About Us

Western Health manages three acute public hospitals: Footscray, Sunshine and Williamstown Hospital. It also operates the Sunbury Day Hospital, Transition Care at Hazeldean and a range of community based services. We care for a culturally diverse population of more than 800,000 people. We have more than 6,700 employees who are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES).

Our continued growth will see the completion of a new purpose built, multi-storey Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital.

About the Role

Are you an experienced Endoscopy nurse looking for an exciting opportunity?

Western Health - Sunshine Day Procedure Unit is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Associate nurse Unit Manager to join our busy, dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity for a team player who has excellent interpersonal and communication skills and is committed to providing high quality evidence based care.

The successful applicant must demonstrate expert knowledge and skills, assume a prominent management focus and model Western Health's values.

Based at the Sunshine campus, this unit includes two high turn-over Procedure Rooms as well as theatre admissions, recovery and discharges.

The position is permanent full time - 76 hours per fortnight and experience in endoscopy & day procedure/peri-operative nursing is essential. The successful applicant must be available to work evenings, weekends and public holidays. Participation in the endoscopy on-call roster is also required.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits such as:

• Work-life balance
• Professional development and career advancement opportunities
• Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
• Onsite fitness clubs
• Culturally safe and respectful environment
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program

Culture

At Western Health, we value our employees and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop.  Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience. Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation status clearance and (if applicable) a working with children’s check.

Western Health do not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from Recruitment Agencies.