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• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Port Pirie 
• RN/M2A | Full Time | Temporary (up to 1 January 2027)
• Salary: $87,416 - $110,497 p.a
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Advance Your Career as a Clinical Nurse – Community Health Nursing at YNLHN!

Are you an experienced nurse with a passion for primary health and community-based care? Join YNLHN as a Clinical Nurse in Community Health Nursing, where you’ll play a vital role in delivering advanced nursing services, developing targeted health strategies, and supporting optimal outcomes for clients across our region. This is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact while contributing to client wellbeing and community health initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide advanced nursing care within primary health, contributing to the development, implementation, and evaluation of strategies and programs that support positive client outcomes.
• Maintain accountability for your own practice standards and for activities delegated to others.
• Mentor, support, and guide less experienced nursing staff to foster skill development and high-quality practice.
• Manage and contribute to allocated portfolios, negotiated to support both service needs and your professional growth and performance development plan.
• Work collaboratively within the Community Health Nursing team to ensure responsive, person-centred care.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable Registered Nurse with at least 3 years’ full-time equivalent post-registration experience. You’ll bring demonstrated competence in the relevant area of nursing practice, strong clinical capability, and experience guiding and supporting student nurses, enrolled nurses, and less experienced registered nurses.

To be successful, you must be registered or eligible for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold (or be eligible to hold) a current practising certificate. A commitment to professional development, quality service delivery, and collaborative practice is essential to thrive in this role.

About Yorke and Northern Local Health Network

A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards and the Southern Flinders Ranges. View the below videos for more information about working for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network

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Applicant Information

The YNLHN offers our employees access to salary sacrifice arrangements through Smart Salary (watch a short video about what salary packaging is click here) and some areas have access to a remote zone allowance. For information about the eligibility for the Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found here.

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

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.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
• Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A

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: 921607

Enquiries

Sarah Ashby
Position: Team Leader Community Nurses & Palliative Care
Phone: 8662 2458
E-mail: sarah.ashby@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Thursday 18th December 2025 - 11.55PM

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information

Attachments

921607 RN/M2C Role Description.pdf

JCS+RegisteredNurse+Community+final.pdf

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