What your day could look like
As Nurse Unit Manager, you'll play a key role in delivering coordinated, person-centred care for older people across hospital and community services. From guiding complex clinical decisions to shaping how services evolve, you'll work with a multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes and strengthen care delivery across the region.
Every day, you'll contribute by:
Leading and supporting a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, high-quality geriatric care across multiple service areas
Using clinical expertise and data insights to guide decisions that improve patient outcomes and service performance
Driving service improvements, quality initiatives, and innovation that enhance patient experience and care delivery
Managing resources and operations to ensure services run efficiently while supporting staff development and wellbeing
Let's talk about you!
You're a confident and experienced clinical leader who balances strong decision-making with genuine care for people. You lead with compassion, act with integrity, and bring others along with you through change. You take pride in creating environments where teams feel supported and patients receive the best possible care. You're motivated by making a meaningful difference in the lives of older people and shaping services that meet evolving community needs.
Here's what will help you thrive in this role:
Current registration as a Registered Nurse with relevant professional authority
Strong experience in geriatric care, including acute and/or community settings
Proven leadership capability managing teams, resources, and service delivery outcomes
Expertise in clinical governance, safety standards, and quality improvement
You'll stand out from the crowd if you have postgraduate qualifications in nursing, leadership, or health management and experience leading across diverse or complex service models.
Most importantly, we're looking for someone who is passionate about delivering outstanding care for older people, committed to continuous improvement, and ready to lead with compassion, dignity, innovation, integrity and courage. In this role, you'll shape care that truly makes a difference.
Why Join Darling Downs Health?
At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference - and the career possibilities are endless.
Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.
Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.
Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:
Maximise your take-home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.
For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits
Your future is here. Where are you?
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.
Click 'Apply Now' to submit your application and upload the requested documents.
Find out more about us!
Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:
www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns
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