Associate Nurse Unit Manager Intensive Care Unit 11/8/2025

Associate Nurse Unit Manager Intensive Care Unit

Job no: 908853
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide CBD
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery

- Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide
- Salary RN-2A $103,353 -$110,497 p.a. + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
- 1 position permanent full-time/part-time (minimum FTE 0.84)
- 1 position temporary, up to 10/5/26, full-time/part-time (minimum FTE 0.84)

About the Role

Are you ready to take the next step in your nursing or midwifery career and lead with purpose? As an Associate Nurse Unit Manager, you'll contribute advanced clinical knowledge and refined leadership skills across a variety of health care settings, supporting your team to deliver high-quality, compassionate care. Drawing from consolidated experience and/or further study, you'll help shape and inspire the development of staff transitioning from competent to proficient practitioners. You'll be accountable for your own practice standards, ensure tasks delegated to others are done with integrity, and guide the growth of less experienced clinicians to foster a strong, professional culture.

In this dynamic leadership role, you'll work closely with the Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager to drive innovation and consistency in care delivery. Your portfolio will include coordination of performance management, recruitment, staffing, leave and roster planning, and operational oversight of financial and supply resources. With your collaborative spirit, you'll help implement practice improvements and empower your team, ensuring continuity of care and a positive workplace culture. If you're passionate about leading by example and contributing to exceptional clinical outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

About You

You're a dedicated and forward-thinking Registered Nurse or Midwife who brings experience, leadership, and a collaborative mindset to every shift. You're ready to contribute to excellence in care while supporting your team and driving positive outcomes.

- Registered or eligible for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, holding or eligible to hold a current practising certificate.

- Leadership and communication skills including effective negotiation, conflict resolution, and team engagement within multidisciplinary settings.

- Proven clinical expertise with at least 3 years post-registration experience, including supervising junior staff and delivering care aligned with professional standards.

- Strong working knowledge of legislation, risk management principles, safety regulations, and contemporary health care and nursing/midwifery practices.

At Central Adelaide (CALHN), we're shaping the future of health through excellence in clinical care, research, and innovation. As South Australia's largest health network, we deliver exceptional, safe and connected healthcare—for our patients, our community, and our people.

With more than 17,000 dedicated employees, every day at CALHN presents an opportunity to make a real impact—not because it's expected, but because our values guide us to be our best.

Join us and be part of a team that's driven by a commitment to a seamless safe and connected experience for all.

Find out more about our stories , our network , and the opportunities to be part of CALHN .

Benefit of Joining CALHN

At CALHN, we're dedicated to your career satisfaction and wellbeing, offering tailored benefits for healthcare professionals, including:

- Salary Attractions: Flexible options for salary packaging covering living expenses, meal and entertainment allowances, and novated leasing.
- Professional Development: Opportunity to apply for reimbursement of eligible professional development activities, and access to dedicated leave for ongoing learning.
- Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
- Flexible Work Arrangements: 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.
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families.
- Career Opportunities: Explore career growth within the SA Health system with opportunities for skill development and movement across various metropolitan and regional sites.
- Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services are available via our Employee Assistance Program.

Join CALHN for a fulfilling career bolstered by comprehensive benefits and unwavering commitment to your success.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

CALHN is an Equal Opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community.

Application Information:

- Please refer to the role description for essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required.
- Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
- SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position.

Job ref: 908853

Enquiries to:

Mark Paltridge Position:Nurse Manager
Phone:08 70741504
E-mail:mark.paltridge@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

11:55 pm Friday 15 August 2025

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information

908853 RD Associate Nurse Unit Manager Intensive Care Unit .pdf

Australian applicant guidelines

Advertised: 01 Aug 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 15 Aug 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time

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