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Lead with Purpose: Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Flinders Infusion Centre

Join SA Health as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager at the Flinders Infusion Centre, where you will support clinical operations and lead a dedicated nursing team in delivering specialist infusion services. This part-time, ongoing role offers the perfect opportunity to advance your nursing leadership career while maintaining work-life balance at one of Adelaide's premier teaching hospitals. You will play a crucial role in ensuring exceptional patient care during complex treatments while mentoring staff and driving quality improvement initiatives within our supportive healthcare environment.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, this role is responsible for supporting the Nurse Unit Manager in overseeing daily operations while providing clinical leadership and ensuring high-quality, safe patient care during complex infusion treatments.

• Ensure that service provision and the activities of the Division / Unit / Ward / Service are person and family centred and professionally and effectively conducted by contributing to the development of an integrated team approach and culture which is highly responsive to the needs of our consumers,
• Ensure the effective management of human, financial and physical assets through appropriate planning and allocation of resources to achieve agreed Division / Unit / Ward / Service and strategic plans,
• Provide proficient, person centred, clinical nursing/midwifery care and/or individual case management to patients/clients in a defined clinical area,
• Assists and supports the Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager or equivalent in management, clinical, and education activities

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate,
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience,
• Demonstrated competence in chemotherapy and cancer nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards,
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Nicole May, Nurse Unit Manager, 8204 6221, nicole.may@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 24 May 2026

Attachments:

• Associated Nurse Unit Manager- Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• 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 and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 938657