Nurse Manager Grade 4 - Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Children's Hospital at Westmead

Employment Type:PermanentFull Time
Position Classification:Nurse Mgr Gde 4
Remuneration:167023.6 - 169961.26 full-time equivalent base salary range (+12% super + 17.5% leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ702656
Location: Westmead
Applications Close: Midnight on 26 November 2026
For role related queries or questions contact Alan Gardo on **********@health.nsw.gov.au

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.

What you'll be doing

Lead Extraordinary Care. Inspire Exceptional Teams. Shape the Future of Paediatric Intensive Care.

This is more than an operational leadership role. It is an opportunity for an experienced critical care nurse leader to help shape the future of paediatric intensive care.

We are looking for a Nurse Manager with a strong critical care background and the leadership capability to translate clinical expertise into a clear strategic vision. The successful candidate will understand the realities of delivering safe, high-acuity intensive care while also being able to look beyond today's operational challenges and position PICU for the needs of children, families and the workforce of the future.

The role will have a particular focus on:

- Providing visible, credible and contemporary nursing leadership within a complex critical care environment.
- Developing and delivering a long-term strategic vision for PICU nursing that supports service growth and evolving models of care.
- Building a sustainable, highly skilled critical care nursing workforce through recruitment, retention, education, succession planning and leadership development.




- Leading change associated with service expansion, new models of care and increasing subspecialisation.
- Strengthening quality, safety, research, education and evidence-based practice.
- Working collaboratively across nursing, medical, allied health and operational teams to deliver integrated, child- and family-centred care.
- Balancing workforce, operational and financial responsibilities while maintaining an uncompromising focus on safe, high-quality care.

About You

- You will be a strategic and systems thinker who can engage and inspire people, develop future leaders, navigate complexity and turn a long- term vision into achievable service and workforce plans.
- Have proven leadership experience in a complex healthcare environment
- Strong people leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience driving quality improvement, managing change and delivering service outcomes.

Why Join Us?

- Lead a passionate and experienced multidisciplinary team that genuinely cares about children and each other.
- Make a meaningful impact on the lives of critically ill children and their families, support staff development and drive meaningful improvements.
- Promote a culture that values collaboration, kindness, learning and continuous growth.
- Influence service development, quality improvement and future workforce planning.
- Join a world-class paediatric health service committed to excellence, research and innovation.
- Access ongoing leadership and professional development opportunities.

Join us and help shape the future of paediatric intensive care.
The Children's Hospital at Westmead Extraordinary care starts with extraordinary people.

Additional Benefits (where applicable)

- Adaptable work opportunities
- Salary packaging and meal entertainment advantages
- accrued days off (ADOs)
- fitness passport
- employee assistance program (EAP)

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📌 Nurse Manager Grade 4 - Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Children's Hospital at Westmead (Parramatta)
🏢 NSW Health
📍 Parramatta