Step Into Nursing Leadership | Associate Nurse Unit Manager | Specialist Advanced Dementia Unit (SADU)

Join our highly specialised team in the Specialist Advanced Dementia Unit (SADU) at The Repat Health Precinct, where your clinical expertise, creativity and collaborative approach will help make a positive difference to people living with advanced dementia, their families, and the staff who care for them.

Working alongside the NUM and your fellow ANUMs, you'll help lead a dedicated nursing team to deliver high-quality, person-centred care, support staff development and contribute to effective ward management and positive patient outcomes.

This is an opportunity to grow your nursing leadership, share your knowledge and help foster a workplace culture where collaboration, wellbeing and mutual support are valued.  bring your compassion, initiative and leadership skills to a team committed to providing respectful, responsive and supportive care, where every interaction matters.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, you'll work collaboratively with the Nurse Unit Manager and your ANUM colleagues to provide clinical and operational leadership across the unit, supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality care and the effective day to day management of the service. You'll hold accountability for your own practice standards, for activities delegated to others, and for the growth of less experienced staff.

Duties for the role will include:

• Supporting the Nurse Unit Manager in leading nursing staff across the ward and contributing to continuity and consistency of care in collaboration with your ANUM colleagues
• Contribute to a positive learning environment by supporting staff development, sharing clinical knowledge and encouraging reflective practice
• Assisting in the implementation of practice changes and quality improvement initiatives across the unit
• Contributing to ward management responsibilities including rostering, staffing, leave management, work allocation, recruitment, performance management, and financial and supplies monitoring
• Providing service and peer leadership aligned to the RAP Division's purpose and impact, bringing the Divisional Way to life in every patient, family, and colleague encounter

About you:

• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience
• Demonstrated competence in geriatric nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses.
• Effective communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• 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: Maria Garcia, RAP Casual Pool Clinical Support Nurse, 8404 2657, Maria.Garcia2@sa.gov.au  

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 22nd of November 2026

Attachments:

• ANUM 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: 954488