14 days remaining
Location: Gippsland | Traralgon
Job type: Full time
Organisation: Latrobe Regional Hospital
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Nursing
Reference: 18112
Nurse Unit Manager - Flynn Unit (Acute Inpatient Mental Health Unit)
Latrobe Regional Health is the main provider of Mental Health services across the Gippsland region.
Our Flynn Unit provides care for people aged between 16- 65 years delivering acute treatment and recovery-based interventions. The 31 bed Unit consists of 23 Adult Low Dependency beds, 2 Child and Adolescent beds, 6 HDAU beds
We’re looking for a Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) who is passionate about mental health and leading a multidisciplinary team. The NUM plays a crucial role in managing, co-ordinating, leading and developing the unit, ensuring patient centred care, and the achievement of a high standard of quality patient outcomes.
The NUM is required to lead the unit in relation to implementing recovery focused and non-punitive and non-coercive practices, including the reduction of seclusion and restraint practices.
We are looking for candidates with:
This is an exciting opportunity to build and advance your career and leadership skills. We encourage you to contact Jessica Cherry, General Manager Acute & Bed Based Mental Health on (03) 5173 8579 for a confidential discussion.
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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.
Explore all the great things happening at LRH – www.lrh.com.au and take the next step on your career journey by submitting your application for this and other roles here - https://lrh.mercury.com.au
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.
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JESSICA CHERRY - (03) 5173 8579