Director of Nursing

Nursing, Executive/Management Roles

Posted: 22 Jul 2025

Location: Roma QLD

Remuneration: $155,831 - $163,382 p.a.

The Westhaven Director of Nursing has accountability for leadership and management of the Westhaven Aged Care Facility, ensuring the provision of a consumer focused service that meets the legislative standards of care and needs of the facility.

Your oppor­tu­ni­ty

The posi­tion ensures facil­i­ty com­pli­ance to the Aged Care Stan­dards sup­port­ed by a Nurse Unit Man­ag­er and Clin­i­cal Nurse Edu­ca­tor roles. The posi­tion reports to the Roma Facil­i­ty Direc­tor of Nurs­ing and will work col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with the Roma Group Lead­ers to mon­i­tor and imple­ment Strate­gic Objec­tives and oper­a­tional plans to pro­vide effec­tive res­i­den­tial aged care ser­vices to the Roma com­mu­ni­ty and wider South West Hos­pi­tal andb Health Service.

The very nature of what we do and who we are is the real oppor­tu­ni­ty. Pro­vid­ing health care in the bush is full of chal­lenges, how­ev­er, it remains the most reward­ing of human experiences.

Roma is the largest town in the Mara­noa Region and offers an array of city-like con­ve­niences with friend­ly coun­try hos­pi­tal­i­ty. Ser­vic­ing a catch­ment pop­u­la­tion of almost 14,000, West­haven is a small res­i­den­tial aged care facil­i­ty where care is pro­vid­ed in a fam­i­ly like envi­ron­ment with­in the broad­er Roma com­mu­ni­ty. A great place for fam­i­lies in a region tra­di­tion­al­ly rich with oil and gas and farm­ing indus­tries, Roma boasts and an abun­dance of sports, recre­ation and school­ing options. With annu­al events such as East­er in the Coun­try and the Roma Races, Roma is fast becom­ing renowned for its enthu­si­asm in bring­ing world class Fes­ti­vals and Events to the local area, show­cas­ing their com­mu­ni­ty spir­it; the same com­mu­ni­ty feel that makes Roma a career move you will wish you had made earlier.

What we can do for you

Ulti­mate­ly, we pro­vide you a plat­form to leapfrog your career with more oppor­tu­ni­ties to expe­ri­ence a wider scope of prac­tice with less com­pe­ti­tion due to loca­tion and pop­u­la­tion.
Nowhere else will you expe­ri­ence the vast diver­si­ty of nurs­ing and career advance­ment oth­er than in rur­al and remote Queensland.

  • Relo­ca­tion assis­tance and tem­po­rary accom­mo­da­tion negotiable! 
  • Great career oppor­tu­ni­ty for a strong leader! 
  • Real oppor­tu­ni­ty to make your mark and build bet­ter health in the bush!

Be a part of some­thing big­ger

South West Hos­pi­tal and Health Ser­vice are part of Queens­land Health and part­ner with many influ­en­tial and lead­ing organ­i­sa­tions to boost part­ner­ships and deliv­er world-class health care and ser­vices. We ser­vice an area of more than 310,000 square kilo­me­tres, are bor­dered by three states and cov­er 21% of Queens­land. We pro­vide ser­vices to a pop­u­la­tion of 26,000 via 26 health­care facil­i­ties, con­sist­ing of Hos­pi­tals, Mul­ti­pur­pose Health Ser­vices, Com­mu­ni­ty Clin­ics, Aged Care Facil­i­ties and Gen­er­al Prac­tice Services.

Take a look at what Roma has to offer! www​.romaque​ens​land​.com​.au

For more infor­ma­tion on South West Hos­pi­tal and Health Ser­vice — https://www.southwest.health.q…

Enquiries: Kar­lee Quin – ph 07 4624 2792
 
Job Ad Ref­er­ence: SW649344

 
Appli­ca­tion Details: https://​smartjobs​.qld​.gov​.au/j…
 
Clos­ing Date: 10 August 2025