Advanced Nurse Unit Manager

Job no: 916612

Work type: Full time

Location: Adelaide Metro Northern

Categories: Nursing/Midwifery

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – Elizabeth Vale
• Salary: $132,177 - $137,771 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – RN4
• Ongoing Full-Time

About the Role:

Join the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as an Advanced Nurse Unit Manager within our highly skilled Emergency Department and Emergency Extended Care Unit.

In this leadership position, you will use your clinical expertise to manage and coordinate nursing and multidisciplinary team activities, ensuring continuity and quality of care. You will be accountable for nursing practices and multidisciplinary outcomes, addressing any gaps between practice and policy and fostering a positive team culture focused on excellent patient/client outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• provide strategic leadership and operational management
• lead, manage and oversee nursing care and health service delivery
• coordinate multidisciplinary team activities to optimise patient care
• drive quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based practice implementation
• manage resource allocation, staffing and budget oversight
• mentor and develop nursing staff while fostering professional growth

At least 3 years experience as a registered nurse is required.

To be eligible for this position, you must be 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.

About You:

To excel in this role, you must possess extensive leadership experience, clinical expertise and strong clinical governance and quality improvement knowledge.

If you are a clinical leader with strong management skills and a passion for delivering high-quality care, we want to hear from you Apply now to make a meaningful impact in patient care and team leadership.

About Us:

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

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.

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: 916612

Enquiries:

Leanne Tossell

Nursing Director

Phone:

E-mail:

Application Closing Date:

10 October 2025 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

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

Advertised: 26 Sep 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time

Applications close: 10 Oct 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time