Duty Nurse Consultant

**Job no**: 909006
**Work type**: Full time, Part time
**Location**: Yorke and Mid North
**Categories**: Nursing/Midwifery
- **Yorke & Northern Local Health Network, Port Pirie Regional Health Service**:

- **Salary**:RN/M3 $125,183 to $130,779 p.a. (Pro-rata) + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits**:

- **Multiple Permanent positions available: Full time & Part time (part time hours to be negotiated)**:

- **Eligibility Open to Everyone**
- Please note: Encourage contact to seek clarification of specifics._

**Port Pirie Regional Health Service**

Port Pirie Regional Health Service is a dynamic and expanding health facility, comprising 52 acute care beds and an additional 8 flexible beds, delivering a broad range of clinical services. These include Emergency, Peri-operative, Renal Dialysis, Chemotherapy, Birthing, Outpatient Services, Acute Medical, and Acute Surgical care. The service also includes a co-located Residential Aged Care Facility - Hammill House.

A brand-new Emergency Department is currently under construction, enhancing the service’s capacity to meet growing community needs. The existing Emergency Department operates as a Code Stroke Thrombolysis centre, offering 24/7 access to CT imaging and radiology, ensuring timely, advanced care for patients requiring urgent intervention.

Port Pirie Regional Health Service operates with a highly skilled, values-driven leadership team and provides care to patients across a wide spectrum of acuity. As a designated up-transfer facility within the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN), it plays a vital role in supporting smaller regional health sites.

The service is staffed by committed medical officers and experienced senior nursing professionals and is supported by a diverse team of allied health practitioners, all working together to deliver comprehensive, high-quality care tailored to each patient’s individual goals.

It is further supported by on-site services including SA Medical Imaging, SA Pathology, SA Pharmacy, and SA Dental Services.

**About Port Pirie**

Located 223 kilometres from Adelaide - Port Pirie is a vibrant city known as the “**_City of Opportunity_**” with major retail, attractions, tourism, arts, and events.

It is nestled in the Southern Flinders Ranges on Nukunu country, as well as being situated on the Spencer Gulf, providing the perfect location of rolling hills meeting the beautiful coastline and is a small drive to some of the most spectacular and diverse hiking trails.

**The Opportunity**

An exciting opportunity is now available for a passionate and experienced clinician to step into the newly created role of **Duty Nurse Consultant (Level 3 - Senior Clinician)**—a pivotal leadership position within our dynamic and evolving health service.

As a senior clinician, you will provide expert clinical oversight and leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, coordinated, and high-quality care 24/7. This role is ideal for a proactive nurse leader with strong mentorship values, advanced clinical skills, proven critical thinking, and operational management capabilities in fast-paced clinical environments.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Use critical decision-making to provide senior-level clinical support and leadership to the nursing team within Port Pirie Regional Health Service.
- Work collaboratively with the Patient Flow Coordinator and Nurse Unit Managers to support the safe and effective delivery of care, while partnering with healthcare professionals, patients, and families to address clinical challenges and inconsistencies.
- Support junior staff through mentorship, coaching, and upskilling, ensuring professional growth and development.
- Lead and assist in the management of complex clinical scenarios, providing guidance and timely decision-making and ensuring appropriate escalation.
- Participate as a key member of the Code Blue and emergency response team.
- Coordinate and manage bed flow, patient access, and staff allocation, ensuring optimal resource utilisation.
- Oversee nursing and midwifery workforce governance, including skill mix, scope of practice, and safe staffing.
- Lead complex case reviews, identifying opportunities to improve clinical practice and system effectiveness.
- Provide telephone support to clinicians from smaller sites within the Local Health Network (LHN).
- Collaborate with the operational on-call team for the management of significant events, WHS matters, and clinical escalation.
- Champion a positive, professional team culture focused on safety, responsiveness, and continuous improvement.

**About You**:

- Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration with at least 3 years post graduate experience.
- Current Advanced Life Support, Paediatric Life Support and Neonatal Life Support certificate or working towards.
- Advanced patient assessment, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated experience in the supervision, mentoring and education of students, enro