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• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Port Pirie Regional Health Service
• Registered and Enrolled Nurses
• Salary: RN/M1 - $77,824 p.a. to $106,187 p.a. (pro rata)* | 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)

Port Pirie Regional Health Service - where care, compassion and excellence meet great opportunities

WHERE YOU'LL BE AND WHAT YOU'LL DO

Port Pirie - 223 kilometres north of Adelaide, Port Pirie is proudly known as the City of Opportunity. Nestled between the Southern Flinders Ranges and the Spencer Gulf, the city offers a unique lifestyle where rolling hills meet a stunning coastline.

Port Pirie boasts major retail, tourism, arts, sporting events, and cultural attractions, with easy access to some of South Australia’s most diverse and spectacular hiking trails. It offers the perfect balance of professional opportunity, lifestyle, and community connection.

Port Pirie Regional Health Service (PPRHS)

Port Pirie Regional Health Service is a 52-bed acute facility delivering a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Emergency care
• Peri-operative services
• Renal dialysis
• Chemotherapy
• Birthing services
• Outpatient services
• Acute medical and surgical care

With over 15,000 Emergency Department presentations annually, alongside surgical and direct admissions across all age groups, PPRHS is supported by:

• An onsite medical team
• SA Pharmacy
• SA Pathology
• SA Dental Service
• SA Medical Imaging

Teamwork, collaboration, and inclusivity underpin both our workplace culture and the care we provide. Our highly skilled, values-driven leadership team is committed to supporting staff, fostering professional growth, and building strong connections with colleagues and the wider 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: 933292), 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

Port Pirie Fact Sheet.pdf

933292 Port Pirie Registered Nurse Role Description.pdf

RN Job Capacity Statement.pdf

933292 Port Pirie Enrolled Nurse Cert Dip Role Description.pdf

EN Job Capacity Statement.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines

International applicant guidelines