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• Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Safety and Quality
• Position located at Elliston Hospital and Pines Hostel
• Salary: RN/RM3 $125,183 - $130,779 p.a + 12% Superannuation + Salary Sacrifice Benefits + leave loading
• Permanent Full Time

About the Role

Come and join our dynamic team in Elliston, a vibrant and welcoming small rural community on the stunning Eyre Peninsula! This is your chance to lead and coordinate nursing and midwifery services at Elliston Hospital and Pines Hostel while making a real difference to patient care and community health.

Elliston offers a relaxed, family-friendly lifestyle with a close-knit community, safe streets, excellent schools, and affordable housing. Enjoy breathtaking beaches, outdoor recreation, and a slower pace of life, all while advancing your nursing leadership career in a supportive environment. This role provides the opportunity to lead a multidisciplinary team, drive quality improvement initiatives, and foster professional growth for your staff and students.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate nursing/midwifery and multidisciplinary teams to ensure continuity, quality, and safety of patient/client care.
• Manage resources effectively, including staffing, rostering, performance development, and operational planning within your unit/service.
• Promote professional development, mentoring, and a positive learning environment for staff and students.
• Support quality improvement initiatives, compliance with NSQHS Standards, and evidence-based practice across your service.

What We're Looking For:

• Do you hold current registration as a Nurse and/or Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and a current practising certificate, or are eligible for one?
• Are you an experienced clinical leader with at least 3 years post-registration experience and proven competence in nursing/midwifery practice?
• Do you enjoy mentoring and developing staff, supporting students, and fostering a positive workplace culture?
• Are you passionate about improving patient care, implementing innovative models of care, and leading change in a rural health service setting?

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. 
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program
• 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.
• Supportive and collaborative work environment where your contributions are valued and recognised.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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.

Applicant Information

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) 
• 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 (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.

For more information about the role please refer to the role description provided below.  Job ref: 926638

Enquiries

Helen Sommerville
Acting Unit Manager
Phone: 86879001
E-mail: Helen.Sommerville@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 3 February 2026 - 11:55PM

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

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

926638 RN3A Nurse Midwife Unit Manager - Role Description.pdf