Join Our Caring Team! Enrolled Nurse - Marjorie Tripp Unit | Flinders Medical Centre | Your Healthcare Career Awaits

Make a meaningful difference in patients' lives as an Enrolled Nurse at Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia's leading tertiary hospital. Join our supportive Marjorie Tripp Unit team where your compassionate care and clinical skills will be valued and developed. Enjoy the stability of ongoing employment with SA Health, Australia's most comprehensive public health system, offering exceptional career growth and professional development opportunities.

The Marjorie Tripp Unit is a 20-bed ward that provides care to a cohort of patients who have Geriatric Syndromes (e.g. frailty, falls, dementia) who require an admission to hospital due to an acute medical condition.

About the role:  

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager both Operationally and Professionally, some of your duties for the role will include:

• Under the direction of a Registered Nurse makes decisions and takes initiative to plan and complete nursing care tasks within their scope of practice
• Provides assistance to other members of the health care team in provision of care to individuals/groups
• Engages with patients/clients to provide person centred care
• Under the guidance of a registered nurse coordinates and guides activities of student enrolled nurses and assistants in nursing

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as an Enrolled Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate
• Have an ability to provide person-centred care and to understand how the patient and family experience is enhanced by the person-centred approach
• Have an empathetic, patient and team focused approach with a strong caring nature for vulnerable patients with geriatric syndromes
• Ability to prioritise workload, recognise and report changes in clinical condition

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Maria Garcia, RAP Clinical Nurse Support - Associate Nurse Unit Manager, (08) 8404 2657, Maria.Garcia2@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Tuesday 14th October 2025

Attachments:

• EN Marjorie Tripp - 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: 917641