Nursing Director - Education Unit
Education Unit - Nursing, Midwifery, Education and Research - Mackay Base Hospital - Mackay
Summary about this job
Nursing - Management
Company: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Location: Mackay & Coalfields
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-7-7350-6815
Fax: +61-2-8049-9741
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Detail information about job Nursing Director - Education Unit. Terms and conditions vacancy
Your organisation – Mackay Hospital and Health Service:
Mackay Hospital and Health Service has eight hospitals, two multi-purpose health services and two additional community health services that employ more than 2,700 staff. The Mackay district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to approximately 182,000 people in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
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Your role:
The Nursing Director, Education Unit is responsible for building organisational capability and the provision of strategic leadership for nursing and non-clinical education. The position provides leadership and middle management development across the Mackay Hospital and Health Service (MHHS) and the management of the Education Unit.
The Nurse Director, Education Unit will collaborate with the Nursing Executive team, support the Strategic Plan 2016-2020 and provide divisional responsibility for nursing staff within the Education Unit.
Your team:
The Mackay HHS Education Unit is in the Education and Research Centre (Mackay Base Hospital), a new facility incorporating the latest technology for training and educational events. The facility holds a library and a state of the art Simulation Centre. This has increased our capacity to provide high quality education and training opportunities to enhance safety and quality of patient care.
The Education Unit provides educational leadership and fosters and develops lifelong learning opportunities that promote best practice and practice development. This includes services to support orientation, mandatory training, professional development across the MHHS.
Why work for Mackay HHS?
Mackay HHS provides a working environment which embraces professional development, builds capabilities, provides roles with variety and flexibility, supports staff to maximise their health and wellbeing and encourages work/life balance. Some additional benefits include:
- Competitive remuneration package
- Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- Salary packaging
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellbeing initiatives and programs
Conditions of employment:
In addition to any mandatory requirements specified on the Role Description, such as Professional Registration and Qualifications, and prior to being made an offer of employment, incumbents are required to demonstrate their immunity to all or some of the following Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD): Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (chicken pox), Pertussis (whooping cough).
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