Nurse Manager; Grd Hospital - Perm

Overview

Liverpool Hospital is seeking a dynamic and experienced After Hours Hospital Manager to lead after-hours operations in one of NSW’s busiest tertiary hospitals. This pivotal leadership role ensures the seamless coordination of patient access and flow, staffing, and clinical operations during critical periods. As an After Hours Nurse Manager, you will oversee nursing services within a complex and fast-paced environment, driving efficient resource management and fostering excellence in clinical practice.

Your leadership will be instrumental in maintaining safe, high-quality, compassionate care while supporting staff and ensuring operational continuity across the hospital. You will play a key role in shaping a positive workplace culture that empowers nursing teams and enhances the patient experience. Through your leadership, you will model the NSW Health CORE values — Collaboration, Openness, Respect, and Empowerment — in every interaction with patients, families, and colleagues.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting impact in a major tertiary facility, contributing to high-quality patient care and the ongoing development of nursing services.

• Lead after-hours operations and coordinate patient access, staffing, and clinical services in a busy tertiary hospital.
• Oversee nursing services within a complex, fast-paced environment; drive resource management and clinical practice standards.
• Foster a positive workplace culture, empower nursing teams, and enhance patient experience.
• Model NSW Health CORE values (Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment) in interactions with patients, families, and colleagues.

You will thrive in this role if you are an experienced nursing leader who is confident managing complex clinical environments and making informed decisions during high-pressure periods. The Nurse Manager is responsible for the leadership and management of nursing services across a designated unit, service, or facility, ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care and the efficient use of resources.

• Bring extensive experience in acute care nursing leadership
• Demonstrate strong clinical governance and operational management capability
• Excel at coordinating patient flow, staffing, and resource allocation
• Communicate with clarity, confidence, and compassion
• Foster effective workplace cultures that support staff wellbeing and professional growth
• Are committed to modelling NSW Health CORE values in all aspects of your practice
• Thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments where your leadership truly matters

To help us assess your suitability for the role, please tell us as much as you can about yourself in response to the questions below.

• Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Please provide a brief overview of your relevant postgraduate qualifications or equivalent work experience or a combination of study and experience deemed appropriate by SWSLHD.
• Proven record of achievement in clinical, operational, and emergency management and leadership within a complex, acute healthcare environment.
• Demonstrated conceptual, analytical and innovative problem solving skills in service delivery, human resource management, financial management, and quality and risk management.
• Demonstrated excellence in communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and maintain positive and constructive relationships.
• Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, WH&S, and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect & Empowerment.

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