Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 6356
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Endoscopy Suites
The Endoscopy Suites are located across 2 areas within Austin Health. The Level 2 Endoscopy Suites, located within the Austin Operating Suites, support inpatient endoscopic activity, as well as advanced ERCP procedures within 1 Endoscopy room and 2 procedure rooms.
The Endoscopy Centre (TEC), located on Level 3 of the Austin Hospital, is our brand-new, purpose-built, 4-room suite, opened in October 2026. The Endoscopy Centre supports all other outpatient endoscopic activity, including gastroscopy, colonoscopy, enteroscopy, PEG insertion, other advanced endoscopy procedures, capsule endoscopy, oesophageal and anorectal manometry, and pH monitoring. More than 7,500 endoscopy and gastroenterology procedures are undertaken per annum at Austin Health.
About the role
Austin Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) to lead our Endoscopy Suites, a high-volume day procedural service delivering exceptional patient care across a broad range of endoscopy specialties.
As the unit's clinical and operational leader, you will foster a positive team culture, ensure excellence in patient-centred care, drive quality and safety initiatives, and manage workforce, financial, and service performance outcomes. You will lead a multidisciplinary team in an environment that values innovation, continuous improvement, evidence-based practice and professional development.
A regular day will see you:
About you
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Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
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We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Naomi Italia, Acting Div Manager - Access Planned Procedures, Endoscopy and Endoscopy Services at [email protected]
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Sunday 8th November 2026