* Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – Elizabeth Vale
* Salary: $103,353 - $110,497 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – RN2A
* Ongoing Full-Time
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity is now available to join the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager within our Mental Health Short Stay Unit (MHSSU). This role offers the chance to contribute to a dynamic and supportive environment dedicated to delivering high-quality mental health care.
As an Associate Nurse Unit Manager, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality mental health care. You will uphold strong practice standards, support safe delegation, and guide less experienced staff, working closely with the Nurse Unit Manager to ensure compassionate, consistent and person-centred care for patients during some of their most vulnerable moments.
You will also help drive continuity of care and support service improvements by collaborating with fellow ANUMs and the Nurse Unit Manager. Your involvement in staffing, rostering, performance processes and daily operational management will help create a stable, responsive and supportive environment - one that directly enhances the experience and recovery journey of every mental health patient who enters the unit.
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. Must be enrolled in an approved Mental Health course or holds a qualification in mental health practice
About You:
To be successful in this role, you bring strong interpersonal and communication skills that enable effective problem-solving, conflict resolution and negotiation, including the confidence to engage in difficult conversations while maintaining positive working relationships. You work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and manage competing priorities with professionalism and minimal supervision. Your creativity, flexibility and innovative approach support effective responses to challenges within the healthcare setting. With at least three years of post-registration experience, you demonstrate competence aligned with professional standards and have experience supervising student nurses, enrolled nurses and early-career registered nurses.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your leadership journey and contribute to a service that makes a real difference in mental health care, we invite you to apply today.
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.
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: 929178
Enquiries:
Shelagh Latham
Nurse Manager
Phone: 0434 852 ***
E-mail: **************@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
27 February 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
929178 - Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Mental Health Short Stay Unit - RN2A - role description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.