About the Role:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is offering an exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced nursing professional to join our General Medicine and Oncology wards as a Nurse Unit Manager. This pivotal role is central to supporting high‑quality patient care and fostering a collaborative, empowered workforce.
As a Nurse Unit Manager, you will apply your extensive clinical knowledge and leadership experience to coordinate patient care delivery and lead multidisciplinary teams. Your primary focus will be to ensure continuity, safety, and excellence in patient outcomes while overseeing the operational and strategic functions of your ward.
In this position, you will hold accountability for nursing and multidisciplinary outcomes within your practice area. This includes identifying and addressing gaps between policy and practice, championing evidence‑based care, and cultivating a positive and high‑performing team culture.
Smoothly integrating clinical leadership with operational responsibilities, you will:
- use contemporary evidence and clinical expertise to support sound decision‑making, innovative thinking, and high‑quality analysis
- lead and coordinate patient care delivery across your unit to ensure seamless patient flow and consistently high standards of care
- provide strong clinical leadership and mentorship, promoting continuous learning and professional development
- work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to embed evidence‑based practice and optimise patient outcomes
- manage staffing resources effectively, ensuring safe, efficient, and cost‑effective service delivery
- contribute to the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and protocols aligned with best practice
- champion a supportive work environment that values diversity, inclusion, and staff wellbeing
To be eligible for this position, you must be 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.
About You:
In this role you will bring proven leadership and management experience, underpinned by strong communication, problem‑solving, and conflict‑resolution skills. You excel at building effective relationships within multidisciplinary teams and have a demonstrated ability to enhance models of care through a person‑ and family‑centred approach.
Your commitment to developing staff capability, fostering a positive workplace culture, and supporting innovation will be essential in driving service improvement. You will also demonstrate experience in leading change, supporting consumer engagement, and contributing to service transformation.
If you are ready to take the next step in your leadership journey where your expertise, compassion, and vision can meaningfully shape the future of care, apply today.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
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.
Check(s):
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
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: 934354
Enquiries:
Ryan Sachs
A/Nursing Director
Phone: (08) 8282 0248
E-mail: ryan.sachs@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
24 April 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
934354 - Nurse Unit Manager - Ward 1D (General Medicine_Oncology) - RN3 - role description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
