- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – Elizabeth Vale
- Salary: $63,992 - $74,831 per annum (pro-rata), plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – ENC/END
- Ongoing Part-Time – 24 hours per week
Join our dedicated Surgical Services team at Lyell McEwin Hospital (LMH) and play a vital role in delivering exceptional surgical care. As an Enrolled Nurse, you will support Registered Nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team in providing safe, person-centred care across a dynamic theatre environment.
This ongoing position offers the perfect opportunity to advance your theatre nursing career while maintaining work-life balance in a supportive healthcare environment.
Why Lyell McEwin Hospital?
LMH is a major tertiary referral and teaching hospital in Adelaide’s north, offering state-of-the-art surgical facilities:
- 9 modern operating theatres
- 1 dedicated treatment room
- 9-bay holding bay for patient preparation and recovery
Our theatres cater to a wide range of specialties, providing you with opportunities to develop your skills in a fast-paced, supportive environment.
What You'll Be Doing
- Maintain sterile fields and prepare surgical instruments and equipment
- Support surgical teams during procedures as a scrub or circulating nurse
- Ensure compliance with infection control and safety protocols
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver patient-centred care
- Assist with surgical preparation, intraoperative support, and post-operative care.
- Engage with patients and families to provide compassionate, person-centred care.
- Contribute to quality improvement and maintain accurate documentation.
To be appointed to this role, you must be registered or eligible for registration as an Enrolled Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and who holds, or is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
In order to administer medicines, you must have completed a Board-approved program of study which includes an administration of medicines unit.
About You:
You are a compassionate and motivated Enrolled Nurse who thrives in a fast-paced theatre environment.
You bring:
- Effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Strong clinical knowledge and practical skills to assist with surgical preparation, intraoperative support, and post-operative care.
- The ability to prioritise tasks, recognise and respond to changes in patient condition, and escalate appropriately.
- A commitment to person-centred care, professional development, and continuous improvement.
- Experience in providing nursing care in accordance with professional standards and organisational policies.
Your adaptability, attention to detail, and dedication to patient safety will ensure you succeed in this rewarding role.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
Lyell McEwin Hospital – The major hospital in the north and north-east for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics and outpatient services.
Modbury Hospital – A general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.
Mental Health - The Division of Mental Health provides a comprehensive range of public mental health services for youth, adults and older people in northern Adelaide. Services are provided through community health centres and hospitals, and to consumers in their own homes.
Forensic Mental Health - A statewide service that operates as part of the Division of Mental Health for forensic patients and prisoners.
Community Sites - Elizabeth GP Plus, Modbury GP Plus and Gilles Plains GP Plus Super Clinics providing community based care.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
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.
Checks:
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: 919214
Enquiries:
DSSA Nurse Manager
Phone: (08) 8182 9313
E-mail: Health.DSSANurseManager@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
23 January 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
919214 - ENC_ENMA_END - Enrolled Nurse (Certificate and Diploma) - Theatre - Role Description .pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
