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Location: Sunshine Hospital
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Employment Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
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Salary: NUM Level 2 + Superannuation + Salary Packaging
About the role:
At Western Health, we’re redefining how care is delivered, moving beyond hospital walls to provide high-quality, patient-centred care where it matters most: at home.
We’re looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) to lead our Nursing at Home portfolio, a dynamic, growing service at the forefront of healthcare innovation.
This is not a traditional NUM role. You will lead a diverse, community-based service that directly impacts hospital flow, patient outcomes, and system sustainability, supporting patients to receive safe, effective care in their homes and residential aged care settings.
With oversight of approximately 37 FTE, you will drive performance, integration, and clinical excellence across multiple service streams, including:
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Residential In-Reach (RIR)
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Community Nursing
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Central Access Unit
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Liaison Nursing Team
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Remote Patient Monitoring
Key responsibilities:
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Lead a geographically dispersed workforce delivering complex care in community settings
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Drive integration across hospital and community interfaces, ensuring seamless patient journeys
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Optimise access and flow through effective intake, triage, and referral pathways
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Embed consistent, high-quality models of care across all service streams
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Build and sustain a high-performing, patient-centred team culture
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Partner with internal and external stakeholders to expand innovative models of care
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Translate strategy into operational delivery, aligning with Western Health’s vision for care closer to home
About you:
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You’re a confident and capable clinical leader who can balance strategy with day-to-day operations in a complex, fast-paced environment.
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Registered Nurse with current registration through Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, with relevant postgraduate qualifications (or working towards)
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Proven experience leading complex healthcare services, with accountability for performance, workforce and budget management
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Strong clinical capability, with a commitment to safe, high-quality, person-centred care
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Demonstrated ability to lead, influence and develop high-performing, multidisciplinary teams
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Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders and drive outcomes
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Sound understanding of clinical governance, legislation and human resource processes
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A systems thinker who can improve access, flow and integrated care pathways
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Innovative, adaptable and able to lead and sustain change in a dynamic environment
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Strong digital literacy and ability to work across multiple systems
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Current Victorian Driver’s Licence
If you’re looking for a role where you can lead at scale, influence system-wide change, and shape the future of care delivery, this is your opportunity.
Click here for the Position Description.
About Western Health
Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage.
We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include oncology, renal, mental health, women’s health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics and cardiology.
We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia’s most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges.
Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison located in Ravenhall.
Why join us?
Compensation and benefits
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Competitive salary packages aligned with market standards.
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Health and wellbeing programs, including flexible work arrangements.
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Scholarships and grants to support your continuous learning journey.
Learning and development opportunities
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Access the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA) for personalised learning pathways.
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Professional growth programs, including postgraduate studies and clinical education.
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Mentorship and career support.
Community impact and inclusion
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Make a meaningful difference in patients’ lives through compassionate care.
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Join a workforce that champions diversity and inclusion.
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Engage in community wellbeing initiatives and groundbreaking healthcare research.
Organisational culture and environment
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Thrive in a collaborative, compassionate and innovative team environment.
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Be part of a culture that celebrates continuous improvement and excellence in healthcare.
Ready to make an impact?
If you’re passionate about innovative models of care, delivering safe and effective care in the home, and improving patient outcomes, we’d love to hear from you. Simply click on the “apply” button and follow the prompts.
If you are currently employed at Western Health, please ensure you sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the intranet before applying.
Closing date: 11:59pm on 8 June 2026.
Enquiries: For further information about this role, contact Jamie-Lee Hamer via
[email protected].
Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation Status Clearance and a Working with Children Check (if applicable).
Western Health is committed to the psychosocial safety of all applicants and employees.
Western Health does not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from recruitment agencies.
