Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) - Anaesthetics & PACU | Melbourne VIC
- Lead floor coordination and clinical escalation across Anaesthetics and PACU.
- Provide clinical leadership to the theatre team on a day surgery roster.
- Coordinate a busy day surgery floor with minimal overnight or weekend shifts.
Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM), Anaesthetics & PACU
Location: Melbourne, VIC
Employment Type: Full Time, Monday to Friday day surgery hours
Remuneration: $120,830 to $124,900 + super, EBA-aligned
Recruiter: Carejobz Perioperative Specialists
A private day surgery hospital in Melbourne's east is looking for an experienced Associate Nurse Unit Manager to lead floor coordination and clinical escalation across Anaesthetics and PACU.
The Role
As ANUM, you will coordinate the floor across Anaesthetics and PACU, providing clinical leadership and escalation support to the theatre team on a day surgery roster.
What You Will Bring
- Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
- Experience as an ANUM, Team Leader or senior perioperative nurse across Anaesthetics and PACU
- Confidence coordinating a busy day surgery floor and supporting clinical escalation
- Ophthalmology experience is preferred but not essential
- Full working rights in Australia
Why You Will Want to Know More
- $120,830 p.a. (Year 1) rising to $124,900 p.a. (Year 2), EBA-aligned, plus superannuation
- Qualification allowance for a postgraduate certificate or diploma, or a Master's degree, on top of base pay
- Day surgery hours, typically Monday to Friday with minimal or no overnight or weekend shifts
- Saturday, Sunday and public holiday loadings apply where worked
If this sounds like the kind of theatre opportunity you have been waiting for, we would love to speak with you. Apply in confidence through this link: ***************************************************************==, or email your CV to ***************** in the first instance. Kate or Paul will be happy to talk you through the opportunity, answer your questions honestly, and help you decide whether it feels like the right next step for you.
About Carejobz
At Carejobz, Paul and Kate have been recruiting perioperative professionals across Australia and New Zealand since 2015. Over that time, they have become trusted recruitment partners to leading hospitals and day surgeries, supporting nurses and employers with warmth, discretion and genuine sector knowledge. They understand the realities of theatre nursing, from the importance of team culture and safe staffing to the specialist skills required across anaesthetics, recovery, scrub and scout. When you speak with Carejobz, you are dealing with people who know the perioperative world, respect your experience, and will give you honest guidance at every stage.
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