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Care with Purpose: Enrolled Nurse - Ward 18V, Flinders Medical Centre

Join our specialised Older Persons Mental Health team at Flinders Medical Centre, where you'll provide compassionate nursing care to older adults in a contemporary mental health ward environment. This full-time, ongoing Enrolled Nurse position offers the opportunity to work alongside experienced multidisciplinary teams whilst developing your expertise in mental health nursing. Make a meaningful difference in patients' lives while advancing your career with SA Health, Australia's leading public health network.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, this role is responsible for providing person-centred nursing care to older adults with complex mental health needs in a secure therapeutic environment, supporting their recovery journey through clinical care, daily living assistance, and collaborative multidisciplinary treatment planning.

Duties for the role will include:

• Demonstrates knowledge and skill in mental health assessment, care and routine procedures for mental health recovery nursing practices,
• Under the direction of a registered nurse makes decisions and takes initiative to plan and complete nursing care tasks within their scope of practice,
• Contributes to quality improvement,
• Provides assistance to other members of the health care team in provision of care to individuals/groups, including overseeing the work of students,
• Provides education to patients/clients, families and carers,
• Contributes to the education of others

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as an enrolled nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate,
• In order to administer medicines, must have completed a Board-approved program of study which includes an administration of medicines unit,
• Effective verbal and written communication skills,
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team environment,
• Ability to prioritise workload, recognise and report changes in clinical condition,
• Experience in the provision of nursing care in the healthcare setting in accordance with the appropriate standards of practice

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Luke Connor, Nurse Unit Manager, 84042888, Luke.Connor@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 22 March 2026

Attachments:

• END01 Enrolled Nurse OPMH Ward 18V Secure- 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: 932708