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Lead Clinical Excellence - Ward 5D Nurse Unit Manager!

Lead a dedicated nursing team as Nurse Unit Manager for Ward 5D at Flinders Medical Centre, overseeing clinical operations and driving exceptional patient care outcomes. This full-time, ongoing leadership role offers the opportunity to mentor staff, manage resources, and implement quality improvement initiatives within SA Health's premier healthcare network. Join South Australia's largest employer and advance your nursing career while making a meaningful difference in patient lives at one of Adelaide's leading teaching hospitals.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Advanced Divisional Nursing Director, this role is responsible for the line management, coordination and leadership of nursing activities to achieve continuity and quality of patient care and outcomes.

Duties for the role will include:

• Ensure the effective management of human, financial and physical assets through appropriate planning and allocation of resources to achieve agreed Ward and strategic plans,
• Provide the pivotal leadership and co-ordination of patient care delivery in Ward 5D to achieve continuity and quality of patient care and outcomes and efficient patient flow,
• Use available information systems: to inform decision making, to implement and co-ordinate processes for quality improvement, to monitor and analyse incidents and accidents, to ensure quality and safety is not compromised, to evaluate outcomes and convey information to staff,
• Provides leadership and direction, acts as a role model, mentor, consultant and resource person

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate,
• Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills,
• Demonstrated competence in acute surgical nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards,
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Rachael Dally, Adv Nursing Director, Surgery & Specialty Services, (08) 8204 4464, Rachael.Dally@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 26 October 2025

Attachments:

• 5D Nurse 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: 918634