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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Division of Paediatric Medicine - Metabolic Department, Kaurna Land; North Adelaide (5006)
• Classification - RN/M3 - Registered Nurse/Midwife LV 3 - $125,183 to $130,779 + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Part Time (0.6 FTE) - Term Contract (6-month contract)
  
  
  • Women's and Children's Health Network, Division of Paediatric Medicine - Metabolic Department, Kaurna Land; North Adelaide (5006)
  • Salary
  • Classification - RN/M3 - Registered Nurse/Midwife LV 3 - $125,183 to $130,779 + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
  • Part Time (0.6 FTE) - Term Contract (6-month contract)
    
    
  About The Opportunity
  
  We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Metabolic Department as a Nurse Consultant, where you will be responsible for:
  • Providing expert nursing care and clinical leadership in the management of children and adolescents with Inborn Errors of Metabolism.
  • Leading and supporting multidisciplinary teams across WCHN, SA, NT, Broken Hill, and Mildura.
  • Educating and mentoring staff, families, and community stakeholders.
  • Coordinating projects and programs to improve metabolic service delivery and patient outcomes.
  • Ensuring care aligns with policy, evidence-based practice, and quality standards.
  • Accepting accountability for clinical decisions, delegations, and professional practice.
    
    
  About You
  
  To be successful in this role, you will have:
  • Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
  • Registered Nurse with at least 3 years post registration experience.
  • Demonstrated competence in the relevant area of nursing and or midwifery practice in accordance with the relevant standards.
  • Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
  • Ability to prioritise workload and meet set timelines.
  • Demonstrated ability to foster a workplace environment that develops staff potential
    
    
  What WCHN Can Offer You
  • Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
  • Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year. Click here more information
  • Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
  • 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
    
    
  About Us
  
  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 centred 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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Special Conditions

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

Application Instructions

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.

Other Important 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.

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

Position: Administration Coordinator - Nursing

Phone: 8161 8139

E-mail: Health.paedmednursingadmin@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 28/8/2025 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

RN3 - Metabolic Nurse Consultant - PM - Role Description - 911271.pdfSeniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typePart-time

Job function

• Job functionHealth Care Provider
• IndustriesHospitals and Health Care

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