Nursing Unit Manager

Job Description:

Role title: Nursing Unit Manager (Level 3)

Role type: Max term contract full time (until October 2027)

Department and location: Nelune Centre, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Sydney

Salary: $140,793.44 + super

Welcome to St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.

Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent’s Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As Sydney’s premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community. Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth.

Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.

Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About the role

The Nelune Centre is a leading specialist ambulatory cancer treatment service providing comprehensive care for patients with haematological and solid tumour malignancies. Operating Monday to Friday, the centre delivers chemotherapy, immunotherapy, clinical trial treatments, transfusion support, apheresis procedures and supportive care. The service comprises 16 treatment chairs, 4 treatment beds, 3 dedicated apheresis chairs and 2 additional apheresis machines located within the main hospital. In addition, the specialised apheresis service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through an on-call roster. The centre also supports a strong research portfolio, including Phase I clinical trials and pioneering cellular therapy programs.  

• Provide strategic, operational and clinical leadership for the Nelune Centre, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred cancer care across a complex ambulatory treatment service.

• Lead multidisciplinary teams in the coordination of chemotherapy, clinical trials, transfusion support, apheresis and supportive care services, while maintaining efficient patient flow and operational excellence.

• Drive service innovation, quality improvement and workforce development by fostering evidence-based practice, staff capability and collaborative partnerships across medical, nursing, pharmacy and allied health teams.

• Oversee the management of a high-acuity cancer treatment environment, ensuring clinical governance, patient safety, workforce management, resource allocation and compliance with organisational and professional standards.

• Champion strategic growth and organisational change by leading clinical redesign initiatives, supporting research and innovation, and adapting services to meet evolving patient, workforce and Cancer Services priorities.

About you

• Currently registered as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency.

• Recognised post graduate tertiary qualification in haematology/oncology or management (or willingness to undertake same within 12 months) or equivalent relevant experience. 

• Demonstrated operational, financial, human resource, workplace health and safety and effective communication and interpersonal skills experience at departmental level. 

• Comprehensive understanding of clinical governance and current cancer nursing issues and demonstrated evidence of integration of theoretical knowledge and clinical skills, critical thinking and analysis in your daily practice. 

• Demonstrated experience in quality improvement principles, clinical policy and procedure development and implementation and ability to deliver, evidenced based, patient centred care within a complex environment.

What we can offer you

• Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income

• Seamless NSW Health Mobility: Smooth transfer of your qualifying service and leave entitlements

• World-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutes

• Excellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiatives

• Cutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre

• Community: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental health, & drug and alcohol care

• Professional Advancement: Accelerate your career with study leave and Curran Foundation scholarships

• Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is 27th August 2026.

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with each of the things listed in the About You section of this job advert. 

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

New FY26/27 wage increase to be announced soon. All approved increases will be backdated to 1 July once implemented.

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

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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