Assistant in Nursing

Job no: 909715

Work type: Casual

Location: Adelaide Metro Northern

Categories: Nursing/Midwifery

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals – Elizabeth Vale and Modbury
• Salary: $ $30.69 per hour + 25% loadingplus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AIN
• Casual, up to 25 December 2026

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as an Assistant in Nursing.

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.

Working as an Assistant in Nursing will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture. You will need to be driven, dynamic and person centred with a desire to deliver excellent health care to improve the health and wellbeing of our consumers. You will thrive working collaboratively with an inter-disciplinary team to partner with consumers, displaying NALHN values.

This position will enable you to have the opportunity to work whilst you are studying and gain valuable nursing experience and skills as a result. It will allow you to learn within a supportive team environment and grow your clinical skills.

As an Assistant in Nursing, you will support Enrolled and Registered Nurses in the delivery of general patient/client care and undertake basic nursing duties that would otherwise have been performed by an Enrolled or Registered Nurse.

Some feedback from current AIN's working in NALHN includes:

• "Being an AIN has been an immense privilege, it has allowed me to expand on my clinical knowledge and train under amazing and passionate nurses, my experiences with NALHN will make me a better nurse."
• "Working as an AIN has allowed me to build great rapport with my nursing colleagues and other health professionals, which has aided me in providing person centred care."
• "Working as an AIN at LMH was a fantastic opportunity. It allowed me to observe, merge and develop my skills in an acute setting at NALHN. The experience was invaluable in understanding patient care and clinical practices, and it significantly enhanced my professional growth."

In this role you will be accountable for your own actions.

To be eligible for this position, you must be enrolled as a student in an undergraduate program in nursing or midwifery and have completed any training required by the employer relevant to the safe and competent performance of work at this level.

Applicants who are in the 2nd or 3rd year of an undergraduate Nursing Degree or final year of Graduate Entry (Flinders Uni) or Masters of Clinical Nursing (Adelaide Uni) are eligible.

Please include a cover letter and resume in your application highlighting the undergraduate year you will be studying in 2026.

About You:

Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Nursing Student looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:

Lyell McEwin Hospital – The major hospital in the north and north-east for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital – A general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

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.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

Check(s):

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.

Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

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: 909715

Enquiries:

Karen Neville

Nurse Manager

Phone:

E-mail:

Application Closing Date:

19 September 2025 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

• Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.

Advertised: 05 Sep 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time

Applications close: 19 Sep 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time