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Join Our Team: Associate Nurse Unit Manager – Eyre Ward A

Are you ready to take your nursing or midwifery career to the next level? At Port Lincoln Hospital, we’re looking for a compassionate and dedicated Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) to join our Eyre Ward A team. In this dynamic leadership role, you'll have the opportunity to guide and support a diverse team, enhance patient care, and contribute to continuous improvement in a vibrant and supportive environment.

Key Responsibilities:

As an ANUM, you will work closely with the Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager to ensure the delivery of high-quality care across the ward. You’ll assist with leadership duties, including:

• Coordinating daily operations and ensuring continuity of care
• Implementing practice changes and managing staffing, rostering, and leave
• Mentoring and developing staff, including students and less experienced nurses
• Managing performance processes and supporting team members in their professional growth

What we’re looking for

• Current registration as a Nurse or Nurse/Midwife or Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
• At least 3 years post-registration experience, or classified as a Clinical Nurse/Midwife
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and team collaboration skills
• Proven ability to manage workload independently and meet deadlines
• Experience in staff supervision and knowledge of healthcare legislation and quality improvement systems

About Us

With its ancient outback landscapes, boutique vineyards, oyster farms and Australia’s best-kept-secret surf coast, Eyre and Far North will inspire and energise you.

The Eyre and Far North Local Health Network (EFNLHN) is responsible for the planning and delivery of hospital and health services over 337,626 square kilometres, taking in the Eyre Peninsula, western part of South Australia and north to Coober Pedy.  We are one of the largest LHNs by area in Australia and communities include Ceduna, Cleve, Coober Pedy, Cowell, Cummins, Elliston, Kimba, Oodnadatta, Port Lincoln, Streaky Bay, Tumby Bay and Wudinna.

Services include acute care, medical, accident and emergency, surgery, birthing and midwifery, specialist consultancy, renal dialysis, chemotherapy, transfusions, rehabilitation, residential and community aged care, respite care, transitional care packages, Aboriginal health, mental health, allied health, community health, community nursing, palliative care, community home support packages and home modifications.

Click here to learn more about living and working in Eyre and Far North Local Health Network.

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)
• 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: 889852

Enquiries

Billie Thomson
Nursing Administration
Phone: 7669 1007
E-mail: Billie.Thomson@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date

2 February 2025, 11:55PM

Attachments

889852 Associate Nurse Unit Manager- Role Description.pdf

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