Description:
Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Flynn Unit (Acute Inpatient Mental Health)
We’re looking for an Associate Nurse Unit Manager who is passionate about mental health and playing a key role in leading a multidisciplinary team. Working closely with the Nurse Unit Manager you will provide support with the clinical and administrative management of the Flynn Unit, ensuring the achievement of quality patient outcomes are achieved.
While there will be shift work involved, the position on offer is up to full time, providing the flexibility of a work life balance, allowing you to spend time with family and enjoying all that the Gippsland region has to offer.
Our Flynn Unit is a 31-bed unit which provides care for people aged between 16- 65 years delivering acute treatment and recovery-based interventions.
Our ideal candidate will:
- Have prior experience and understanding of managing a shift and ward when out of hours
- Completed or be enrolled into a Post Grad mental health
- Have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a team
LRH employees enjoy access to:
- Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering a range of health education and wellbeing services
- Access to ongoing development through daily education sessions, bespoke training and career & study support
- Tailored flexible work options to support work life balance, including ADO’s, 5 weeks leave, regional salary packaging and additional purchased leave
- Fantastic social club activities and diverse and inclusive workplace activities
- Workplace Wellbeing programs and activities uniquely designed for LRH staff
We are looking for candidates with:
- A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in inpatient mental health
- Have prior experience and understanding of managing a shift and ward when out of hours
- Completed or be enrolled into a Post GradHave excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a team
For more information about this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to contact Nicole Erskine on 51738257 or nerskine@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.
About LRH
LRH was proud to be the recipient of the 2022 Premier’s Health Service of the Year (Medium) Award . This prestigious award recognises the amazing work of our team in driving change and improvement in the health outcomes for the Victorian community.
We are located 150 km east of Melbourne, and LRH is the regional provider of a broad range of specialist health services including hospital based, sub-acute and mental health services across Gippsland.
Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with $217 million expansion nearing completion, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increase medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.
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Diversity and Inclusion
We actively embrace workforce diversity, equity and inclusion, and encourage applications from across our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. LRH’s Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted on (03) 5173 8653.
IMPORTANT: All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated for 3 COVID-19 doses and current season influenza vaccination, unless a valid medical exemption applies.