SA Health
Job reference: 927930
Location: 5112 - ELIZABETH VALE
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
About the Role:
Join the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Nurse Unit Manager within the Division of Medicine and lead integrated care services that connect hospital and community health. This is a key leadership role within one of South Australia’s largest health networks, shaping high‑quality, coordinated care for our community.
In this role, you will oversee nursing services across integrated care pathways, ensuring smooth patient transitions and cohesive treatment planning. Your leadership will guide nursing teams, uphold clinical excellence, and drive service improvement across multiple care settings.
Key Responsibilities:
* lead and manage nursing staff within an integrated care model
* coordinate patient care across hospital and community services
* ensure compliance with clinical governance and safety standards
* collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimise patient outcomes
* drive quality improvement initiatives
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:
In this role you will possess proven leadership and management experience with strong communication, problem solving, and conflict resolution skills, the ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, experience improving models of care with a person and family centred focus, commitment to developing staff capability and fostering a positive workplace culture and demonstrated ability to lead change, support consumer engagement, and innovate across services.
You’ll be part of a supportive, forward‑thinking network committed to evidence‑based practice, innovation and improving health outcomes for South Australians.
If you’re ready to lead integrated care with purpose and impact, apply today and help shape the future of patient‑centred healthcare.
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.
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
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: 927930
Enquiries:
Bek Lamb
Nursing Director, Division of Medicine
Phone: (08) 8282 0***
E-mail: ************@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
6 March 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
927930 - Nurse Unit Manager - Integrated Care - RN3 - role description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
Flexibility Statement
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.