Associate Nurse Unit Manager

Job no: 915926

Work type: Full time

Location: Adelaide Metro Southern

Categories: Community and Social Services, Child, Aged and Disability Care, Mental Health, Nursing/Midwifery, Public Health

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Repat Health Precinct – Older Persons Mental Health Service Community Team
• Salary $103,353 - $110,497 p.a. (Pro Rata) RNM2A| Fulltime- Contract until May 2026 available

Lead Mental Health Care for Older Adults | Associate Nurse Unit Manager

Join our specialised Older Persons Mental Health team at Repat Health Precinct as Associate Nurse Unit Manager, where you'll provide clinical leadership while making a real difference in the lives of older adults facing mental health challenges. This full-time contract position offers exceptional professional development opportunities within South Australia's largest health network. Be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team delivering compassionate, evidence-based care in one of Adelaide's leading tertiary teaching LHNs.

About the role:

Reporting to the (Operationally) - Team Manager (Professionally) - Nurse Consultant, some of your duties for the role will include:

• Budget preparation, monitoring and reporting and adherence to resources
• Monitoring patient/client care plans to ensure appropriate care outcomes are achieved on a daily basis
• Assists and supports the Nurse Consultant/Team Manager or equivalent in management, clinical, and education activities
• Participate in clinical auditing, clinical trials and/or evaluative research
• Provide proficient, person centred, clinical nursing/midwifery care and/or individual case management to patients/clients in a defined clinical area

About you:

• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses
• Knowledge and experience of evidence based theoretical frameworks relevant to the field of older persons mental health (such as CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Focussed Therapy, Relapse Prevention and the Recovery Model)
• Demonstrated competency and proficiency in clinical skills appropriate to the area (individual counselling skills and group work skills including planning and preparing psycho-educational therapy group programs)

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Sharon Brown, Team Manager Older Person Mental Health Service - Southern Community Team, Phone, Email, ,

Application Closing Date:11.55 pm Tuesday 23rd September 2025

Attachments:

• 915926 ANUM RHP - Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• 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 and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 915926

Advertised: 16 Sep 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time

Applications close: 23 Sep 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time