Permanent Full Time, up to 76 hours per fortnight

Nurse Unit Manager Level 2 ($71.91579 p/h - NM11)

West Gippsland Healthcare Group is seeking a decisive, resilient, and visionary Theatre and Day Surgery Manager to lead our high-performing perioperative team. You will hold operational, financial, and clinical governance accountability across our theatre suites, including Scrub/Scout, Anaesthetics, PACU/Recovery as well as our Day Surgery Unit. Your leadership will directly impact patient safety, surgical efficiency, and workforce morale in our fast-paced clinical environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Clinical Governance: Ensure absolute adherence to national patient safety guidelines, infection control protocols, and industry standards such as ACORN and NSQHS.
- Operational Leadership: Manage theatre utilization and patient flow in close collaboration with surgeons and anaesthetists.
- Workforce Management: Oversee recruitment, onboarding, optimal rostering, skill‑mix planning, and performance development for the nursing and technical teams.
- Drive departmental KPIs, manage the annual operating budget, and oversee resource allocation for consumables and high‑value surgical equipment.
- Quality Improvement: Establish robust audit processes to monitor surgical outcomes, address performance variances, and foster a culture of continuous clinical excellence.

About You

- Qualifications and Management Experience
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
- A minimum of 5 years of senior clinical experience in an operating theatre setting,



with a proven track record in a leadership role.
- Exceptional interpersonal and conflict‑resolution skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse medical teams and hospital executives.
- A calm demeanor under pressure, strong business acumen and a commitment to patient‑centred care.

IMPORTANT: Some roles in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated annually for Influenza (unless a valid exemption applies). Evidence of vaccination (or exemption) will be required to be provided prior to commencement.

Benefits

- Flexible working arrangements
- Access to employee assistance program
- Salary packaging
- Free Parking

Applications close: 11 August 2026 (applications may close earlier)

Equal Opportunity Employer

As an inclusive employer, committed to improving diversity and equity in our workforce, we encourage applications from all parts of our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, LGBTI people, and people with lived experience of disability.

As a Child Secure organisation, West Gippsland Healthcare Group promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children, including those with disability.

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which our services are located, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. We are committed to achieving culturally safe health practices for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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📌 Nurse Manager Theatre & Day Surgery (Warragul)
🏢 West Gippsland Healthcare Group
📍 Warragul