Nurse Unit Manager - Orthopaedic Unit

Job Description:

Role details

Role title: Nurse Unit Manager - Orthopaedics Unit

Role type: Permanent full-time position

Department and location: Orthopaedics Unit, St Vincent's Private Hospital, Fitzroy.

Salary: $71.12 - $73.30 / hour plus super

Salary Sacrifice: Salary packaging available

Are you an Nurse Unit Manager looking for great care, great people and a great place to grow? You've found it. 

 

Is this what you're looking for? 

You want to work alongside leading specialists, in modern facilities, with a team that genuinely cares – about patients and about you. That's what you'll find at St Vincent's Private Hospitals. And as part of Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care, you'll be doing work that puts people before profit.  

What you'll do 

You'll join St Vincent's Private Hospital as a Nurse Unit Manager in our 34 bed Orthopaedic Unit on a permanent full-time basis, where you'll: 

• Lead a dedicated team of highly skilled and supportive nurses and work alongside leading surgeons and medical specialists
• Provide clear guidance, support, and expert advice to nursing and support staff to ensure high standards of clinical care are consistently upheld.
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with staff, Accredited Medical Practitioners (AMPs), patients, families, and carers.
• Serve as a positive role model, reinforcing the unit’s vision and culture while ensuring compliance with hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and apply effective team-building strategies to foster a culture of continuous improvement and enhance patient outcomes and experiences.

This opportunity will allow you to lead and develop your nursing team, impact culture and innovate the delivery of our patient centred care, leading to enhanced patient experience and outcome.
 

Is this you? 

 

• Demonstrated leadership and managerial skills
• Nursing experience in an acute setting, preferably in orthopaedics
• A strong commitment to delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centred care.
• Current AHPRA registration as a RN
• Postgraduate qualification in orthopaedics, leadership or management is desirable
• Ability to influence and lead continuous quality of care improvements
• High level communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in the use of IT platforms such as IBA(Webpas), Power BI, UKG, and Riskman, or similar

 

In return, we'll give you 

You want more in your pocket and real support for your wellbeing. As a not-for-profit, we can give you both. 

• Salary sacrifice: Take home more of what you earn – as a not-for-profit, part of your salary is tax-free, plus you get a meal entitlement card 
• Growth & development: Build your career with state-of-the-art training resources, education facilities and clinical partners, study leave and scholarships 
• Health and wellbeing: Look after yourself with discounted private health insurance, Fitness Passport gym memberships and a broad range of perks at each facility 
• World-class care: Learn and grow alongside leading clinicians in teaching, research and specialist care 
• Employee Assistance Program: Free, confidential 24/7 counselling for you, whenever you need it 
• Workplace giving: Flexible work arrangements, the option to purchase leave, and leave days to volunteer in your community 

 

Equal opportunity 

Whoever you are, you're welcome here. We celebrate diversity and inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone. 

If you're an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, we encourage you to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community, as part of our commitment to reconciliation. 

Ready for your next career move?  

Apply today and take the next step in your career.

To find out more about our hospitals and the roles open to you, visit our Careers Website. 

Better and fairer care. Always  

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies

Closing Date:

4 December 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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