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• Limestone Coast Local Health Network, Mount Gambier and District Health Service
• Salary: $125,183 - $130,779 p.a (pro rata) - RN/RM3
• Ongoing part time working 64 hours per fortnight

Join Our Team as a Nurse Consultant – Infection Control at Limestone Coast Local Health Network!

Are you an expert in Infection Control with a passion for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of staff and clients?

Limestone Coast Local Health Network is seeking a dedicated Nurse Consultant to join our Infection Prevention and Control team at Mt Gambier & Districts Health Service.

As a clinical expert, you’ll play a vital leadership role—driving best-practice care, guiding policy, and supporting staff across the region. With a focus on evidence-based infection control, you’ll help ensure the highest standards of safety for patients, families, and the workforce.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead infection control initiatives in line with NSQHS Standard 3 and SA Health policy
• Provide clinical leadership and support to nursing teams
• Drive improvements in infection prevention systems and staff capability
• Contribute to management decisions impacting safety and care delivery
• Support education, mentoring, and professional development across services

What We’re Looking For:

• 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
• Minimum 3 years' post-registration experience
• Expertise in infection control, NSQHS Standard 3, and SA Health Policy
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to mentor, innovate, and inspire change across teams

Why Join Us? 

• Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of the Limestone Coast Local Health Network means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment where your ideas are valued.
• Job security and financial incentives: in addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is. 
• Relocation reimbursement of up to $13,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.

The Region

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network provides a wide range of health care services to residents within the Limestone Coast region, which is situated in the southeastern part of South Australia and extending all the way to the Victorian border.

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network is surrounded by a world class wine region, outdoor adventures, and some of South Australia’s best coastline, offering a work-life balance like no other.

Your lifestyle

• Relaxed and affordable lifestyle
• Access to safe beaches, excellent recreational fishing, sailing and surf
• Outstanding National Parks and great sporting and recreational facilities
• Well-serviced with educational facilities, including TAFE and University campuses
• Plenty of social activities including sporting clubs, music groups and great food and beverage experiences
• Conveniently located approximately halfway between two major cities: Melbourne and Adelaide

Find out more about working with the Limestone Coast Local Health Network at www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/workatLCLHN   

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.

Check(s) 

• 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 (direct contact with blood or body substances)

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: 897821

Enquiries

Jason Humphries
Nursing Director - Operations
Phone: 0434927335
E-mail: Jason.Humphries@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date

7 May 2025, 11:55PM

Attachments

897821 Nurse Consultant Infection Prevention & Control - Role Description.pdf

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