Nurse Unit Manager - Theatre

About the role

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Nurse Unit Manager role in a leading regional hospital? Join the Theatre Suites team at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive.

Latrobe Regional Health is looking for Nurse Unit Manager Theatre to join our growing team on a full time (1.0EFT) ongoing.

The Nurse Unit Manager (Theatre) provides strategic, clinical and operational leadership for the Operating Suites at Latrobe Regional Health. The role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high‑quality, patient‑centred perioperative care within a multidisciplinary environment, aligned with current best practice, organisational objectives and legislative requirements.

The position oversees all aspects of department performance, including workforce management, budget accountability, patient flow, quality and safety outcomes, and service development. The Nurse Unit Manager plays a key role in fostering a positive workplace culture, maintaining operational efficiency and supporting continuous improvement across theatre services.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the Nurse Unit Manager Theatre is to:

• Lead the operational management of the Operating Suites, ensuring safe, efficient and patient‑centred service delivery.
• Manage workforce requirements including recruitment, rostering, staffing levels, skill mix, performance management and professional development.
• Oversee departmental budgets, performance indicators and resource utilisation to achieve organisational and Department of Health targets.
• Drive quality improvement, innovation, policy development and risk management initiatives to enhance patient and service outcomes.
• Monitor patient flow and support effective coordination of perioperative services across multidisciplinary teams.
• Provide leadership in complaint management, change implementation, clinical governance and operational decision‑making.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications, including postgraduate qualifications in Perioperative Nursing, Management or a related discipline.
• Strong leadership capability with demonstrated experience managing staff, performance, service delivery and operational outcomes.
• Extensive clinical expertise, including a minimum of five years' relevant nursing experience and sound knowledge of perioperative practice.
• Well‑developed organisational, financial and problem‑solving skills, with a commitment to quality improvement and continuous professional development.
• Evidence of recent professional development and ongoing engagement with contemporary perioperative nursing practice (desirable).

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Janelle McInnes, General Manager Surgical Services email on Janelle.McInnes@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

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About us

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: ••••@lrh.com.au

How to apply

Join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community. Apply today and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.

Applications Close: 02 September 2026

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Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.