About The OpportunityAt South Western Sydney Local Health District we offer a rewarding, progressive and diverse workplace and are always focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, Healthier Communities.
Bankstown - Lidcombe Hospital is recruiting for a Director of Nursing and Midwifery Services (Nurse Manager Grade 8) to join the Senior Leadership Team.
The Senior Leadership Team are committed to quality and safe care to enhance our community’s experience. Successful candidates will have an opportunity to work in a diverse workplace, with a multi-disciplinary team in a cohesive and collaborative unit.
What you'll be doing
As the Nursing and Midwifery Leader at Bankstown - Lidcombe Hospital you will bring vision & clarity to your role, be a great communicator, self directed, with an ability to inspire, motivate & support people to reach their full potential. Each day you challenge yourself to uphold the vision of the Nursing & Midwifery service, which is to provide compassionate care always through leading effective work cultures that transforms the patient and staff experience, in line with SWSLHD Transforming Your Experience.
You will demonstrate a high level of initiative, creativity & contribute to our vision of innovative models of care.You will support the SWSLHD Transforming Your Experience strategy to provide an exceptional experience for everyone who interacts with our organization for the provision of safe, high quality care.
The Director of Nursing & Midwifery (DNM) is operationally responsible to the General Manager & professionally responsible to the Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery, SWSLHD. The DNM is a member of the senior executive team of the facility providing leadership & is responsible for the overall management & clinical practice of Nursing & Midwifery Services in Bankstown - Lidcombe Hospital.
The DNM will provide effective leadership, governance & operational management for Nursing and Midwifery Services at the facility, ensuring procedure, practice, professional development & research are planned, delivered & evaluated in line with South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) strategic priorities.
The role will provide guidance & support to ensure that there is a focus on service development & appropriate oversight of practices, trends & indicators. Ongoing assessment & improvement in operational processes & clinical outcomes is an inherent responsibility of this position.
The DNM is responsible for the supervision, coordination & management of the nursing services and/or operations to ensure the delivery of high quality consistent patient care, efficient use of resources &staff who conform to all contemporary practice standards.
The DNM is to foster & maintain close professional relationships with relevant clinical managers, peers & District managers to achieve organisational goals.
As a nursing senior manager it is essential to ensure that systems and processes are in place to support the Nursing/Midwifery Unit Managers to meet the standards outlined in the Nursing and Midwifery management Framework.
This position will support the SWSLHD Strategic Plan as well as the facility/service operational and/or clinical service plan & any relevant service operational or strategic plans.
SWSLHD is focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, healthier communities. All staff are expected to act as an appropriate & effective role model, promoting a culture that supports practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect & Empowerment through demonstrated behaviors and interactions with patients, clients & employees.
The DNM will lead the vision of SWSLHD Nursing & Midwifery Service is Compassionate Nursing and Midwifery Care Always, through leading effective workplace cultures that improve the patient experience.
Where You'll Be Working
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background and people with a disability to apply.
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is located in the city of Bankstown and is in one of the most multicultural local government areas (LGA) in Australia. This hospital has tertiary affiliations with three universities and offers a range of roles and experiences to employees
The hospital receives highly diverse presentations in ED as well as having general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services across the hospital. Working at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a truly rewarding experience which allows you to make a real difference to the multicultural community.
Being part of the team at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital means you will be a part of a friendly and enthusiastic group of people where you will be truly valued in your work. Being a smaller hospital, you are seen as part of the wider Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital Family where you are known to the other staff and your patients.
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is like no other in our district and offers unmatched career development and progression opportunities and the hospital focuses on regular training and upskilling. There are regular occasions for working in more senior role and you will have a great management team who dedicate themselves to providing safe, quality patient care through ensuring they have a cohesive and dynamic team.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria as thoroughly as possible.
- Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA), post graduate qualifications in management, leadership or equivalent, as deemed appropriate by SWSLHD and Current unrestricted Australian drivers licence (P2 Licence Acceptable) subject to obtaining NSW drivers licence within 3 months of appointment.
- Demonstrated senior nursing experience with experience in leading staff and managing services in a relevant setting.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through vision and articulate the potential for the organisation.
- Demonstrated ability to develop an environment which promotes continuous improvement in practice.
- Demonstrated ability to represent nursing and midwifery, and appropriately consult with staff and other health professionals through utilising a broad range of communication skills selectively in a variety of settings.
- Demonstrated ability to identify, evaluate and incorporate where appropriate emerging trends within the broader service and business industry, which has the potential to enhance nursing, midwifery and/or health services.
- Demonstrated ability to monitor and evaluate performance across the organisation and through collaboration, including other health facilities and outside of health, to identify opportunities to realise enhanced performance.
- Demonstrated ability to generate and develop the strategic plan of the organization, inclusive of implementation of organisational change, financial management, risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace.
- Demonstrated ability to drive a positive workplace culture in accordance with NSW Health Code of Conduct and values of SWSLHD.
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Additional Information
Stepping Up - Close the Gap
Stepping Upaims to assist Aboriginal applicants understand how to apply for roles with NSW Health by clarifying the recruitment and onboarding process. If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role within South Western Sydney Local Health District, please contact the SWSLHD Aboriginal Workforce Team on[email protected]
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South Western Sydney Local Health District employees also have the opportunity to make a difference to help those less fortunate. Visit theWorkplace Giving Programfor more information.
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Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values - Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of⚫️ 🟡 🔴Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander⚫️ 🟡 🔴background, people with adisability and people from theLGBTQI+community to apply.
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