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• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Mallee Ward, North Adelaide 5006
• Salary – RN/M3, $130,190.00 - $136,010.00 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Part Time (0.50FTE), Ongoing/Permanent

About WCHN
Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We’re shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites).
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.

About the role

The Nurse Unit Manager – Mallee Ward leads and coordinates mental health care delivery, ensuring quality outcomes and efficient patient flow. The Nurse Unit Manager provides clinical leadership, fosters team performance, and drives continuous improvement in mental health nursing practice.

Key duties of the role

• Integrate contemporary mental health information and evidence with personal experience to support decision making and objective analysis.
• Manage activities that contribute to improvements and optimise mental health nursing care.
• Provide leadership and coordination of patient care delivery to achieve continuity and quality of patient care and outcomes.
• In conjunction with the Mallee Ward Nurse Consultant, ensure mechanisms are in place to support ongoing staff education.
• Undertake and oversee local resource management including recruitment, staffing, leave management, and work allocation.

Skills and Experience

• 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, and enrolled in an approved Mental Health course or holds a qualification in mental health practice.
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years post registration experience.
• Competence in child and adolescent mental health nursing clinical practice.
• Ability to assess and provide complex child and adolescent mental health care.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Enquiries can be directed to

Tim Crowley

CAMHS Nursing Director

8161 9158

tim.crowley@sa.gov.au

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To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:

• RN3 - Nurse Unit Manager Mallee Ward - Role Description - 933854.pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

If you would like further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Friday 24 April 2026 at 11:55pm