At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic Hospital in the Home service, ensuring quality patient care and team excellence.
- Company: Cumberland Hospital, a leader in innovative healthcare delivery.
- Benefits: Competitive hourly rate, professional development, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Join a collaborative team dedicated to continuous improvement and exceptional healthcare.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patient care while growing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Registered Nurse with 4+ years of acute nursing experience and strong leadership abilities.
The predicted salary is between 72.62 - 72.62 $ per hour.
Lead a District-wide Hospital in the Home service. Drive patient flow, quality care and clinical excellence. Grow your leadership career at Cumberland Hospital. Manage clinical operations, lead high-performing teams and deliver exceptional patient-centred care across a dynamic Hospital in the Home service.
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (Up to 30/06/2028)
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Manager Level 1
Remuneration: $72.62 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: Cumberland Hospital
Where you'll be working:
- Join the Hospital in the Home (HITH) Service at Cumberland Hospital, a leading service within Western Sydney Local Health District that enables patients to receive acute and subacute care in the comfort of their own homes.
- As part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you'll play a pivotal leadership role in delivering safe, innovative and patient-focused healthcare across the community.
- Work within a respected District-wide service delivering contemporary models of care.
- Lead and support a dedicated team of nursing professionals committed to clinical excellence.
- Enjoy a diverse leadership role with impact across patient care, service delivery and workforce development.
- Contribute to a culture of collaboration, innovation, quality and continuous improvement.
- Rotational role across morning and afternoon shifts within a 7-day service, including weekends and public holidays.
What you'll be doing:
- As the Clinical Coordinator (NUM Level 1), you will provide operational and clinical leadership for the Hospital in the Home service, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality and person-centred care.
- You will oversee daily service coordination, lead nursing teams and drive positive patient and organisational outcomes.
- Coordinate daily patient flow, patient allocation and clinical operations across the HITH service.
- Lead, mentor and develop nursing staff while fostering a positive, high-performing team culture.
- Drive quality, safety and patient experience initiatives while maintaining clinical governance standards.
- Manage workforce, resources and operational priorities to ensure efficient service delivery.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders to support seamless patient care across the District.
Essential Criteria:
- Registration: Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Registered Nurse.
Selection Criteria:
- Minimum 4 years experience in acute nursing as a Registered Nurse with current unrestricted registration with AHPRA. Also holds a current unrestricted NSW Drivers Licence with willingness to utilise for work purposes.
- Demonstrated competence in leading and managing the care team to deliver services that ensure quality evidence based care to patients admitted to HITH.
- Proven ability to be a leader within the multidisciplinary team within a complex acute environment and ability to balance competing demands.
- Demonstrated ability to motivate, manage and develop nursing/midwifery staff.
- Contemporary generalist acute nursing knowledge with the ability to assess nursing/resource requirements within the HITH environment.
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal, communication skills and literacy using computer applications relevant to the NSW Health settings (for example: eMR; patient journey board; Microsoft applications).
- Demonstrate a commitment to provision of exceptional customer service within a changing health care environment.
- Completed, working towards or willing to complete further education in leadership and management.
Applications Close: 28th October 2026
People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.
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