Clinical Nurse

Job no: 915016

Work type: Part time

Location: Murray and Mallee

Categories: Nursing/Midwifery

• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Barmera
• RN/M2C | Part Time Contract 0.53 FTE | Ongoing
• Salary: $87,416 - $110,497 p.a (pro rata)
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Join Our Team as a Clinical Nurse – Stomal Therapist – Deliver Specialised Care with Expertise and Compassion

Are you passionate about providing advanced wound and stomal therapy care while supporting patients to live with dignity and independence? This is an exciting opportunity to use your specialised skills and knowledge to make a real difference in the lives of individuals across the RMCLHN community.

About the Role:

As the Clinical Nurse – Stomal Therapist, you will be responsible and accountable for delivering nursing services in a variety of healthcare settings, specialising in stomal therapy and complex wound care. Your role will include assessing client needs, planning and implementing care plans, supporting community and acute nursing staff, and coordinating service delivery to ensure patients and carers receive the right care and support.

This position requires advanced wound care knowledge and skills to meet the complex care needs of individuals across the continuum of care. You will work with a high level of autonomy, delivering specialised services closer to home for clients across the RMCLHN.

Managing a defined caseload, you will provide care at a competent to proficient level, consolidated by your additional training and experience. While the role is predominantly clinical, you will also serve as a valuable professional resource, providing advanced knowledge and support for consumers living with a stoma.

What We're Looking For:

• 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.
• Relevant post graduate qualifications or (working towards) in stoma therapy nursing or equivalent.
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience with stomal therapy.
• Experience in the use of computer packages e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel.
• Demonstrated competence in the relevant area of nursing practice in accordance with the appropriate standards of practice.
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses, and less experienced registered nurses.

About Us

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 giving 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. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.
• Looking for a change in scenery? – Nursing & Midwifery

Applicant Information

This is a part time vacancy, working 40 hours per fortnight and salary will be adjusted according to actual hours worked.

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.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

• 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. Job Ref: 915016

Enquiries

Teresa Colligan

Nurse Unit Manager

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Application Closing Date

Friday 26th September PM

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Advertised: 12 Sep 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time

Applications close: 26 Sep 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time