- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Division of Medicine, Northern Adelaide Cancer Centre – Elizabeth Vale
- Salary: $130,190 - $136,010 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – RN3
- Ongoing Full-Time
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Nurse Consultant - Northern Adelaide Cancer Centre within the Division of Medicine.
This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture. In this key position you will demonstrate your experience and previous success working as a Nurse Consultant to ensure high quality care is delivered to our consumers. This role is pivotal in ensuring that the patients undergoing cancer treatment are receiving high quality care and the staff providing the care are supported in their roles with the education and guidance required.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert clinical nursing consultation and advanced practice in oncology and haematology care
- Lead quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based practice implementation
- Mentor and support nursing staff in professional development
- Collaborate with medical teams to optimise patient care pathways
- Participate in research activities and clinical governance processes
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 demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills that support effective problem-solving, conflict resolution, and negotiation. You will be confident in engaging in challenging conversations while fostering and maintaining positive relationships with both the multidisciplinary team and consumers of the service. The role also requires the ability to effectively manage multiple and competing priorities, together with demonstrated resilience and adaptability within a complex and fast-paced environment.
To ensure your success, you will also have:
- Postgraduate qualifications in oncology or relevant specialty
- Experience in cancer care nursing
- Demonstrated leadership and mentoring capabilities
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high‑quality health services within modern facilities.
Be part of South Australia's largest employer and contribute to transforming healthcare delivery across our state.
About Adelaide:
Adelaide is consistently recognised as a city that artfully combines its compact charm and world-class cuisine with picturesque nature escapes. Ranked one of the worlds “Most Liveable Cities” and “Most Beautiful Cities”, Adelaide provides something for everyone combining a wonderful mix of nature with nearby beaches, rolling hills and wildlife and culinary delights with fine dining restaurants, award-winning cafes, bustling food markets and booming boutique bars. Events like the LIV Golf, SANTOS Tour Down Under, Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival add extra appeal to living here.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.
With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.
With over 7,000 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.
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.
Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.
Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.
Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.
Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.
Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.
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)
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: 939058
Enquiries:
Bek Lamb
Nursing Director, Division of Medicine
Phone: (08) 8282 0248
E-mail: rebekah.lamb@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
12 June 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
939058 - Nurse Consultant - Northern Adelaide Cancer Centre - RN3 - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
