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Join our Transitional Care Unit Team

Deliver evidence-based nursing care to patients moving through the transitional phase of their hospital journey. 

About the role: 

Reporting to the NUM Transitional Care Units, this role is responsible for delivering direct and comprehensive nursing care to inpatient areas as well as supporting patients as they transition into and out of the hospital through the transit care areas. There is opportunity to also be part of the team working on the transporter moving patients between hospitals.  

Duties for the role will include:

• Assess individual patient/client needs, plan, implement and/or coordinate appropriate service delivery from a range of accepted options including other disciplines or agencies.
• Provide direct person centred nursing care and/or individual case management to patients/clients on a shift by shift basis in a defined clinical area with increasing autonomy over time.
• Provide ward/team leader/coordination as required on a shift by shift basis. (A team leader is a RN assigned responsibility for supporting staff and coordinating patient/client care).
• Provide health promotion and education, to patients/clients or groups and carers to improve the health outcomes of individual.
• Support nursing practice and learning experiences for students undertaking clinical placements, orientation for new staff and preceptorship of graduates. 
• Use foundation theoretical knowledge and evidenced based guidelines to achieve positive patient/client care outcomes.
• Provide, with increasing capacity over time, support and guidance to newer or less experienced staff, Enrolled Nurses, student nurses and other workers providing basic nursing care. 

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 with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience.
• Advanced problem solving skills.
• Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in the use of clinical databases
• Demonstrated competence in patient education
• Experience in the supervision of students, enrolled nurses, and less experienced registered nurses and or midwives

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Anna Petersen, Nurse Unit Manager, 0401150979, Anna.Petersen@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 12 July 2026

Attachments:

• Registered Nurse - Transitional Care Unit 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: 943340