Nurse Manager - Imaging
MELBOURNE, VIC, AU, 3000
At Peter Mac we aim to continuously improve cancer care, research and education across all cancers and for all people affected by cancer: changing lives, breaking new ground. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values, Excellence, Compassion and Innovation. Welcoming people from a wide variety of different backgrounds and experiences is critical to fostering innovation, cultivating compassion, attracting and retaining top talent and providing the best possible cancer care for our patients.
YOUR ROLE IN OUR FUTURE
Ongoing Full Time Role
- 80 Hours Per Fortnight + Monthly ADO.
- Parkville Location
- Salary $141K (1.0 EFT) + salary packaging + super + 5 weeks annual leave (pro-rata)
The Cancer Imaging NUM role is responsible for the nursing leadership and management of the Cancer Imaging nursing team at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. As a key member of the Cancer Imaging Leadership team, you will be instrumental in ensuring high-quality patient care, leading on evidence-based outcomes and contributing to delivering exceptional patient care.
Cancer imaging conducts diagnostic imaging procedures, provides radionuclide therapy treatments and performs interventional radiological procedures across 2 sites for both inpatients and outpatients.
About You
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, recent leadership experience and are committed to excellence in patient care and leading a nursing team to work within an inclusive and collaborative culture
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA
- Recent experience in a nurse leadership role, ANUM, NUM or equivalent
- Preferably a minimum of 2 years recent Medical Imaging experience
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to build lead and rapport across multidisciplinary teams
- Postgraduate qualifications in oncology or imaging nursing or equivalent
- A commitment to professional development of self and others
- A demonstrated commitment to providing patient focused care
Our Benefits
- Comprehensive supportive orientation and education
- Opportunities to grow your career and build on your acute nursing skills
- Work with a supportive leadership team and broader multidisciplinary team
- Salary packaging
- A real focus on staff wellbeing with our nurses CARE program
Applicants to this role should provide a covering letter outlining relative key skills and experience to assist us with our assessment.
For further information about this opportunity, click Apply to be redirected to the Peter Mac Careers page where you can review the position summary. Alternatively, please contact us using the information below for a confidential discussion.
Hiring Manager:Lisa Shaw-Stuart, Operations Director, Cancer Imaging
Contact Number: 03 855 98651
Email: Lisa.Shaw-Stuart@petermac.org
Applications Close:
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Position Summary
The position of NUM, Cancer Imaging Parkville is a dynamic role responsible for nursing leadership and governance of nursing related patient care across Cancer Imaging at Parkville. The role also works closely with the NUM of Peter Mac Imaging at East Melbourne with co-ordination and supervision of the human resources across 2 sites. Cancer Imaging also has an operational relationship with the Royal Melbourne MRI service and the NUM Parkville is responsible for the model of care supporting safe inpatient transfers to Royal Melbourne MRI service.
The role is required to work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary teams in Cancer Imaging provide leadership of evidence based, quality and cost-effective nursing practice to support patient centred care.
Enterprise Agreement
Classification or Salary Range
NM12 (Nurse Manager 3)
Immunisation Risk Category
Key Relationships
Internal
- Cancer Imaging Executive team
- Nurse Unit Managers
- Allied Heath Teams
- Medical teams
- Nurse Education
- Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit (PCCTU)
- After Hours Hospital Coordinators (AHHC)
- Finance Business Partner
- Patient support staff
- Infection Prevention Services
- Other departments including procurement and Health Information Services
- Royal Melbourne Radiology
External
- Parkville Local Health Service Network (LHSN) health services
- Referrers to Cancer Imaging
- Regulatory Authorities
- Universities and other relevant professional development bodies
Education
Skills
Essential Requirements
Recent experience in a nursing leadership role e.g. ANUM, NUM- Postgraduate qualification in specialist oncology or radiology nursing, or equivalent
- Extensive experience and demonstrated knowledge and expertise in acute care nursing
- Proven human and financial resource management capability
- Excellent communication and proven ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to drive patient centred outcomes
- Proven ability to lead a team and work effectively within a multi-disciplinary setting
- An understanding of, and experience with, developing evidence-based practice
Demonstrated involvement in professional activities and organisations including membership of the Cancer Nursing Society of Australia, ACN
Desirable Requirements
Evidence of experience in the departmental strategic planning- Experience in the implementation of quality improvement and change within a large organisation
Certifications, Licenses & Registrations
Key Accountabilities
1. Leadership
Collaboratively develop and support the operational and strategic vision for Cancer Imaging
Provides professional nursing leadership for nursing in Cancer Imaging
Models behaviours that contribute to a culture of nursing excellence, compassion and innovation for patients, families and staff
Actively participates in and demonstrates leadership on committees, interdisciplinary and interdepartmental forums informing patient care and multidisciplinary practice
Creates an environment where staff are encouraged and enabled to acquire new skills, identify and develop new ideas and outcomes, aligned with organisational strategic directions
Ensures all staff across the service adhere to the Nurses Code of Ethics and function within legal requirements of their scope of nursing practice
Actively promotes the work of Peter Mac through external committee, professional organisation or academic engagements
Attendance, participation and leadership at senior nursing and multidisciplinary forum (internal and external)
Take an active lead in Cancer Imaging and health service projects to promote and develop nursing
2. Resource and Workforce Management
Demonstrates leadership and accountability for annual unit budget build in accordance with department goals and targets and delivery of balanced budget. Meets annual budget target.
Responsible for procurement of medical consumables and safe storage within Cancer Imaging storerooms in conjunction with infection prevention, procurement and inventory clerk
Leads recruitment, selection, retention, and performance management of nursing staff with view to have right staff in right role to meet needs of service
Supports senior nursing staff to create a dynamic, positive learning culture for each staff member and to take constructive action if a discrepancy is recognised between actual performance, and performance requirement
Ensures a career pathway is embedded to support nurses in key roles within Cancer Imaging nursing team
Key Accountabilities (Contd..)
3. Education and Clinical Practice Leadership
Recognised as a resource and role model for Cancer Imaging clinical services throughout nursing services at Peter Mac
Ensure the delivery of a high standard of evidence-based care to patients
Leadership of an environment committed to learning and practice development from undergraduate nurses, graduate nurses to nurse leadership roles
Delivery of a strategic professional development plan for Cancer Imaging service delivery incorporating effective succession planning and aligning individual staff plans with the strategic framework using relevant instruments i.e. performance reviews.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary leads in Cancer Imaging to support ongoing development of the clinical services delivery model
Support and promote excellence and autonomy in clinical practice and patient care
4. Quality Improvement and Research
Establishes and enables a culture of performance improvement and evaluation, and develops and evaluates new initiatives to mitigate risk ensuring quality of nursing care and excellent patient outcomes
Directs and oversees the development of KPIs and quality activities planning for nursing service. Ensures adherence and delivery against Service KPIs through active engagement with staff and role modelling
Ensures proactive preparation and successful participation of Cancer Imaging in accreditation activities
Identifies opportunities for and actively participates in educational and research activity within Cancer Imaging
Leads and participates in the implementation of evidence-based practice
Informs and collaborates with clinical trials teams to support patient clinical trials and generate new nursing knowledge to contribute to a research-based clinical practice environment.
Maintains current knowledge of trends in imaging and cancer nursing practice
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For further information about this opportunity, click Apply to be redirected to the Peter Mac Careers page where you can review the position profile. Alternatively, please contact us for a confidential discussion.
Peter Mac is a child safe organisation and has a commitment to child safety and wellbeing.
WHY WORK FOR PETER MAC
- Peter Mac offer a range of benefits which support our people both personally and professionally.
- Our staff benefits include award winning facilities, professional development and events, a health and wellbeing program, flexible work practices and policies and financial benefits such as salary packaging.
- We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with a disability.