At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and manage cancer services, ensuring high-quality patient care and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
- Company: Join the Shoalhaven Cancer Care Centre, part of a progressive health network.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, salary packaging, fitness perks, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Enjoy beautiful beaches and parks while working in a dynamic, evolving healthcare setting.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patients' lives while advancing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: AHPRA registration and management qualification or working towards it, plus recent cancer care experience.
The predicted salary is between 49500 - 60500 $ per year.
Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day and make a difference in the lives of our local community.
$167,023.60 - $169,961.26 per annum + 12% super & salary packaging | Temporary Full Time until 21 February 2027 | Shoalhaven Cancer Care Centre (SCCC) | REQ683654 | Grade: Nurse Manager Grade 4 | Applications close: 28 August 2026
The Nurse Manager, Cancer Services is responsible for the operational leadership, coordination and management of cancer services across Shoalhaven Hospital and the Milton Ulladulla Cancer Care Centre within the Illawarra Shoalhaven Cancer and Haematology Network (ISCaHN). The position is accountable for supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred and efficient cancer care services through collaborative partnerships across multidisciplinary teams and internal and external stakeholders.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leadership and management of nursing, administrative and support staff
- Operational coordination of service delivery
- Workforce management
- Patient flow and capacity oversight
- Implementation of clinical governance, quality improvement and service development initiatives
The Nurse Manager works collaboratively with the Co-Directors of Cancer Services, Nursing Unit Managers and broader operational and clinical leadership teams to ensure effective clinical, financial and human resource management across the service. The role provides leadership to support integrated, sustainable and contemporary cancer service delivery across the Shoalhaven region and models the CORE Values of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD).
Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital is the main referral hospital for the Shoalhaven region, providing emergency care, medical, surgical, mental health and orthopaedic services. The hospital has an Intensive Care Unit focusing on ventilated, high dependency and coronary patients, Children's Ward and Maternity Unit, as well as a purpose-built regional Cancer Care Centre.
The hospital is currently undergoing a significant $440M redevelopment that will redefine how healthcare is delivered within the Region. Once complete in 2026, the new seven-storey Acute Services Building and refurbishments on the current hospital site will bring a focus on career development, allowing you to grow your career, acquire new skills and advance professionally as the hospital continues to develop.
There are many benefits of living and working in the Shoalhaven. The region is home to some of Australia's most beautiful beaches, waterways and National Parks - with Jervis Bay and Kangaroo Valley only a short, 20-minute drive away – and is also host to many annual food and arts festivals and events.
Benefits of working with ISLHD include:
- Allocated Days Off (ADO) - once a month take a paid day off (eligible full-time employees)
- Salary packaging - less tax and more take-home pay
- Novated leasing - lease a car and pay for all running costs out of your pre-taxed salary (eligible full-time employees)
- Fitness Passport - discounted gym membership that both you and your family can enjoy (eligible employees)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - free confidential and professional assistance for staff and their families
- Career progression, professional development and secondment opportunities
- Applicable vaccination requirements for a Category A role
- Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- Current AHPRA Registration and appropriate tertiary management qualification or working towards same and recent experience in the cancer setting
This is a temporary position until 21 February 2027 with the possibility of extension. ISLHD is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
ISLHD acknowledges that our health district is located on the unceded lands of the Aboriginal people who are the Traditional Custodians of the NSW South Coast.
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