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• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Burra Hospital
• Enrolled Nurses
• Salary: ENC/END - $66,552 p.a. to $77,824 p.a. (pro rata)*
• Eligibility Open to Everyone

*+ 12% Superannuation + Leave Loading + Salary Sacrifice Benefits + Allowances (where applicable)

Burra Hospital - where history, community, and rewarding
nursing careers come together

WHERE YOU'LL BE AND WHAT YOU'LL DO

Burra Hospital is located in the picturesque township of Burra, a town rich in South Australia’s mining heritage. Famous for the historic “Monster Mine”, Burra played a pivotal role in shaping the early prosperity of the state through its copper mining industry.

Situated 164 kilometres north of Adelaide, Burra offers a welcoming village atmosphere, with beautifully preserved heritage buildings lining the town square. The surrounding district is well known for its strong agricultural base, particularly wool, fat lamb, and cattle production. Burra also enjoys close proximity to the world-renowned Clare and Barossa Valley wine regions, with the township of Clare just a 30-minute drive away.

Burra Hospital is a small but vital rural health service, offering:

• 5 acute inpatient beds
• 16 MPS aged care beds

Services provided include:

• 24-hour accident and emergency care
• Acute inpatient care
• Palliative care services
• Residential aged care
• Visiting General Practitioner, dental, and allied health services

Burra Hospital is highly regarded for its warm, supportive culture and strong commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred healthcare to both the local community and visitors.

Role overview

You will be warmly welcomed into a friendly, collaborative team dedicated to working with you to plan and deliver direct care to:

• Acute patients
• Residential aged care residents
• Patients presenting to the emergency department

Nursing at Burra provides an excellent opportunity to work across all areas of the service in a supported and flexible environment. This role offers valuable exposure to rural healthcare, allowing you to develop new skills, expand your clinical knowledge, and pursue your professional interests while making a meaningful impact in a close-knit community.

WHO ARE WE AND WHAT WE OFFER?

The Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN) supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe in their work environment encouraging all people to use their talents and be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

A career in the YNLHN can be very rewarding and comes with great lifestyle benefits. Not to mention your choice of scenery from farm to ocean, vineyards, and the Southern Flinders Ranges.

At YNLHN we offer opportunities to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) and meal entertainment expenses  click here more information.
• Access to professional development opportunities, enabling staff to build skills across a diverse range of services while contributing to high-quality, person-centred care for the community.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to use that we employ people with the utmost integrity and commitment to provide a service to the highest possible standard to all visitors.  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:

• Registration or eligibility for enrolment as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
• Undergo employment screening and meet immunisation requirements.

Please contact us, if you have any queries.  For further information please see: Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy and details in the application to help guide you.

NEED TO RELOCATE?

Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility.  See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

At YNLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQIA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

HELP IS HERE!

Please apply online and complete the required documentation (Job ref: 933254), or reach out to

Vanessa Watson
CenSTaR Administration Officer
Phone: 0468 810 489
E-mail: vanessa.watson@sa.gov.au 

DON'T HESITATE! Applications close on Tuesday, 21 April 2026 at 11.55PM (Central Australian Standard Time)

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR NETWORK

Stay connected with our Network! Click here to find out more about working with Yorke and Northern Location Health Network or watch our video here:  Work with us - Yorke and Northern LHN

ATTACHMENTS

Burra Fact Sheet.pdf

933254 Burra Enrolled Nurse Job Description.pdf

EN Job Capacity Statement.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines

International applicant guidelines