$125,183 - $130,779 + Super + Salary Packaging
* RN3 Salary -$125,183 - $130,779 + Super + Salary Packaging
* Ongoing, Full-Time Role
About the role
As the Nurse Manager – Flow Coordinator, you'll play a vital leadership role in supporting mental health nursing practice through effective bed management, risk management processes, and accreditation activities across our services. Drawing on your clinical expertise, you will help shape safe, efficient and consistent patient flow by coordinating daily operations and developing systems that support 24-hour service delivery. Working closely with clinical and management teams across Central Adelaide Mental Health inpatient units, emergency departments and community services, you'll be central in ensuring patients receive timely, high-quality care.
In this role, you will hold accountability for nursing management outcomes, addressing gaps between practice and policy, and strengthening a positive, safe and supportive workplace culture. You may provide management support to specific wards, portfolios or programs, and lead initiatives, projects and service improvements aimed at enhancing patient outcomes and care experience. This is a rewarding opportunity to contribute to system-wide improvements while supporting teams to deliver their best work every day.
About You
You're an experienced mental health nursing leader who brings compassion, clarity and confidence to complex environments, with the ability to guide teams, support safe patient flow and strengthen high-quality care across services. You thrive in multidisciplinary settings, value collaboration, and are committed to delivering person-centred, culturally responsive care.
You will bring:
* Current nursing registration plus postgraduate mental health qualifications, ensuring a strong clinical foundation and commitment to best practice.
* Proven leadership capability, with strengths in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and guiding teams through change.
* Extensive mental health experience, including clinical practice, multidisciplinary collaboration, consumer and carer engagement, and supervision of staff.
* Sound knowledge of mental health legislation, safety standards and bed-flow processes, with confidence using relevant systems and applying quality improvement principles.
About CALHN
At Central Adelaide (CALHN), we're shaping the future of health through excellence in clinical care, research, and innovation. As South Australia's largest health network, we deliver exceptional, safe and connected healthcare—for our patients, our community, and our people.
With more than 17,000 dedicated employees, every day at CALHN presents an opportunity to make a real impact—not because it's expected, but because our values guide us to be our best.
Join us and be part of a team that's driven by a commitment to a seamless safe and connected experience for all.
Benefits
Salary Benefits
Enjoy flexible salary packaging options, including up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (such as mortgage, rent, utilities and groceries) plus an additional $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses.
Annual Leave
Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
Health and Fitness Benefits
Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program for you and your family, plus an annual voluntary flu vaccination to support your wellbeing.
Employee Assistance Program
Confidential counselling and support services for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
Flexible Work Arrangements
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.
Employee Recognition
Join a workplace where our people are celebrated through awards for innovation, collaboration, and outstanding contributions to health.
Career Opportunities
Explore career growth within the SA Health system with opportunities for skill development and movement across various metropolitan and regional sites.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
CALHN is an Equal Opportunities employer 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, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community.
Application Information
Please refer to the role description for essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position.
How to Apply
Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information
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