Requisition ID: REQ673935
Employment Type: Permanent Full - Time.
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Manager - Level 2
Remuneration: $146,423.50 per annum (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable
Hours per week: 38
Applications Close: 24 July 2026
Vaccination Category: A
Location: Wagga Wagga
Lead Interventional Care. Shape the Future of Patient Outcomes.
About the Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Nursing Unit Manager Level 2 to lead the Interventional Unit at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.
The Interventional Unit provides specialised diagnostic and therapeutic procedures across a range of services, supporting patients requiring complex interventional care. As the Nursing Unit Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, efficient and evidence-based care while fostering a positive, high-performing team culture.
As the Nursing Unit Manager – Interventional Unit, you will:
- Lead the day-to-day operations of the Interventional Unit, ensuring exceptional patient-centred care.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary services to support timely access to interventional procedures and optimal patient outcomes.
- Provide clinical and operational leadership, including workforce planning, resource management and financial oversight.
- Lead, coach and develop nursing staff through mentoring, education and performance management.
- Drive quality improvement, patient safety and evidence-based practice initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, NSW Health policies and professional standards.
- Build collaborative relationships with medical, nursing, allied health and support services to ensure seamless patient care.
- Support service development and innovation to meet the growing needs of the Interventional Unit.
To find out more, please review the Position Description.
About You
Our ideal candidate will demonstrate:
- Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse.
- Extensive senior nursing leadership experience within an interventional, procedural, perioperative, critical care or acute clinical environment.
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage complex clinical services and deliver high-quality patient outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience in workforce, resource and financial management within a busy healthcare setting.
- Strong knowledge of clinical governance, patient safety, quality improvement and evidence-based practice.
- Exceptional leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence, mentor and inspire teams.
- A commitment to continuous improvement, innovation and delivering outstanding patient care.
- Current Class C Driver Licence with the ability and willingness to travel if required.
Why join MLHD?
- At Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD), we offer more than a job — we offer the chance to make a real difference.
- Make a Meaningful Impact – Support staff wellbeing and safe recovery at work across our health district.
- Attractive Remuneration – Enjoy competitive pay aligned with your skills and experience.
- Flexible Working Arrangements – Designed to support work-life balance.
- Relocation considerations
- Generous Salary Packaging – Access up to $20,600 per annum tax-free for living expenses, plus the option for novated car leasing.
- Professional Development – Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.
- Health & Wellbeing Support – Comprehensive wellness programs for you and your family, including Employee Assistance Programs, Fitness Passport and initiatives to support physical and mental health.
Click here to discover why MLHD is the right place to grow your career and contribute to healthier communities.
How to Apply
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, click apply now! Please contact Kristy Watson, Operational Nurse Manager via [email protected] if you have any questions about this role.
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
MLHD welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.
If you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, you can access recruitment application support through the Stepping Up initiative.
