- Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
- Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital
- Salary: RN/M2A $103,353 - $110,497 p.a (pro rata) + Superannuation + Leave Loading + Salary Sacrifice Benefits
- Temporary role working 56 hours per fortnight over a 7-day roster up to 7 March 2027
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
This role offers the opportunity to provide nursing and/or midwifery services consolidated by experience and/or further study, developing from a competent to proficient practitioner while accepting accountability for your own practice standards and delegated activities.
You will provide support to the Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager in leading nursing and midwifery teams, promoting continuity and consistency of care, and implementing practice changes. The position includes responsibility for after hours coordination of the health service, integrating corporate management activities with local service delivery to optimise patient/client outcomes.
This is a key leadership role within the professional practice framework established by the Director of Nursing/Midwifery, offering the opportunity to lead teams, manage resources with due diligence and contribute to safe, high-quality nursing and midwifery services.
WHO ARE WE?
The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas (position based in Mount Barker). We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.
WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK
Mount Barker is a fast-growing regional centre in the Adelaide Hills, known for its natural beauty, strong community, and modern amenities. Just 30 minutes from Adelaide, it offers diverse job opportunities in health, education, retail, trades, and more, making it ideal for professionals seeking a great work-life balance in a vibrant and scenic environment. For more information Discover Mount Barker
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- Are you an experienced nurse or midwife ready to provide leadership and after-hours oversight across a health service?
- Do you have the capability to support a Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager in managing staffing, performance and service delivery?
- Are you committed to promoting continuity and consistency of care while guiding and developing less experienced staff?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions – then read on…
HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?
- Provide after hours oversight of the health service, including staff allocation, patient/client flow and professional responsibility for nursing and midwifery staff.
- Support ward/unit management including staffing, rostering, recruitment, leave management and resource monitoring.
- Lead quality improvement, risk management and implementation of corporate policies to ensure safe and effective service delivery.
- Provide leadership, mentorship and professional guidance to nursing and midwifery staff.
WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?
At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
- Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?
Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:
- You will need to be immunised. Please contact the Enquiries Person for this position if you have any queries. Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy. Further information is in the application for to help guide you.
- You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
- You must be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.
NEED TO RELOCATE?
Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/
HELP IS HERE!
Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 929802), or reach out to Darren Clarke, Director of Nursing & Midwifery on Phone: (08) 8393 1777 or via E-mail: darren.clarke2@sa.gov.au
To find out what you need to apply, and what is required to be offered a role, please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines
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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on Saturday 7th March 2026 at 11:55PM
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
929802 RN/M2A Role Description
