Role details
The Child and Adolescent Unit at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for a Nurse Unit Manager to join their team on a permanent basis.
How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
The Nurse Unit Manager is an employee who is a registered nurse who:

• Is appointed to an advanced practice nursing position; and
• Demonstrates a specialised clinical expertise and/or specialised skill set.

About the Team
The Child and Adolescent Unit (CAU) provides inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory care for children and adolescents aged from maternity discharge to 18 years.
The CAU inpatient unit is a family-oriented facility with 12 beds and parents and carers are encouraged to stay overnight and be actively involved with their child's care during admission. The unit is staffed by paediatricians and paediatric nurses and provides support services from an excellent team of allied health professionals.
About our Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Workforce attraction incentive scheme
You may be eligible to receive the Incentive Scheme 1, the scheme is available to health workers that relocate from interstate or international to come work within our team may receive up to $20,000 in incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme (conditions apply).This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.