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• Salary: RN/M3- $125,183.00 - $130,779.00 p.a. + Superannuation & Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Woodville South SA, 5011
• Full Time, Contracted Role up to 31 Dec 2025

About the Role

As the Nurse Unit Manager, you will lead and coordinate patient care delivery within your designated health unit, applying your advanced clinical knowledge to ensure continuity, efficiency, and quality of care. You will oversee nursing and multidisciplinary team operations, managing staffing, workflow, and performance to foster a safe and high-performing clinical environment.

Accountable for clinical outcomes, workforce culture, and operational alignment with policy, you will play a pivotal role in driving service excellence. This includes mentoring staff, resolving practice inconsistencies, and championing a team-based approach to improve patient care and organisational outcomes.

About You

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced nursing professional ready to lead with purpose and support high-quality, person-centred care. You will bring proven leadership capabilities, a commitment to safety and innovation, and a passion for developing staff and fostering collaborative, high-performing teams.

Key Requirements:

• Proven leadership, communication, and conflict resolution skills within multidisciplinary settings.

• Demonstrated ability to drive service improvement, lead change, and promote consumer engagement.

• Extensive experience in nursing management, including staff supervision and model of care development.

• Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, safety standards, and professional codes within healthcare.

About CALHN

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South’s Australia’s major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.

We’re looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.

Benefit of Joining CALHN

At CALHN, we're dedicated to your career satisfaction and wellbeing, offering tailored benefits for healthcare professionals, including:

• Salary Attractions: Flexible options for salary packaging covering living expenses, meal and entertainment allowances, and novated leasing.
• Professional Development: Opportunity to apply for reimbursement of eligible professional development activities, and access to dedicated leave for ongoing learning.
• Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
• Flexible Work Arrangements: The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families. 
• Career Opportunities: Explore career growth within the SA Health system with opportunities for skill development and movement across various metropolitan and regional sites. 
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services are available via our Employee Assistance Program.

Join CALHN for a fulfilling career bolstered by comprehensive benefits and unwavering commitment to your success.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

CALHN is an Equal Opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community.

Application Information:

• Please refer to the role description for essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position.

Job ref: 906274

Enquiries to:

Tracy Robinson

Phone: 08 8222 6283

E-mail: Tracy.Robinson@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

11:55 pm Friday 27^th June 2025

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information

 906274 RN3A - NUM - Role Description.pdf

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