Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Manager Grade 4
Remuneration: $167,023.60 - $169,961.25 + Superannuation + Salary Packaging
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ683570
Location: Maitland Hospital
Applications Close: Sunday the 9th of August

A chance to shape the Future of Surgical Services and make a lasting impact.

This is more than a leadership role - it's an opportunity to influence the future of one of the fastest-growing hospitals in NSW.

As a result of significant growth across surgical services, Hunter New England Health is creating a brand-new Operational Nurse Manager position. This newly established role offers the unique opportunity to make your mark, drive innovation, and lead the continued evolution of surgical services at Maitland Hospital.

If you're an experienced nursing leader who thrives on strategic thinking, operational excellence, and leading high-performing teams through change, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

Reporting to the senior leadership team, you'll provide both strategic and operational leadership across a broad portfolio including:

Surgical inpatient services

Orthopaedic and General Surgery

Surgical outpatient services

Elective surgery coordination and waitlist oversight

Specialist nursing services

Partnering and working collaboratively with the executive, medical and multidisciplinary teams, you'll ensure exceptional patient outcomes while delivering safe, efficient and sustainable services aligned with Hunter New England Health's strategic direction.

What You'll Be Doing

You will:

Lead operational planning and service delivery across Surgical Services

Drive innovation and continuous improvement initiatives

Ensure outstanding clinical governance, patient safety and quality outcomes

Oversee workforce planning, financial performance and resource management

Build and mentor high-performing multidisciplinary teams including orthopaedics, general surgical, speciality nurses and outpatient teams.

Partner with clinical leaders to improve patient flow, elective surgery performance and service outcomes





Influence the future direction of surgical services within a rapidly expanding facility.

About You

We're seeking a motivated, experienced and resilient nursing leader who brings:

Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and a postgraduate qualification in a relevant specialty area is desirable, and/or demonstrated relevant leadership or management experience

Proven leadership experience managing large clinical teams

Experience within surgical services, ideally including Orthopaedics or General Surgery

A strategic mindset with the ability to balance operational demands with long-term service planning

Demonstrated experience leading change and driving innovation

Strong clinical governance, quality improvement and stakeholder engagement skills

Experience managing budgets, workforce planning and service performance

Experience with elective surgery and surgical waitlist management is highly desirable.

Why Join Maitland Hospital?

Maitland Hospital is one of New South Wales's newest and fastest-growing health facilities, purpose-built to deliver world-class healthcare in a modern, state-of-the-art environment. With contemporary clinical spaces, advanced technology and ongoing investment in services, the hospital provides an exceptional setting for both patients and staff.

This is a rare opportunity to:

Join a growing hospital at an exciting stage of expansion

Step into a newly created leadership position and shape its direction

Influence how surgical services evolve for the future

Work alongside an engaged and supportive executive leadership team

Drive meaningful improvements that directly impact patient care and clinical outcomes

Enjoy excellent professional development and career progression opportunities within Hunter New England Health

If you're ready to lead with purpose,



inspire change and leave a lasting impact on one of NSW's most exciting health services, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape the future of Surgical Services at Maitland Hospital.

Additional Information

To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current Recent Zealand Passport. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.

We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

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An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.

This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.

Salary Packaging: is beneficial to most Hunter New England Health employees and may increase your take-home pay! Salary package a range of personal expenses including novated motor vehicle leases, relocation expenses, and HECS/HELP debt. Find out more by contacting via or 1300 40 25 23.

Hunter New England Health employees may be eligible for a range of such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.

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