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• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – Elizabeth Vale
• Salary: $103,353 - $110,497 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – RN2A
• Ongoing Full-Time

About the Role:

Step into a leadership role that truly matters. As an Associate Nurse Unit Manager within the Northern Adelaide Cancer Centre, you’ll guide a passionate, highly skilled team dedicated to delivering exceptional cancer care to patients and their families.

This is an opportunity to elevate your nursing leadership career while shaping the future of oncology services in our community. Working closely with the Nurse Unit Manager, you’ll play a key role in overseeing daily operations, supporting staff development, and ensuring the highest standards of patient-centred care across our specialised unit.

Your impact will be felt every day. You’ll help create a safe, supportive environment for patients and their loved ones, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive care, and contribute to meaningful improvements in the cancer care journey.

To be eligible for this position, you must be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.

About You:

To be successful in this role you will possess exceptional clinical expertise, a compassionate approach, and a genuine commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-focused care. Your leadership style inspires confidence, communicating clearly, supporting your colleagues, and fostering a positive, collaborative team culture.

You’re passionate about guiding and mentoring others, promoting professional growth, and upholding excellence in every aspect of care delivery. Most importantly, you’re driven by the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of patients and families navigating cancer treatment.

Apply now and take the next step in your leadership journey where your expertise, compassion, and drive can shape the future of cancer care for our community.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

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 you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

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.

Check(s):

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.

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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 929909

Enquiries:

Jocelyn Mitchell

Nurse Unit Manager

Phone: 0475 819 682

E-mail: jocelyn.mitchell@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date:

6 March 2026 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

 929909 - Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Northern Adelaide Cancer Centre - RN2A - role description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.