Associate Nurse Unit Manager

We currently have an exciting opportunity available for an Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) within Anaesthetics. This new ANUM position will be Part time 0.6 EFT ongoing.
The ANUM has delegated responsibility from the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) to provide management and leadership to staff, ensuring clinical practice is consistent with RCH expectations of Great Care and Australian Nurses and Midwifery Council standards. 

The Anaesthetic ANUM will work in collaboration with the Anaesthetic Assistant Team Manager, sharing responsibility for leading the team cooperatively and cohesively.

Classification for this role is YW11 - YW12 ($120,416.40 - $124,472.40 per annum plus super pro rata)

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) administered through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing personal and professional development, as evidence in a Continued Professional Development (CPD) record/Professional Practice Portfolio (PPP).
• Recent experience in management; Current experience with Paediatric Anaesthetic nursing
• Post Graduate Certificate/Diploma preferred but not essential

If this sounds like, click here for the position description.

 
For more information regarding the vacancy, please contact Simone Kelly via email ************@rch.org.au

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks. 

Are you ready to join our team?

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Applications close 20 August 2026