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Southern Adelaide Local Health Network is seeking a Part-time Stomal Therapy Nurse Consultant at Flinders Medical Centre, where you will make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients requiring specialised stomal care. 

About the role: 

Reporting to the SAPOM Operational Nursing Director, this role is responsible for providing clinical nursing expertise for stomal therapy patients.

Duties for the role will include:

• Integrate contemporary information and evidence with personal experience to support the decision making, innovative thinking and objective analysis that is expected at this level e.g. Expert clinical knowledge underpins and informs their ability to support, lead and/or provide expert clinical care to improve and optimise nursing care.
• Provide direct, expert clinical nursing care, select and implement different therapeutic interventions, provide individual case management to the stomal therapy population of patients and evaluate progress.
• Use available information systems: to inform decision making, to implement and co-ordinate processes for quality improvement, to monitor and analyse incidents and accidents, to ensure quality and safety is not compromised, to evaluate outcomes and convey information to staff.
• Hold a contemporary professional practice portfolio containing evidence of postgraduate qualifications, learning and practice experience that underpin a demonstrable application of knowledge and skills commensurate with the level and type of practice expected of the role.
• Establishing, implementing and evaluating systems, which ensure best practice/evidence and patient/client outcomes.
• Provides leadership and direction, acts a role model, mentor, consultant and resource person.

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
• Hold a qualification in Stomal Therapy Nursing as recognised by the Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses or the World Council of Enterostomal Therapists.
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years post registration experience.
• Demonstrated competence in the relevant area of Stomal Therapy nursing in accordance with the relevant standards.
• Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in the supervision of students, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses and or midwives.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Natasha White, Operational Nursing Director, SAPOM, Telephone 8204 6304, Email Natasha.white@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Thursday 18th of June 2026

Attachments:

• Stomal Therapy NC Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• 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.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 939727