After-Hours Nurse Manager

About the role

The After-Hours Nurse Manager is a key member of the HammondCare Health and Hospitals management team, providing operational management, clinical professional leadership and supervision after hours (evenings, nights, weekends and public holidays). The role covers the hospital network (Braeside, Greenwich, Neringah and Community Palliative Care teams across SWS and Northern Sydney LHDs) and acts as a vital link across the team, supporting and assuming after-hours operational management to ensure effective patient care and staff management.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure smooth operational management of the hospital network and assist with community palliative care calls from relevant LHDs.
• Monitor and adjust staffing levels according to patient occupancy and acuity.
• Support clinical staff in planning, delivering and evaluating clinical care, and ensure inpatient care is safe, well managed and of the highest quality.
• Build and manage relationships with staff to deliver high-quality patient care.
• Take part in and initiate quality improvement projects.
• Implement disaster plans, including fire and fire evacuation plans, when required, and escalate emergencies to the Operations Managers, Director of Nursing and medical teams.

Required profile

• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
• Post-registration experience including palliative care, rehabilitation and/or specialist mental health.
• Tertiary qualification in management or significant management-level experience.
• Experience managing a team of skilled professionals in a multi-site and remote capacity.
• Experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse people and bilingual skills.

Required skills

• Strong administrative, computer and technology skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with empathy and patience.

What we offer

• Additional training and career development opportunities.
• Reward and recognition program.
• Fitness passports with full facility access, including gyms, group classes and pools for yourself and your family.
• Confidential counselling and wellbeing resources through the Employee Assistance Program.
• Discounts at MyCar and with JB HI-FI, The Good Guys, Optus, Dell and Samsung.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to consent to staff screening, criminal record and immunisation checks. Applications close on 14 November 2026.