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Advance Your Nursing Career - Associate Nurse Unit Manager, SALHN

Join SA Health as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager at Flinders Medical Centre and take the next step in your nursing leadership journey. You will support daily unit operations, mentor nursing staff, and contribute to high-quality patient care in South Australia's leading healthcare network. This full-time, ongoing position offers excellent career development opportunities in a supportive and innovative healthcare environment.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, this role is responsible for providing support the Nurse Unit Manager in leading clinical operations, mentoring nursing staff, and ensuring exceptional patient care delivery at Flinders Medical Centre.

Duties for the role will include:

• Ensure the effective management of human, financial and physical assets through appropriate planning and allocation of resources to achieve agreed Division / Unit / Ward / Service and strategic plans,
• 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,
• Participate in clinical teaching, overseeing learning experience, and goal setting for students, new staff and staff with less experience,
• Participate in clinical auditing, clinical trials and/or evaluative research

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse and Midwife 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,
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience,
• Demonstrated competence in Emergency Department nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards,
• Graduate certificate in Emergency Nursing,
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Irene Atkins, Advanced Nurse Manager, SALHN Emergency Department, (08) 8204 6509, Irene.Atkins@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 15 February 2026

Attachments:

• Associate Nurse Unit Manager ED- Role Description
• 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: 927258