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Management - Line - Clinical

- Unique opportunity to join the largest health care provider in the Geelong region
- Provide leadership to an established multidisciplinary team
- Permanent full-time opportunity

About the role

Barwon Health's Mental Health, Drugs and Alcohol Services (MHDAS) is seeking an experienced, values-driven Nurse Unit Manager to lead the Swanston Centre, our acute mental health inpatient unit in Geelong. The Swanston Centre supports consumers experiencing acute mental illness, working closely with community teams, triage, PARC, the Emergency Department and medical staff across University Hospital Geelong to ensure those most in need have timely access to care.

Reporting to the Program Manager – Acute Intervention Services, you'll provide leadership and operational management to bring the Mental Health Directorate's contemporary vision for inpatient care to life. This means instilling a recovery-oriented, consumer-centred approach grounded in evidence-based multidisciplinary practice, including embedding our peer support program and the use of Advance Statements. You'll also hold a significant service-wide portfolio and play a key role in senior leadership forums across the Directorate.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the coordination of bed flow, actively engaging in hospital-wide demand management processes to prioritise access for consumers in greatest need.
- Drive continuous improvement, quality reporting,



business planning and service development in partnership with the Program Manager – AIS.
- Take accountability for budget development, workforce planning and prudent resource management in line with relevant legislation and Department guidelines.

What We Are Looking For

You're an experienced mental health nursing leader who builds engaged teams, leads change with confidence and thrives in a fast-paced, complex environment. You bring a coaching leadership style, strong clinical credibility and a genuine commitment to recovery-oriented care.

Please note Barwon Health will only contact you via our official email and never use unconventional means, such as text messaging or other services

- Excellent working conditions and a robust 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.

- Working with Children Check (if applicable)

Contact person: Justine Maggs | Deputy Program Manager | AIS
Email:

Phone:

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📌 Nurse Unit Manager, Swanston Centre (Geelong)
🏢 South West Alliance of Rural Health
📍 Geelong