Nurse Unit Manager - Day Surgery (Mat Leave Cover)

Proudly owned by Adora Group, Greensborough Day Surgery is a private Healthcare facility with a Day Surgery Licence from the Victoria Department of Health and is accredited to the National Safety and Quality Health Services Standards.

As a purpose-built Day Surgery, it has excellent facilities specialising in IVF, Ophthalmology, Minor Gynaecological. With 2 Theatres, CSSD,12 Recovery Bays and professional staff, together with our surgeons and ancillary staff, we ensure our patients receive the best care in the safety of our excellent facilities.

At Greensborough Day Surgery we are proud to deliver the highest standard in clinical and nursing care to patients, families and clinicians through respect, integrity, innovation and compassion.

Culture and Benefits

- Join a safe & inclusive workplace that emphasises its employee's wellbeing and development
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and free counselling sessions
- Birthday leave
- Discounts on our Adora Fertility Services
- Novated Leasing
- Local social activities
- Supportive and friendly team environment
- Fantastic opportunity to join an innovative healthcare business

About the Role

We are seeking a full-time Nurse Unit Manager for our Greensborough DSU. This position is a maternity leave cover and is being offered for 11 months from October 2026.

Reporting to the State Business Manager, the Nurse Unit Manager is responsible for Standards of Nursing Practice within the facility and takes overall responsibility forcoordination of patient care and day surgery unit management. Imperative to your success in this role will be delivering exceptional clinical outcomes.

Our commitment to quality and safety is our highest priority.



Applicants in patient contact roles will be required to provide evidence of immunity against specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker. Applicants will also need to provide evidence of a Working with Children Check and Police Check.

Key Responsibilities

- Responsible for Standards of Nursing Practice.
- Oversee care delivery and coordinate the activities of a multi-disciplinary team ensuring optimal patient outcomes.
- Strive for clinical excellence at all times across the organisation by working in partnership with other departments to ensure a consistent, caring patient journey.
- Demonstrate leadership to the day surgery nursing and administrative team to complement the strategic, budget and business direction of the day surgery.
- Manage resourcing, rostering, leave and staff allocations.
- Provide coaching, mentoring and performance management of team.
- Maintain compliance through regular audits and adherence to the NSQHS standards.
- Ensure staff skill, training and competency levels are continually reviewed and developed to meet the needs of the business.
- Maintain and manage robust collaboration with all Visiting Medical Officers and key stakeholders within the Adora business.

About You

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and motivated Nurse Unit Manager, wanting to further their career and grow their skills in managing a small private day hospital.





You will be an energetic leader with the following skills:

- Current Nursing Registration with AHPRA
- Experience in managing or assisting the management of day surgery operations (minimum 3 years)
- Extensive and current clinical practice in perioperative role (minimum 5 years)
- Ability to achieve results through consultation, advice and facilitation
- Knowledge of NSQHS Standards and the National Accreditation Process
- Leadership capabilities with the ability to motive and engage staff
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skillswith the ability to build and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders.
- High degree of computer literacy including MS Office
- Ability to foster a positive service orientated culture that encourages sound patient care and strengthens medical, nursing and interdisciplinary relationships and teams

Adora is an equal opportunity employer, and celebrates the unique perspectives, lived experiences and talents of a diverse workforce. We are committed to creating a culture based upon fairness, equity and inclusion, and believe this is fundamental to engaging and connecting with our teams, patients and community.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities, and identities and encourage candidates with disabilities or specific needs to let us know whether you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.

Our core values of Social Responsibility, Integrity, Empathy, Teamwork, Respect and Excellence guide our actions every day. If you share those values and want to contribute to a team that embraces these principles, we invite you to submit your application today.

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📌 Nurse Unit Manager - Day Surgery (Mat Leave Cover) (Williamstown)
🏢 Adora Fertility
📍 Williamstown