SA Health
Job reference: 888208
Location: 5000 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Central Adelaide Local Health Network, The Royal Adelaide Hospital
• Salary RN-3 $121,537 - $126,970 p.a.+ Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Permanent full-time

About the Role
As a Nurse Unit Manager within the Cancer Unit, you will be at the forefront of coordinating and leading patient care delivery, ensuring the highest standards of care and outcomes for our patients. You will utilise your clinical expertise to lead and manage a team of nursing, midwifery, and multidisciplinary professionals, focusing on continuity of care and fostering a collaborative environment that enhances patient experiences and outcomes. Your leadership will be instrumental in developing team performance, addressing practice inconsistencies, and maintaining a positive and supportive work culture.
In this role, you will be accountable for both nursing and multidisciplinary outcomes, ensuring they align with organisational policies and best practices. As part of the Cancer Program leadership team, you will play a key role in achieving strategic, operational, and financial goals, driving excellence in patient care. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic leader to make a meaningful impact in a specialised area of healthcare while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and patient-focused care.
About You
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Nurse Unit Manager to lead our Cancer Unit team. To be successful in this role, you will bring the following key qualities:

• Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and a practising certificate.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with experience in conflict resolution and team management.
• Proven ability to enhance care models, focusing on person-centred approaches and driving change management.
• Minimum of 3 years’ post-registration experience, with a background in management, staff development, and consumer engagement.

About CALHN
The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South’s Australia’s major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.
We’re looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.
Benefit of Joining CALHN
At CALHN, we're dedicated to your career satisfaction and wellbeing, offering tailored benefits for healthcare professionals, including:

• Salary Attractions: Flexible options for salary packaging covering living expenses, meal and entertainment allowances, and novated leasing.
• Professional Development: Opportunity to apply for reimbursement of eligible professional development activities, and access to dedicated leave for ongoing learning.
• Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
• 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.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families.
• Career Opportunities: Explore career growth within the SA Health system with opportunities for skill development and movement across various metropolitan and regional sites.
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services are available via our Employee Assistance Program.

Join CALHN for a fulfilling career bolstered by comprehensive benefits and unwavering commitment to your success.
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.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position.
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Application Closing Date
11:55 pm Friday 20 December 2024
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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.