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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Paediatric Medicine, Adolescent Medicine, Kaurna Land, North Adelaide 5006
• Salary
• Classification - RN/M2C - Clinical Nurse/Midwife LV2 - $87,416.00 to $110,497.00 + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full Time – Ongoing Permanent

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric Medicine team as Clinical Nurse - Adolescent Medicine, where you will be responsible for:

• Delivering Specialist Clinical Care across Adolescent Medicine Outpatient Services, including Eating Disorders, Gender Diversity, Adolescent Transition, and Complex Medical Clinics, with a strong focus on person-centred care.
• Collaborating in multidisciplinary teams to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate therapeutic interventions and support programs for young people and their families.
• Leading and supporting clinical education by mentoring junior staff, facilitating student learning, and contributing to a positive, development-focused team culture.
• Driving service improvement by contributing to research, clinical audits, and the development of protocols, while supporting change and innovation across adolescent health services.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, holding (or eligible to hold) a current practicing certificate.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Minimum 3 years’ post-registration experience, with demonstrated competence in adolescent health care.
• Proven ability to mentor junior staff and support student learning within a multidisciplinary team.
• Sound knowledge of healthcare legislation, quality improvement systems, and current clinical best practices

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• 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.)
• Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important 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.

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.

Enquiries

Michelle Duncan - Nurse Manager, Division of Paediatric Medicine, Phone: 81618542, E-mail: michelle.duncan@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: Wednesday 17^th September 2025- 11:55pm

Useful Links

RNM2 - Clinical Nurse Adolescent Medicine - Role Description 912744.pdf