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Clinical Nurse, Referral Liaison - Bridge Healthcare Excellence at Flinders

Join SA Health as a Clinical Nurse, Referral Liaison at Flinders Medical Centre, where you will coordinate seamless patient care pathways across outpatient services. This full-time, ongoing position combines hands-on clinical nursing with essential liaison responsibilities, ensuring patients receive optimal care transitions throughout their healthcare journey. Work within South Australia's largest health network while making a real difference in patient outcomes through expert care coordination and clinical excellence.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager / Nurse Manager, this role is responsible for providing expert clinical nursing care while coordinating patient referrals and facilitating seamless transitions between healthcare services to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

Duties for the role will include:

• Provide proficient, person centred, clinical nursing/midwifery care and/or individual case management to patients/clients in a defined clinical area,
• Assists and supports the Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager or equivalent in management, clinical, and education activities,
• Plan and coordinate services including those from other disciplines,
• Act to resolve local and/or immediate nursing/midwifery care or service delivery problems,
• Participate in clinical teaching, overseeing learning experience, and goal setting for students, new staff and staff with less experience,
• Oversee the provision of nursing/midwifery care within a team/unit

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate,
• Effective communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills,
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team,
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet set timelines including referral management, whilst working under minimal supervision,
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years post registration experience,
• Demonstrated competence in a broad area of nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards,
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses,
• Experience in Outpatient clinical practice and/or qualification(s) relevant to the Outpatient practice setting as a base for GP Liaison Clinical Nurse referral management,
• Experience in software relevant to the GP Liaison Nurse Role eg EMR (Electronic Medical Records),
• Ability to work within a team framework that fosters an environment that develops staff potential,
• Advanced knowledge and experience in the use of Sunrise in clinical and scheduling

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Julie Boots, Nurse Manager - Outpatient Support Services SALHN, 0481456440, Julie.Boots@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 18 January 2026 

Attachments:

• RN2C Clinical Nurse - Role Description - Referral Liasion Nurse
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• 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 and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 926223