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• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Lameroo
• RN/M3 | Full Time Contract | Ongoing
• Salary: $125,183 - $130,779 p.a

Join Our Team as a Nurse Unit Manager – Lead High-Quality Care and Inspire Your Team

Are you a confident clinical leader ready to influence care quality and team culture? This is your opportunity to drive positive outcomes for patients and staff through strong coordination, leadership, and clinical governance.

About the Role:

As a Nurse Unit Manager with the Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network (RMCLHN), you will use your advanced clinical knowledge and experience to provide pivotal coordination of care in a designated area within a Health Unit or Community Service.

Your primary focus will be on line management, coordination, and leadership of nursing, midwifery, and/or multidisciplinary team activities to ensure high standards of care continuity and client outcomes. In this key leadership role, you will be accountable for the quality and outcomes of clinical practices within your area, taking responsibility for identifying and addressing inconsistencies between current practices and policy.

You will play a critical role in fostering a positive work culture, guiding team development, and ensuring professional standards that support both staff wellbeing and exceptional patient experiences.

If you’re ready to make a difference by shaping care delivery and supporting a high-performing team, we encourage you to apply.

What We’re Looking For:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse and Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
• Registered Nurse and Midwife with at least 3 years post registration experience.
• Demonstrated competence in the relevant area of nursing and midwifery practice in accordance with the relevant standards.
• Experience in management and leadership roles.
• Experience in the supervision of students, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses and midwives.

About Us

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn. Click here for more information about working for RMCLHN.

• We will provide support, both personally and professionally giving you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role.
• Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments.
• Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety.
• Offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
• Provide Relocation Support, where applicable. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.
• Looking for a change in scenery? – Nursing & Midwifery

Applicant Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) 
• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check 
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
• Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 908818

Enquiries

Jessica Beaver
Nurse Unit Manager
Phone: 8535 6800
E-mail: jessica.beaver@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Tuesday 29th July 2025 - 11.55 PM

Attachments

908818 RN/M3 Role Description.pdf

About Lameroo Factsheet.pdf

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