Associate Nurse Unit Manager (RPN3)

 Associate Nurse Unit Manager (Registered Psychiatric Nurse)

• Location: St Albans Community Care Units 
• Employment Type: Part-Time, Ongoing (multiple positions available) 
• Salary: RPN Grade 3 + Superannuation + Salary Packaging 

About the Role:

Are you an experienced psychiatric nurse ready to take the next step in your leadership journey?

St Albans CCU is seeking a committed and collaborative Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) to join our multidisciplinary team and play a key role in supporting recovery-focused, high-quality mental health care.

As an ANUM, you will provide expert clinical leadership, coordinate the day-to-day operations of the unit, and work closely with the Program Manager and Team Leader to ensure a safe, therapeutic, and supportive environment for consumers, carers, and staff. This role combines advanced clinical practice with leadership responsibility, making it ideal for someone who leads with integrity, compassion, and a commitment to Western Health’s values.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Provide shift-by-shift leadership, coordination, and allocation of nursing and unit resources.
• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based psychiatric nursing care, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
• Act as Key Clinician (case manager) for allocated consumers, supporting recovery-oriented treatment and rehabilitation.
• Promote and uphold Western Health values through professional, culturally safe, and collaborative practice.
• Support quality improvement, service development, portfolio responsibilities, and mandatory reporting requirements.
• Ensure clinical documentation, reviews, and care planning meet legislative and organisational standards (including MHWA 2022).
• Provide guidance and support to nursing staff, contributing to a positive, learning-focused team culture.
• Assume leadership responsibilities in the absence of the Program Manager/Team Leader.

Essential requirements for the role:

• Registered with AHPRA as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse 
• Minimum 3 years postgraduate psychiatric nursing experience. 
• Demonstrate advanced clinical practice, including high level assessment, risk formulation and evidence based intervention.
• Proven leadership capability, including the ability to lead shift operations, support staff, guide clinical decision making and contribute to positive team culture.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, as well as other legislation relevant to public mental health. 

About You: 

• Demonstrate strong clinical capabilities with confidence in autonomous decision- making.
• Exercises sound clinical judgement in high risk, complex and ambiguous situations, escalating appropriately. 
• Upholds and drive adherence to best practice standards, the MHWA2022, and recovery orientated practice.
• Supports the integration of physical health and holistic assessment into everyday practice.
• Actively develops a culture of clinical excellence, ensuring safe, effective and person centred care.
• Leads and support with clinical review discussions, contributes for formulation and guides treatment planning. 
• Demonstrates advance communication skills to collaborate with consumers, carers, internal clinicians and external service providers. 

Position Description

About Western Health

Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne’s western suburbs. 

With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage. 

We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include oncology, renal, mental health, women’s health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics and cardiology.  

We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia’s most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges.

Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison located in Ravenhall. 

Why join us?

Compensation and benefits

• Competitive salary packages aligned with market standards.
• Health and wellbeing programs, including flexible work arrangements.
• Scholarships and grants to support your continuous learning journey.

Learning and development opportunities

• Access the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA) for personalised learning pathways.
• Professional growth programs, including postgraduate studies and clinical education.
• Mentorship and career support.

Community impact and inclusion

• Make a meaningful difference in patients’ lives through compassionate care.
• Join a workforce that champions diversity and inclusion.
• Engage in community wellbeing initiatives and groundbreaking healthcare research.

Organisational culture and environment

• Thrive in a collaborative, compassionate and innovative team environment.
• Be part of a culture that celebrates continuous improvement and excellence in healthcare.

Ready to make an impact? 

If you’re passionate about compassionate care, innovation, community wellbeing, we’d love to hear from you. Simply click on the “apply” button and follow the prompts. 

If you are currently employed at Western Health, please ensure you sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the intranet before applying.  

Closing date: 11:59pm on 12 December 2025.

Enquiries: For further information about this role, contact Tegan Erichsen via Tegan.Erichsen@wh.org.au. 

Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 

Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe. 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation Status Clearance and a Working with Children Check (if applicable). 

Western Health does not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from recruitment agencies.