Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Mgr Lvl 2
Remuneration: 150816.94 - 150816.94 full time equivalent base salary range (+12% super + 17.5% leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ685463
Location: Westmead
Applications Close: Midnight on 29 August 2026
For role related queries or questions contact Angelique Doyle on ***************@health.nsw.gov.a

As the largest paediatric health service in Australia, we care for thousands of children each year, in hospital and at home. Our people are united by compassion, collaboration and excellence in care.

The Nursing Unit Manager (NUM) is pivotal to the coordination of safe patient care, ward management and leadership with an understanding of the 'children first & foremost' philosophy to ensure optimum service delivery.
The NUM acts as a leader with advance role model skills that promote culture and standards that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
• Leads, directs and co-ordinates safe patient care
• Ensures practice is safe and effective, maintaining standards of care through continual quality improvements initiatives
• Manages the ward effectively and within agreed allocated resources

Additional Benefits (where applicable):



Flexible work opportunities, Salary packaging and meal entertainment benefits, accrued days off (ADOs), fitness passport, employee assistance program (EAP)

How to Apply:
Click ‘Apply Online’ and submit your application including:

- A resume (maximum 5 pages) outlining your experience

- Responses to the questions below:

1. Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
2. Relevant management tertiary qualification or equivalent work experience, or a combination of study and work experience with a demonstrated commitment to professional development.
3. Demonstrated motivational, leadership, interpersonal and high level communication skills.
4. Demonstrated ability to be innovative, creative and self-directed related to clinical practice.
5. Demonstrated ability to set priorities, establish and achieve agreed objectives.
6. Demonstrated understanding and commitment to continuous quality improvement and the ability to manage change.
7. Demonstrated ability to effectively lead a nursing team within a multidisciplinary team environment.
8. Demonstrable advanced negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

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