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Join SA Health's Virtual Rehab Revolution - Clinical Nurse Opportunity!

Join SA Health as a Clinical Nurse in our groundbreaking Virtual Rehabilitation Ward at Flinders Medical Centre, where you'll deliver rehabilitation care directly to patients in their homes using innovative telehealth technology. This full-time, ongoing role offers the opportunity to be at the forefront of healthcare transformation while providing personalised nursing care and monitoring patient recovery remotely. Make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes whilst working within a supportive multidisciplinary team in South Australia's largest health network.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, this role is responsible for providing care to older people with complex medical, functional and/or psychosocial needs in their own home in lieu of an extended or avoidable hospital admission.

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,
• Required to, within pre-determined guidelines, and in a multi-disciplinary primary health care setting, assess clients, select and implement different therapeutic interventions, and/or support programs and evaluate progress,
• Monitoring patient/client care plans to ensure appropriate care outcomes are achieved on a daily basis,
• 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,
• Participate in clinical auditing, clinical trials and/or evaluative research

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, whilst working under minimal supervision,
• Ability to be creative, innovative and flexible when approaching issues within the clinical setting,
• Appropriate clinical skills to be able to work autonomously in the community and apply independent decision-making whist in the patient’s home,
• Experience in the management of complex wounds including vac dressings,
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience,
• Demonstrated competence in rehabilitation nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards,
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses
• Must hold current South Australian driver’s license and willingness to drive a government plated vehicle 

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Maria Garcia, RAP Casual Pool Clinical Support Nurse, (08) 8404 2657, Maria.Garcia2@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 22 February 2026

Attachments:

• Virtual Rehab Ward - Clinical Nurse- 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: 929040