Job Demand: High
Average weekly wage: $1,917
Where you could work:
Hospitals - Allamanda Private, Gold Coast University Hospital
Aged Care Centres - Ozcare, Bluecare, Anglicare
Nurse Managers do the following tasks:
- developing, implementing and monitoring policies and objectives of nursing care as they apply to units, staff and community groups
- coordinating the allocation of human and material resources for a health service unit such as recruitment of staff, human resource management, preparation of budgets and fiscal management
- monitoring and controlling the performance of nursing and support staff within the unit, and providing leadership
- initiating studies to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing services in the unit in relation to objectives, costs and nursing care
- promoting working relationships with community agencies and health and education providers
- contributing to organisational objectives in relation to quality, safety and risk management