Overview

  • Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Loxton
  • Salary $36.65 – $50.01 per hour + 25% casual loading – RN/M1
  • Casual Contracts – multiple positions available

Overview

Join our Registered Nurse Casual Pool at Loxton Hospital Complex and elevate your nursing career by making a real impact in the healthcare industry.

In this vital role, you will provide essential nursing and midwifery services while gaining invaluable experience and enhancing your skills through ongoing professional development.  You will be accountable for delivering exceptional care, guiding others, and advancing your professional practice. This is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact in your field while continually growing and developing in your nursing career.

Essential Criteria:

  • Must be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
  • Must hold or be eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.

About our Region

Loxton Hospital Complex provides acute services ranging from in-hospital care for adults & children by local GPs to specialist surgical, obstetrics, outpatients and aged care beds.  Patients may commence their stay at Loxton Hospital Complex but finish their care at one of the neighbouring Riverland hospitals with specialist medical or allied health input when required. All hospitals in the Riverland work collaboratively to support the patient care needs of the region.

Loxton, situated on the south bank of the River Murray in South Australia’s Riverland region, is 246 km from Adelaide. Known as the ‘Garden Town of the Riverland,’ Loxton boasts a rich early settler history. The town is surrounded by picturesque citrus farms and offers a vibrant retail and business hub, along with local wineries and a variety of nature-based activities for the entire family to enjoy.

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn.  Click here for more information about working for RMCLHN.

  • We will provide support, both personally and professionally
  • Give you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role
  • Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments
  • Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety
  • Offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
  • Provide Relocation Support, where applicable. For information about Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found here.

Looking for a change in scenery? – Nursing & Midwifery

Important Information

This vacancy is for multiple casual positions, working hours per fortnight and salary will be adjusted according to actual hours worked on a casual shift by shift basis.

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

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.

For further information and to apply visit www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/careers and search for Job Ref: 879562.

Closing Date for Applications: 12 September 2025
Name of Contact Person: Lizzie Platten
Telephone Number of Contact Person: 0419 817 538
elizabeth.platten@sa.gov.au