Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Flynn

Latrobe Regional Health is a leading provider of health care services across the Gippsland Region

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Associate Nurse Unit Manager role in a leading regional hospital? Join the Flynn 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 (LRH) is looking for a ANUM to join our growing team on an ongoing part-time (0.8EFT) basis.

This is a key leadership role supporting the Nurse Unit Manager in delivering high-quality, evidence-based mental health care while fostering a safe, supportive, and recovery-focused environment for both patients and staff.

About the Role

As the Associate Nurse Unit Manager, you will provide clinical leadership and operational support to ensure the effective delivery of person-centred care. You will play a pivotal role in coordinating clinical services, supporting staff development, and ensuring compliance with legislative and organisational standards.

A strong focus of this role is driving recovery-oriented, non-punitive, and non-coercive practices, including reducing the use of seclusion and restraint, while maintaining excellence in patient outcomes.

Key Highlights

• Leadership role within a dynamic mental health inpatient unit
• Drive recovery-focused care and best-practice clinical outcomes
• Support and mentor nursing staff, fostering professional development
• Contribute to quality improvement, audits, and service innovation
• Work within a multidisciplinary team in a complex care environment
• Influence clinical governance, risk management, and patient safety
• Opportunity to shape unit culture and support meaningful change

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership in assessment, care planning, intervention, and evaluation
• Support the Nurse Unit Manager with human, financial, and operational management
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, standards, and policies
• Lead and support staff through coaching, supervision, and development
• Monitor and respond to clinical risks, incidents, and quality improvement initiatives
• Contribute to audits, reporting, and data-driven decision making
• Promote a safe workplace culture and staff wellbeing

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

About you

You are a confident and compassionate leader with strong clinical expertise in mental health. You bring a collaborative approach, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to continuous improvement and patient-centred care.

You will have:

• Registration as a Division 1 (with postgraduate mental health qualification) or Division 3 Nurse with AHPRA
• Minimum 5 years’ clinical experience, including demonstrated leadership capability
• Strong knowledge of mental health legislation and standards
• Experience in staff supervision, change management, and quality improvement
• Highly developed interpersonal and decision-making skills
• Commitment to recovery-oriented practice and reducing restrictive interventions

What We Are Looking For

• Integrity, empathy, and respect
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
• Adaptability in a complex healthcare environment
• Commitment to ongoing learning and professional development
• Passion for delivering safe, high-quality mental health care

Requirements

• Current AHPRA registration
• Working With Children Check and Police Check
• Compliance with immunisation requirements (Category A)
• Current Basic Life Support competency

This is an excellent opportunity to step into a leadership role where you can make a real impact on patient outcomes, staff development, and the future direction of mental health care within the unit.

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 Nicole Erskine, NUM Flynn via email: nicole.erskine@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description

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: AboriginalHealthUnit@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: 10 May 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.