Overview
- Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Lower Eyre Health Services Cummins, Cummins
- Salary: RN/M3 $125,183- $130,779 p.a. + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
- Temp F/T position working up to 2 September 2025 (Potential opportunity for contract extension. Maternity leave cover position).
Embark on an Extraordinary Journey: Nurse Unit Manager at SA Health!
SA Health is seeking dynamic and compassionate nursing professionals for a Full-Time, Temporary Contract Nurse Unit Manager position in the Eyre and Western region. This vital role provides an excellent opportunity to lead and inspire within the Lower Eyre Health Services in Cummins, part of the Eyre and Far North Local Health Network.
Embrace the Challenge of Maternity Leave Cover (Potential Contract Extension)
Step into this rewarding position, providing comprehensive nursing leadership and coordination during a maternity leave period. Seize the chance to showcase your exceptional skills and potentially extend your contract beyond the initial term, concluding on September 2nd, 2025.
Unleash Your Potential as a Nurse Unit Manager
In this role, you will leverage your clinical expertise to orchestrate patient care delivery, ensuring continuity and quality outcomes. As the driving force behind nursing and multidisciplinary team activities, you will embrace accountability for nursing practices, address policy inconsistencies, and cultivate a positive work culture that fosters team performance and patient-centred care.
Essential Qualifications and Attributes:
– Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, with a current practicing certificate.
– Minimum of 3 years post-registration experience.
– Exceptional leadership skills, including highly developed communication, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and negotiation abilities.
– Proven ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
– Demonstrated capacity to review and improve person and family-centred models of care.
– Expertise in fostering a workplace environment that nurtures staff potential.
– Flexibility, innovation, and creativity within the whole-of-service setting.
– Demonstrated ability to lead and promote consumer engagement initiatives.
– Proven leadership and facilitation of change management processes.
Join SA Health and Be Part of Something Extraordinary
At SA Health, we are committed to providing exceptional healthcare services to our communities. Our values of respect, excellence, courage, and honesty guide our actions, and we strive to create an inclusive and supportive work environment. As a member of our team, you will have access to professional development opportunities, comprehensive benefits, and the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of those we serve.
Seize this remarkable opportunity to shape the future of healthcare in South Australia. Apply now and embark on an extraordinary journey with SA Health.
About Us
With its ancient outback landscapes, boutique vineyards, oyster farms and Australia’s best-kept-secret surf coast, Eyre and Far North will inspire and energise you.
The Eyre and Far North Local Health Network (EFNLHN) is responsible for the planning and delivery of hospital and health services over 337,626 square kilometres, taking in the Eyre Peninsula, western part of South Australia and north to Coober Pedy. We are one of the largest LHNs by area in Australia and communities include Ceduna, Cleve, Coober Pedy, Cowell, Cummins, Elliston, Kimba, Oodnadatta, Port Lincoln, Streaky Bay, Tumby Bay and Wudinna.
Services include acute care, medical, accident and emergency, surgery, birthing and midwifery, specialist consultancy, renal dialysis, chemotherapy, transfusions, rehabilitation, residential and community aged care, respite care, transitional care packages, Aboriginal health, mental health, allied health, community health, community nursing, palliative care, community home support packages and home modifications.
Cummins and District Memorial Hospital is run by the Eyre and Far North Local Health Network. The hospital has 11 inpatient beds as well as aged care beds, and provides a range of services including emergency, general medicine, surgical care, day surgery, palliative care and outpatients.
Community Health and Allied Health services are also based on the hospital site and provide services to the community. The Miroma Place Hostel is separate to the hospital and provides a homelike setting for people with low levels of care needs.
Click here to learn more about living and working in Eyre and Far North Local Health Network.
Why Join Us
- Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of Eyre & Far North means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
- Job security and inclusions: in addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation, leave loading and allowances), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
- Relocation reimbursement of up to $15,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity. More information available from SA Health Careers – Relocation support.
- Supportive and collaborative work environment where your contributions are valued and recognised.
Applicant Information
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working 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 appropriate immunisation requirements.
Check(s)
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
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: 900522
Enquiries
Name: Rebecca Varney
Title: Administrative Services Officer
Phone: 8676 0222
E-mail: rebecca.varney@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
23 April 2025 – 1 week close – 11.55PM
Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
Attachments
900522 – RNM3A – Nurse Midwife Unit Mgr – Cummins – Role Description.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines
For further information and to apply visit www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/careers and search for Job Ref: 900522