Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Intensive Care Unit

Step Into ICU Leadership at Princess Alexandra Hospital

Join the Intensive Care Unit at Princess Alexandra Hospital as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager and help lead a highly skilled team delivering complex, patient-centred care. This role is Temporary part time 64hrs per fortnight, up to 12 months.

About This Role

Your new role:

As An Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM), You'll Work Alongside The NUM And Senior Nursing Team To Provide Clinical And Operational Leadership Within One Of Australia's Leading Adult Tertiary ICUs. You Will

Lead and coordinate the nursing team, allocate staff and resources, and respond to changing patient acuity and service demandsProvide advanced clinical leadership and promote safe, evidence-based and person-centred patient careMentor, coach and support nurses through education, professional development, preceptorship and role modellingContribute to quality improvement, clinical governance, research, audits and service innovation across the ICU

About You

You're an experienced ICU nurse ready to take the next step into leadership. You bring advanced clinical judgement, strong communication skills and a genuine commitment to developing people and improving patient care. You will have:

An advanced ICU expertise with strong clinical knowledge, skills and experience in complex intensive care nursingConfident clinical leadership with strong delegation, problem-solving, prioritisation and coordination skillsA passion for mentoring, education, teamwork and creating a positive professional practice environmentA quality and improvement mindset with the ability to translate evidence into practice and contribute to safe, sustainable improvements

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What We Can Offer You

We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your roleYou'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About Us

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.