Associate Nurse Unit Manager

Job Description:

• Excellent leadership opportunity
• Fixed Term Part-time position available (0.8 FTE) until October 2027
• Work on a rotating roster (including Night Shift)

About the Company

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincent’s Health Australia and a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service that employs more than 6,500 staff across 18 sites throughout Melbourne. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services, sub-acute care, medical diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care, correctional health and community residential care. SVHM is one of Australia's leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare providers.

About the Department

Berengarra, a multi storey 90 bed state of the art residential aged care facility comprises 60 mainstream and 30 Aged Persons’ Mental Health (APMH) beds designed to deliver contemporary best practice person centered care.

Berengarra is co-located with St George’s Hospital in Kew and compliments a suite of existing St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne’s residential facilities: Auburn House & Riverside House (each facility with 30 APMH beds); Cambridge House (30 bed mainstream facility); and Prague House (45 bed facility for people with a history of homelessness).

The care model for Berengarra is that of person centred care, which has at its core the responsibility to ensure and facilitate personal choice in every aspect of life. We provide an environment that eliminates institutional elements to the greatest extent and supports care designed in consultation with each person. 

About the Role

The Associate Nurse Unit Manager, in the absence of the Nurse Unit Manager, will administer and manage the professional and operational resources of the unit.  The Associate Nurse Unit Manager, under the direction of the Nurse Unit Manager, will be responsible for providing mentoring and leadership across the unit and care team.  The Associate Nurse Unit Manager will support and assist the Nurse Unit Manager in achieving specific Key Performance Indicators.

Classifications for this position will range from classification range YW11 – YW12 ($97,770 - $101,056 per annum).

About You

You are a genuine and empathetic person who has a strong focus on providing the high-quality care that the community of residents at Berengarra deserve.

You have a passion to positively impact people’s lives, by providing assistance and support with services in line with our resident’s needs, abilities and choices.

You will have a hospitality style approach to cater to our resident’s needs in their homes, whilst empowering them to be independent and have a quality of life in our care. You will be a part of a dedicated, dynamic and forward thinking team that will come together for a common goal, the care of our residents.

Duties

• Supervise and direct other staff as required in person centered care
• Maintain effective, professional and respectful relationships with residents, relatives, carers, and a broad range of community-based agencies, including general practitioners, community health services, sessional health providers and other residential services in order to coordinate service provision
• Respond to clinical changes in residents condition and initiate consultation with relevant medical/nursing and multidisciplinary team as required
• Ensure the continuous improvement approach informs service activities in accordance with the directions set by Residential Aged Care (RAC) Quality Council, and SVHM Quality and Risk Managers
• Accurately document resident care in accordance with health service guidelines
• Adhere to all aspects of confidentiality in regard to residents and health service staff

Qualifications, skills and experience

• Bachelor of Nursing
• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Extensive experience in nursing providing patient centered care is essential
• You can demonstrate excellent leadership and organizational skills, including ability to direct, enthuse, motivate, support  and encourage
• You can demonstrate highly developed interpersonal, communication skills, including sound oral and writing skills that allow for effective communication with residents, visitors and staff at all levels.
• You must have an understanding of relevant legislation, of the principles and practice of aged care, and a sound working knowledge of the Commonwealth Residential Care Standards and accreditation
• Post registration qualification in Aged Care highly desirable
• Current experience as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager is highly desirable

Benefits

• Being a part of a collaborative and passionate team
• Salary packaging (increase your take home pay)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Staff Car Park
• Comprehensive orientation

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

At SVHM, we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. If you would like further information, contact our Indigenous Recruitment Coordinator through our careers page.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings. You are therefore required to comply with the SVHA Staff Health Screening Immunisation Policy, which, depending on the role you perform in the organisation will require you to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

All appointments made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate conducted by The Victoria Police.

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.

Closing Date:

3 October 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 indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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