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Your Expertise, Our Mission | Associate Nurse Manager - Clinical Safety

This Associate Nurse Unit Manager position offers the opportunity to lead clinical workplace health and safety initiatives at one of South Australia's premier healthcare facilities. You will guide nursing teams in maintaining the highest safety standards while developing policies that protect both staff and patients across Flinders Medical Centre. Join SA Health's Southern Adelaide Local Health Network and make a lasting impact on healthcare safety culture through expert leadership and clinical excellence.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, you will lead clinical workplace health and safety initiatives, ensuring nursing teams maintain the highest safety standards while protecting both staff and patients.

Duties for the role will include:

• Responsible for  Implementing , coordinating and providing a range of interventions and strategies to support a safe environment in the areas of
  • Immunisation for Health Care Workers
  • Infectious Disease exposure prevention and management
  • Prevention and management of Blood and Body Fluid Exposures
  • Dermatitis and Latex allergy
  • Health Surveillance.
• Participation in outbreak investigations and the coordination of intervention strategies.
• Involvement in purchasing and/or trials of new products or medical equipment.
• Providing health education and counselling to improve the health outcomes of individual patients/clients or groups.
• Supporting existing local quality improvement systems such as incident management and risk register

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse/Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate,
• Effective communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills,
• Demonstrated ability to effectively facilitate the change process,
• Ability to work efficiently and effectively within a multidisciplinary team and use personal skills which foster trust, respect and cooperation,
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet set timelines whilst working under minimal supervision,
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years post registration experience or currently classified as an Associate Clinical Services Coordinator /Midwife,
• Demonstrated competence in the area of infection prevention and control in accordance with the appropriate professional standards of practice,
• Demonstrated experience in the planning and delivery of adult education

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Jane Parker, Nursing Director Clinical WHS / Infection Control, 0466 508 052, Jane.Parker@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Friday 31 October 2025

Attachments:

• Associate Nurse Midwife Unit Manager Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including 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 Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 918008