Job Category -Nursing - Registered Nurse (Div 1)

- Enjoy a challenging and rewarding role within a busy General Medical and Renal Unit at University Hospital Geelong
- Gain satisfaction from the positive difference that our service makes to members of our community
- Temporary part time 64 hours per fortnight (until 11/07/2027)

About the Role

The Associate Nurse Unit Manager is responsible for coordinating clinical operations, providing shift leadership, and supporting the professional development of nursing staff. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong clinical expertise, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to continuous improvement and patient outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing clinical leadership and operational management during allocated shifts.
- Coordinating patient flow and bed management to optimise patient care and service delivery.
- Supporting and mentoring nursing staff, graduates, and students.
- Promoting evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives.
- Ensuring compliance with organisational policies, standards, and accreditation requirements.
- Collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams to achieve positive patient outcomes.
- Assisting the Nurse Unit Manager with workforce management, performance development, and service planning.

What we're looking for

- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
- Demonstrated clinical experience in medical and/or renal nursing




- Previous leadership experience or experience acting in a senior nursing role.
- Solid clinical assessment, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational abilities.
- Commitment to patient-centred care, safety, and quality improvement.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team environment
- Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction
- A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Attractive salary packaging benefits
- Living expenses capped at $9,010
- Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650

Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.

Child safety

We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards

Additional information

All appointments are subject to:

- Satisfactory Police Record Check
- Immunisation Status Clearance
- Working with Children Check (if applicable)

Application closing date: 30 August 2026

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📌 Associate Nurse Unit Manager, Bellarine Centre 6 North (Geelong)
🏢 Barwon Health
📍 Geelong