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• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Snowtown 
• RN/M2A | Part Time 0.63 FTE | Ongoing
• Salary: $87,416 - $110,497 p.a (pro rata)
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Join Our Team as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager with YNLHN!

Are you an experienced nurse or midwife ready to take on a leadership role in clinical care? Join YNLHN as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager and provide guidance and support to nursing teams, helping to ensure high-quality, patient-centred care in your ward or service. This is your opportunity to influence care continuity, mentor staff, and contribute to operational management in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide nursing/midwifery services across a variety of health settings, supporting staff development from competent to proficient practice.
• Assist the Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager or equivalent in leading nursing/midwifery teams.
• Promote continuity and consistency of care in collaboration with other AN/MUMs and the Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager.
• Support implementation of practice changes to improve patient outcomes.
• Contribute to operational management including performance management, recruitment, staffing, leave management, rostering, work allocation, and resource planning.
• Undertake a portfolio responsibility aligned with professional development and service needs.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years’ post-registration experience (or currently classified as a Clinical Nurse/Midwife). You’ll have proven competence in your area of nursing practice, experience supervising student nurses, enrolled nurses, and less experienced registered nurses, and the ability to support and lead a clinical team effectively.

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.

This is a part time vacancy, working 48 hours per fortnight and salary will be adjusted according to actual hours worked.

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: 923638

Enquiries

Melinda Yelland
Position: Nurse Unit Manger
Phone: 0421 648 415
E-mail: melinda.yelland@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Friday 26th December 2025 - 11.55PM

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

Attachments

923638 RN/M2A Role Description.pdf

JCS+RegisteredNurse+final.pdf

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