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• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Maitland Hospital
• Salary - RN/M2C - $90,913 p.a. to $114,917 p.a. (pro rata)
• Part Time Contract (0.21FTE) - Ongoing Permanent
• Eligibility Open to Everyone

Protect, Prevent, and Make a Difference - Infection Control Nurse Opportunity

Join Maitland Hospital as a part-time Infection Control Nurse and be at the forefront of keeping our patients and staff safe across the Yorke and Mid North Community.  This ongoing role offers professional challenge with flexible work arrangements in an inclusive and empowering healthcare team.

Work within a dedicated team committed to excellence in patient care while maintaining the highest infection prevention standards.

What you'll do

• lead infection and control initiatives across hospital departments
• Conduct surveillance, outbreak investigations, and risk assessments
• Deliver education and training on best-practice infection control
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to meet national safety standards
• Drive quality improvement and support risk management initiatives

What We’re Looking For

• Post tertiary qualifications in infection control or willingness to enrol in further postgraduate studies in infection control essential.
• Registered as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold a current practicing certificate.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills; able to work independently.
• Expertise in infection prevention and control, meeting professional standards.
• Skilled in prioritising workload, using relevant software, and applying creative, flexible clinical solutions.

About Us

A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards and the Southern Flinders ranges. View the below videos for more information about working for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network

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What we want you to know

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 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.

In addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is click here.  For information about the eligibility for the Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found here.

Employment Check(s)

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) 
• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check 
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
• Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Got questions? Contact

Megan Short
Executive Officer/Director of Nursing
Phone: 8832 0100
E-mail: megan.short@sa.gov.au 

Ready to apply?

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information. Job ref: 934916

Application Closing Date

Tuesday, 28 April 2026 - 11.55PM

Attachments

934916 Maitland Infection Control Nurse Role Description.pdf

RN Administration Job Capacity Statement.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines