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Salary- Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Community Health
- Location: Various locations across the region
- Salary $100,343 - $107,279 p.a. (pro rata) - RN/M2A
- Temporary Part time (0.73 FTE) up to 30 June 2024
Overview
A great leadership opportunity for an Associate Nurse Unit Manager to join our Better Care in the Community team within Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN).
Better Care in the Community is a program enabling better support for people with chronic conditions to reduce the number of potentially avoidable emergency department presentations, hospital admissions, and decrease length of stay in hospital. We have a small team of nurses working across the region supplying both Chronic Disease management but also Rehabilitation Services. Our nurses attend the Acute Wards providing education and support to inpatients with Cardiac, Pulmonary or Diabetes. We continue to provide support to outpatients with chronic disease to via phone contact, face to face education/support assessments and offer an 8 week Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation within local exercise facilities. Our nurses are advocates for healthy lifestyle choices and work closely with allied health professionals to support clients to achieve health goals.
The Associate Nurse Unit Manager will provide support to the Nurse Unit Managerin the leadership of nurses/midwives in the service. This is achieved by promoting continuity and consistency of care, assisting in the implementation of practice changes and undertaking management responsibilities eg performance management, rostering, recruitment, leave management, etc.
Eligibility
Applicants must be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse or Nurse/Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate with at least 3 years post registration experience or currently classified as a clinical Nurse/Midwife.
Previous experience in supervising student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses and experience working in management and leadership roles within a rural/remote community setting essential.
Applicants are encouraged to review the Role Description within the Job Pack below for more details.
Important Information
A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards and the Southern Flinders ranges. View the below videos for more information about working for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network
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This is a part time vacancy, working 56 hours per fortnight and salary will be adjusted according to actual hours worked.
In addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is. For information about Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found here.
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
Check(s)
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
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: 856099.
Enquiries
Barbara Daw
Patient Journey Team Leader
Phone: 0481 476 ***
E-mail: ***********@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
15 February 2024 - 11.55PM
Attachments
856099 ANUM - Better Care in the Community Job Pack.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines
