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• Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Location Negotiable within Region
• RN/M2A | Full/Part Time Contracts | Ongoing
• Multiple Positions Available
• Salary: $103,353 - $110,497 p.a (pro rata)
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Shape Excellence in Care: Quality, Risk & Safety Coordinator

The Quality, Risk and Safety Coordinator plays a key role in supporting the effective delivery of quality and safety initiatives across the region. In this position, you will coordinate quality projects, activities, and processes as directed by the Regional QRS Manager, ensuring that all work aligns with organisational standards and supports continuous improvement.

You may be responsible for leading specific portfolio areas, preparing high-quality reports, collating and analysing data, maintaining key registers, and overseeing essential quality and safety systems. Your work will directly contribute to strengthening governance, improving service performance, and enhancing client and staff safety.

In this role, you will also accept accountability for your own practice standards, provide guidance to less experienced staff, and support delegated activities with professionalism and integrity.

About Us

With its ancient outback landscapes, boutique vineyards, oyster farms and Australia’s best-kept-secret surf coast, Eyre and Far North will inspire and energise you.

The Eyre and Far North Local Health Network (EFNLHN) is responsible for the planning and delivery of hospital and health services over 337,626 square kilometres, taking in the Eyre Peninsula, western part of South Australia and north to Coober Pedy.  We are one of the largest LHNs by area in Australia and communities include Ceduna, Cleve, Coober Pedy, Cowell, Cummins, Elliston, Kimba, Oodnadatta, Port Lincoln, Streaky Bay, Tumby Bay and Wudinna.

Services include acute care, medical, accident and emergency, surgery, birthing and midwifery, specialist consultancy, renal dialysis, chemotherapy, transfusions, rehabilitation, residential and community aged care, respite care, transitional care packages, Aboriginal health, mental health, allied health, community health, community nursing, palliative care, community home support packages and home modifications.

Click here to learn more about living and working in Eyre and Far North Local Health Network.

Why Join Us

• Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of Eyre & Far North means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
• Job security and inclusions: in addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation, leave loading and allowances), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is. 
• Relocation reimbursement of up to $15,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.

Applicant Information

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 B (indirect 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: 924360

Enquiries

Elias McGeever
Nurse Manager
Phone: 0429 557 585
E-mail: elias.mcgeever@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Saturday 27th December 2025 - 11:55PM

Attachments

924360 RN/M2A Role Description.pdf

JCS+RegisteredNurse+final.pdf

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