At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver high-quality nursing care to elderly patients in a dynamic hospital environment.
- Company: Join Northern Adelaide Local Health Network, a leading public healthcare provider.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, salary packaging, flexible work arrangements, and relocation assistance.
- Other info: Be part of a supportive team committed to innovative healthcare solutions.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of older adults while advancing your nursing career.
- Qualifications: Must be a registered nurse with experience in acute care settings.
The predicted salary is between 79381 - 108311 $ per year.
About the Role:
Lyell McEwin Hospital is one of South Australia's busiest metropolitan health services, and its Acute Care of the Elderly unit is where skilled nursing genuinely changes lives. If you're a Registered Nurse who finds meaning in caring for older patients through complex, acute presentations, these full-time contract roles — running until 30 July 2027 — offer a substantial opportunity to deepen your clinical expertise within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Embedded in the ACE unit at Lyell McEwin Health Service, you will deliver high-quality, patient-centred nursing care to older adults presenting with acute and often multifaceted conditions.
- Working within a dedicated multidisciplinary team, your key responsibilities will include:
- Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualised care for acutely unwell elderly patients
- Collaborating with medical, allied health, and support staff to coordinate safe, timely patient journeys
- Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration using established escalation frameworks
- Contributing to a ward culture that upholds patient dignity, family involvement, and evidence-based practice
What You'll Bring:
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA)
- Demonstrated experience in an acute inpatient setting, ideally with older adult or general medical populations
- Sound clinical assessment skills and confidence managing complex, co-morbid presentations
- Ability to work effectively within a large public health network and adapt to the pace of a busy metro hospital
- A commitment to person-centred, culturally safe care consistent with SA Health's Care Always values
- Understanding of, or willingness to develop skills in, comprehensive geriatric assessment principles
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. In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.
You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high-quality health services within modern facilities. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
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