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Lead with Purpose: Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Morier Ward

Join SA Health as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager for Morier Ward at Noarlunga Hospital, where you will provide clinical leadership and support to a dedicated nursing team within our Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. This full-time, ongoing position offers the opportunity to ensure high-quality patient care standards while mentoring staff and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to optimise patient outcomes. Take the next step in your nursing career with South Australia's premier healthcare employer, where your expertise will make a real difference to patients and families across southern Adelaide.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, this role is responsible for providing clinical leadership and operational support to nursing staff while ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care across all shifts at Noarlunga Hospital.

Duties for the role will include:

• Act as a resource person within an area based on knowledge, experience and skills,
• Provide shift by shift leadership in the provision of nursing/midwifery care within a team or unit and facilitate patient flow,
• 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,
• 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,
• Participate in clinical teaching, overseeing learning experience, and goal setting for students, new staff and staff with less experience

About you:

• Registered as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds a current practicing certificate. Must be enrolled in an approved mental health course or hold a qualification in mental health practice,
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience.
• Demonstrated competence in mental health nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet set timelines, whilst working under minimal supervision.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Abhinav Saini, Nurse Unit Manager, 0403678386, Abhinav.Saini@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 31 May 2026

Attachments:

• Associate Nurse Midwife Unit Manager Role Description - Morier Ward
• 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: 939239