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• Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Community Nursing, Ceduna
• Salary: RN/M2C $87,416 to $110,497 p.a. (pro-rata)
• Permanent Part-time position working 8 hours per week

Join Our Community Nursing Team – Make a Real Impact in Healthcare!

Are you passionate about making a difference in rural healthcare? Join our team in Ceduna as a Community Nurse and play a vital role in delivering advanced nursing services within a supportive and dynamic community setting.

In this role, you will provide expert nursing care to individuals in the community, ensuring high standards of practice and patient-centred care. With your experience and dedication, you will take ownership of your practice, guiding and mentoring less experienced staff, while contributing to the overall wellbeing of the community.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direct person-centred nursing care and individual case management to patients in a variety of community health settings.
• Support the development of nursing practice by guiding less experienced staff and students.
• Demonstrating sound knowledge and an understanding of the role of the Registered Nurse/Midwife within a health care setting, you will bring the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Manage and prioritise your workload effectively to meet care delivery goals.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives, ensuring patient safety and optimal care standards.

What We're Looking For:

• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years of post-registration experience.
• Solid wound care knowledge with a broad understanding of wound care dressings and the healing process.
• Ability to lead, support, and mentor other nursing staff, including students and enrolled nurses.
• Commitment to consumer and family-centred care.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills, with the ability to be creative, innovative and flexible when approaching issues within the clinical setting.
• Ability to work independently, and within a multidisciplinary team, prioritising care while meeting deadlines.

If you are a skilled, motivated nurse ready to contribute to a forward-thinking healthcare service, we want to hear from you!

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.

Why Join Us

• Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of Eyre & Far North 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.
• Job security and inclusions: in addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation, leave loading and allowances), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is. 
• Relocation reimbursement of up to $15,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.
• Supportive and collaborative work environment where your contributions are valued and recognised.

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: 897303

Enquiries

Cathryn Northcott
Nurse Unit Manager
Phone: 86891006
E-mail: cathryn.northcott@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

26 March 2025 - 2 week close - 11.55PM

Attachments

 897303 - RN2 Clinical Nurse - Community & Allied Health - Ceduna - Role Description.pdf

 JCS+RN+final.pdf

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