Clinical Nurse

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric Medicine team as Clinical Nurse - Adolescent Medicine, where you will be responsible for delivering specialist clinical care in adolescent health services and contributing to a patient-centered team environment.

• Delivering Specialist Clinical Care across Adolescent Medicine Outpatient Services, including Eating Disorders, Gender Diversity, Adolescent Transition, and Complex Medical Clinics, with a strong focus on person-centred care.
• Collaborating in multidisciplinary teams to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate therapeutic interventions and support programs for young people and their families.
• Leading and supporting clinical education by mentoring junior staff, facilitating student learning, and contributing to a positive, development-focused team culture.
• Driving service improvement by contributing to research, clinical audits, and the development of protocols, while supporting change and innovation across adolescent health services.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, holding (or eligible to hold) a current practicing certificate.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Minimum 3 years' post-registration experience, with demonstrated competence in adolescent health care.
• Proven ability to mentor junior staff and support student learning within a multidisciplinary team.
• Sound knowledge of healthcare legislation, quality improvement systems, and current clinical best practices.

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquiries person for further information.
• Salary package includes a range of benefits up to a total value of up to $9,010 each FBT year plus $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program).
• Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women's and Children's Hospital (note: does not apply to network community sites).
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.

The Women's & Children's Health Network is the state's leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

• Specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• State of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• Community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• Specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services

Join our patient-centered team and contribute to providing South Australia's women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

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.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries

Michelle Duncan - Nurse Manager, Division of Paediatric Medicine, Phone: 81618542, E-mail: michelle.duncan@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: Wednesday 17th September 2025 - 11:55pm

Relevant Links

RNM2 - Clinical Nurse Adolescent Medicine - Role Description 912744.pdf