive workplace culture.
- Manage workforce leadership functions, including recruitment, orientation, rostering, leave management, performance review, staff development, mentoring, and wellbeing support.
- Demonstrate ethical practice, adaptability, ongoing professional development, and leadership in organisational change and innovation.
Professional Qualifications:
- Clinical expertise and qualifications in mental health nursing, and at least two years of experience at a managerial level.
- Administrative and clinical experience at the managerial level.
- Holds or is working toward a Degree in Health Administration or equivalent, Advanced Nursing in Mental Health.
Renumeration:
- Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience, and as per the relevant Delmont EA.
Benefits:
- Competitive remuneration, free onsite parking, subsidised meals, employee assistance program
- Excellent working conditions and support from a multi-disciplinary team
- Workplace training and education
Requirements:
- All Delmont Hospital Employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza with a TGA-approved vaccine and must provide evidence of their vaccination status. This is in accordance with the legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.
- Delmont supports a facility-wide, risk-based workforce immunisation program in line with current immunisation requirements for healthcare workers.
Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as applications will be reviewed once received.
Applications Close: 18 January 2026
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