Job Title: Nurse Unit Manager, Anaesthetics

Location: Newcastle, NSW

Type: Full-Time or Part-Time, Permanent role

Salary: From $132,700 to $142,800 + super under the Enterprise Agreement, depending on classification level

Recruiter: Carejobz Perioperative Recruitment Specialists

The team at Carejobz Perioperative Specialists are recruiting for a hospital in Newcastle. We are looking for a Nurse Unit Manager for the anaesthetic nursing team. This role suits a Senior Registered Nurse with significant anaesthetic experience who enjoys leading people, supporting clinical excellence and improving how a department runs.

About the Facility

Our client is a well-regarded private hospital in Newcastle with a busy perioperative service across a main hospital and a dedicated day surgery centre.

The Role

You will report to the Perioperative Services Manager and lead the anaesthetic nursing team across both the main hospital and the day surgery centre. You will work in a fast-paced, efficient, patient-focused environment, alongside a team of Clinical Educators, and as a key member of the perioperative leadership team.

In this role, you will:

• Lead, support and mentor the anaesthetic nursing team across two sites
• Make sure patients receive high-quality, safe care
• Provide support to Visiting Medical Officers
• Work closely with multidisciplinary stakeholders to keep the department running smoothly
• Drive clinical leadership, team development and service improvement

What You Will Bring

Essential:

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
• Significant anaesthetic nursing experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and support a team
• Commitment to clinical excellence, patient safety and quality improvement
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced perioperative environment
• Full Australian working rights

Why You Will Want to Know More

• A permanent leadership role in anaesthetics with a well-established private hospital
• Support from the Perioperative Services Manager and a dedicated team of Clinical Educators
• Commitment to career development, ongoing training and leadership development
• Flexible working conditions to support work-life balance
• Wellbeing programs, including discounted private health insurance, and Fitness Passport
• Paid parental leave
• Novated lease options

If this sounds like the kind of theatre opportunity you have been waiting for, we would love to speak with you.

Apply in confidence through this link: https://carejobz.app.loxo.co/job/MzkxNTktY3lidDhzMTF6cWl2eGVxYg==.

Kate or Paul will be happy to talk you through the opportunity, answer your questions honestly, and help you decide whether it feels like the right next step for you.

About Carejobz

At Carejobz, Paul and Kate have been recruiting perioperative professionals across Australia and New Zealand since 2015. Over that time, they have become trusted recruitment partners to leading hospitals and day surgeries, supporting nurses and employers with warmth, discretion and genuine sector knowledge.

Read what jobseekers and employers say about working with Carejobz at seek.com.au/recruiters/agencies/carejobz-pty-ltd

Carejobz, Perioperative Consultants, trusted by hospitals in New Zealand & Australia since 2015