Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Bass Unit

Latrobe Regional Hospital is the designated specialist referral centre for the Gippsland region, delivering a comprehensive range of quality customer focused services to all the community.

An exciting opportunity exists on the Bass Unit, we are seeking an Associate Nurse Unit Manager to join our Team on a 6 month fixed term basis for 64 hours per fortnight.

The Bass Unit is an Acute Medical Unit caring for a wide range of conditions including Peritoneal Dialysis.

It is essential that candidates are able to demonstrate the following attributes:

• Recent experience in medical nursing
• Recent experience management at the ANUM level
• A commitment and accountability for their own nursing practice
• Ongoing professional development.
• To demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work within a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Knowledge of Peritoneal dialysis would be an advantage.

For further information on this vacancy, please contact Janene Stewart, Nurse Unit Manager on telephone (03) 5173 5303.

Why work for LRH?

A leading Gippsland employer, Latrobe Regional Hospital is Gippsland's specialist referral and trauma centre located 150km east of Melbourne. We are a purpose-built teaching hospital caring for a population of more than 260,000 people. Our comprehensive range of services extends to emergency, intensive care, elective surgery, allied health, obstetrics, medical and radiation oncology at the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre, dialysis and aged care.

Latrobe Regional Hospital were awarded the Premiers Victorian Health Service of the Year for 2022.

We offer:

• A friendly and supportive team
• High quality patient care
• A collaborative and innovative working environment
• Modern Facilities
• Electronic Medical Records

Our unique difference:

• Regional lifestyle opportunities
• Access to excellent schools, health and transport services
• Generous salary packaging benefits, paid parental leave and flexible working conditions
• Expanding specialist services with future redevelopments & expansions

Our commitment to you:

LRH is recognised as a leading learning hospital providing ongoing career opportunities.  We provide a safe and rewarding work environment for all of our staff and have made a long-term commitment to strengthen our organisational culture through leadership excellence, education and training.

Now is an exciting time to join our team with significant growth on the horizon!

Diversity and Inclusion

At LRH we value workforce diversity and inclusion, where individual uniqueness is embraced. We value diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexuality.

At LRH we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. LRH’s Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants on (03) 5173 8653.

We at LRH strongly encourage people with disability and diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles.

If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the People & Culture team via email at peoplecultureadmin@lrh.com.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will contact you.

 IMPORTANT:  All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 (3 doses), unless a valid medical exemption applies. Evidence of Vaccination (or exemption) will be required to be provided prior to commencement. Applicants for public facing positions will also be required to provide evidence of a current influenza vaccination (or exemption) prior to commencement”