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Child and Family Health Service - Torrens House

• Women's and Children's Health Network, Child, and Family Health Service (CAFHS) – Torrens House – Adelaide 5000
• Salary - RN/M2C – $87.416.00 to $110.497.00 + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits.
• Employment Part time (0.84 FTE) - 5-month contract role.

About WCHN
Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We’re shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.

About the role

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified and registered RN2C Clinical Nurse to join CaFHS Torrens House in a Part time (0.84 FTE) capacity working Tuesday to Fridays inclusive, rostered typically as early or late shifts and from time to time an occasional night shift may be required. This is a 5-month contract role with potential to extend.

CaFHS Torrens House is a 9-bed residential unit located at South Terrace in Adelaide, providing support for unresolved challenges of early parenting, including feeding and settling issues to parents and their infants from birth to 12 months of age.

Staff work in a multi-disciplinary team, partnering with families to achieve their goals during their 4 days stay. Experience in breastfeeding, settling from birth to 12 months of age is essential.

Key duties of the role

• Provide nursing services that have been consolidated by experience and/or further study. Staff at this level are developing from competent to proficient practitioners.
• Accept accountability for own practice standards, activities delegated to others and the guidance and development of less experienced staff.
• Your role at this level continues to be predominantly clinical in nature; however, employees are assigned appropriate portfolios. The allocation of portfolio responsibilities should be negotiated with each employee and be consistent with the career development plan for the employee as determined by their performance review/development plan.

Skills and Experience

• Effective communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Ability to be creative, innovative and flexible when approaching issues within the healthcare setting
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience.
• Experience in the supervision of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses
• Knowledge of contemporary professional nursing/midwifery and health care issues

Enquiries can be directed to:

Cathryn Symes, Nurse Unit Manager – Torrens House & Parent Helpline,

Email: cathryn.symes@sa.gov.au; phone Torrens House 8303 1523 (Tuesday - Friday)

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To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:

• RN2 - Clinical Nurse - Role Description - 913387.pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

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. Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Friday 3^rd October 2025 (11:55pm)