The Campus Manager is to provide high-level strategic leadership and management within the clinical and aged care services whilst ensuring compliance with policies, procedures, regulations and relevant legislation. The Campus Manager is responsible for the operational leadership of the St Arnaud campus and the coordination of patient flow, bed utilisation and access management across East Wimmera Health Service. The role provides leadership to nursing and clinical teams whilst ensuring efficient movement of consumers through acute, urgent care and residential aged care services. The position works collaboratively with campus leaders, community services and executive staff to improve access to care, reduce discharge delays, optimise occupancy and support person-centred care delivery.

Key responsibilities

Develop, foster and support a campus culture aligned to EWHS values in which people work together and support each other to deliver the highest quality of care to our consumers

Provide leadership for innovation, change processes and co-ordinated responses to emerging service and workforce needs

Facilitate and maintain effective communication with internal and external consumers

Lead and coordinate patient flow activities across EWHS acute, urgent care and residential aged care services

Monitor daily bed occupancy, capacity and predicted demand across all campuses

Facilitate timely admissions, transfers and discharges

Work collaboratively with Campus Managers, Nurse Unit Managers, Community Services and Allied Health to identify and resolve barriers to discharge

Develop teamwork through leadership, role modelling and effective communication





Facilitate the performance development and management of staff in collaboration with the Directors

Comply with all relevant external legislation and internal EWHS policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to the role and organisation

About you

Current Nursing registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

Relevant postgraduate qualifications or experience in management or a related field

Knowledge of the National Safety & Quality and Aged Care Accreditation Quality Standards and ability to support these

A working knowledge of the principles of Victorian public sector acute and aged care funding principles

Broad clinical experience within a health care environment

Demonstrated experience in a leadership role with experience in workload management, performance management and critical and reflective thinking skills in decision making and problem solving

Demonstrated commitment to the process of quality improvement in support of a protected and positive consumer experience

Demonstrated experience in patient flow management, discharge planning, bed management, service coordination or operational leadership within a health service or willing to learn

Alignment with the values and behaviours of the organisation and a commitment to model those behaviours and challenge others to do the same

About us

East Wimmera Health Service (EWHS) is a health service organisation providing clinical and aged care services across multiple campuses, including the St Arnaud campus. The organisation is committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care to consumers across acute, urgent care, community and residential aged care services.

📌 Campus Manager (Saint Arnaud)
🏢 East Wimmera Health Service
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