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• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – Elizabeth Vale
• Salary:  $87,416 - $110,497 per annum (pro rata), plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – RN2C
• Temporary Part-Time – 24 hours per week, up to 28 May 2027

Are you ready to take your nursing career to the next level? Join our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team at Lyell McEwin Hospital and make a real difference in the lives of critically ill patients. This is your opportunity to work in a high-acuity environment where your expertise, leadership, and compassion will shine.

About the Role

Located in Adelaide's northern metropolitan region, you'll work within our specialised intensive care unit, providing expert nursing care to critically ill patients and their families. This role offers professional growth in a supportive environment where your clinical expertise will directly impact patient outcomes.

As a Clinical Nurse Educator you will make a meaningful difference in shaping the next generation of nursing professionals. This full-time, short-term contract position, offers an exceptional opportunity to advance your career whilst supporting newly graduated and less experienced nurses in their professional journey.

Key Responsibilities

As a Clinical Nurse Educator, you will:

• Provide clinical teaching, orientation and mentorship to new graduates and less experienced staff.
• Support the Nurse Unit Manager and Educators in creating a positive learning culture.
• Assist with competency development, goal setting, and portfolio maintenance.
• Contribute to quality improvement, research, and evidence-based practice initiatives.
• Design and deliver evidence-based educational content and training sessions
• Support clinical skill development and competency assessments
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance learning outcomes
• Monitor and evaluate educational program effectiveness

This role is ideal for nurses who thrive under pressure, embrace complexity, and are committed to excellence in critical care.

About You

You will have:

• Relevant intensive care experience and qualifications
• Strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• Minimum 3 years post-registration experience in nursing.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills
• An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment 

Postgraduate qualifications in Critical Care / Intensive Care Nursing will set you apart and are highly valued in this role. 

To be appointed to the role to the role you must be registered, or eligible for registration, as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate. 

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:

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for vulnerable person-related employment – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.

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: 920847

Enquiries:

Laura Hall

Nurse Manager

Phone: 0414 520 250

E-mail: laura.hall3@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date:

2 January 2026 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

 920847 - RN2 Clinical Nurse - ICU - Role Description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.