| Occupation Title | NURSE MANAGER |
| ANZSCO Code | 254311 |
| Occupations in this Group | 254311 Nurse Manager |
| Description | Manages a health service unit or sub-unit of a hospital, aged care or community health care facility, supervises nursing staff and financial resources to enable the provision of safe, cost effective nursing care within a specified field or for a particular unit, and monitors quality, clinical standards and professional development of nurses. Registration or licensing is required. |
| Skill Level | 1 |
| Alternative Titles | Charge Nurse Nurse Supervisor Nurse Unit Manager |
| Occupation List | Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) |
| Combined list of eligible skilled occupations for subclasses 457 and 186 | |
| Caveats | None |
| Tasks | -developing, implementing and monitoring policies and objectives of nursing care as they apply to units, staff and community groups |
| -coordinating the allocation of human and material resources for a health service unit such as recruitment of staff, human resource management, preparation of budgets and fiscal management | |
| -monitoring and controlling the performance of nursing and support staff within the unit, and providing leadership | |
| -initiating studies to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing services in the unit in relation to objectives, costs and nursing care | |
| -promoting working relationships with community agencies and health and education providers | |
| -contributing to organisational objectives in relation to quality, safety and risk management | |
| Skills Assessment Authority | Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council |
| Related Occupations | None |
| State Sponsorship Options | Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) Sponsorship |
| Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) Sponsorship | |
| English Requirements | Proficient English (e.g. IELTS: at least 7 in each skill) |