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• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Modbury Hospital – Modbury
• Salary: $87,416 - $110,497 per annum, plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits
• RN2C – Temporary Full-time / Part Time
• Multiple Positions available of varying contract lengths up to June 2026

Bring Care Home – Make a Difference Where It Matters Most

Join Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Clinical Nurse in Geriatrics, delivering exceptional home-based care to our community's older adults. There are multiple positions available, offering the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in patients' lives while working within their familiar home environments.

This is your chance to:

• Deliver person-centred care in a community setting.
• Work autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Support patients and families through tailored interventions that improve quality of life.

About the Role:

As a Clinical Nurse – Geriatrics in the Home, you will:

• Deliver clinical nursing care to geriatric patients in home settings
• Conduct comprehensive health assessments and develop individualised care plans
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless patient care
• Provide education and support to patients and their families
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and reporting

To be eligible for this position, you must be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate, and have at least 3 years (full-time equivalent) post-registration experience.  

About You:

You will have strong clinical skills in aged care and community health settings, and a passion for delivering high-quality care to older adults in the comfort of their own homes.

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

As a community based role, you will be required to have a valid drivers licence.

This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

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: 922632

Enquiries:

Cassandra East

Nurse Unit Manager

Phone: (08) 7321 4259

E-mail: cassandra.east@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date:

12 December 2025 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

 922632 - RN2 - Clinical Nurse - Geriatrics in the Home - Role Description.pdf

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