- Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
- Position Location Negotiable within Region
- Salary: RN/M3 $130,190 - $136,010 p.a (pro rata) + Superannuation + Leave Loading + Salary Sacrifice Benefit
- Ongoing role working 34.96 hours per fortnight over a 5-day roster
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
The Nurse Consultant Chronic Disease role offers the opportunity to provide expert clinical nursing care and leadership to ensure quality and safety in chronic disease management, including cardiac and respiratory care, across a variety of clinical settings. This role enables you to work with a high level of autonomy, supporting improved patient/client outcomes through evidence-based practice and advanced clinical expertise.
In this role, you will contribute to clinical leadership, coordination of programs and service improvement initiatives, while supporting multidisciplinary teams, enhancing models of care, and assisting clients to develop self-management strategies to improve their health and wellbeing.
Please Note: role is regional with a location to be negotiated.
WHO ARE WE?
The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- Do you have expert clinical knowledge and experience in chronic disease management?
- Are you confident providing clinical leadership and guidance to nursing and multidisciplinary teams?
- Do you have the ability to work autonomously and make advanced clinical decisions?
- Are you experienced in implementing evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions – then read on…
HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?
- Provide expert clinical nursing care, assessment, case management and therapeutic interventions for clients with chronic disease.
- Support integrated care through clinical advice, education, discharge planning and hospital avoidance strategies.
- Lead and contribute to quality improvement, risk management and clinical governance processes.
- Utilise information systems to inform decision making, monitor outcomes and support safe service delivery.
- Provide leadership, mentorship and support to nursing and multidisciplinary teams.
- Contribute to education, research, and the development of clinical protocols and best practice standards.
WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?
At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
- Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?
Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. 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 the following:
- You will need to be immunised. Please contact the Enquiries Person for this position if you have any queries. Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy. Further information is in the application for to help guide you.
- You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
- You must be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
- You must hold a contemporary Professional Practice Portfolio containing evidence of a relevant post graduate qualification or be currently working towards a relevant post graduate qualification.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.
NEED TO RELOCATE?
Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/
HELP IS HERE!
Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 934158), or reach out to Dina Cowley, Community Nursing Director on Phone: 0468 559 597 or via E-mail: dina.cowley@sa.gov.au
To find out what you need to apply, and what is required to be offered a role, please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines
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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on Friday 17th April 2026 at 11:55PM
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
934158 RN/M3 Role Description
