Nurse Unit Manager in Adelaide

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin & Modbury Hospital – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112 & MODBURY 5092

Salary: $132,794 - $138,730 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits– RN3A Ongoing Full-Time - 2 positions.

Wards 2F (Day Procedure Unit) and 2FX at Lyell McEwin Hospital Wards 1 East and 1 West (Day Procedure Unit) at Modbury Hospital.

About the Role:

Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals are some of South Australia's busiest tertiary referral centres, and Wards 2F and 2FX at Lyell McEwin and Wards 1 East and 1 West at Modbury are at the heart of Surgical day and inpatient care. As Nurse Unit Manager, you will lead a skilled nursing team delivering high-quality care in these surgical environments — and your leadership will have influence on every shift, every outcome, and every person coming into your units.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational and clinical leadership across Wards 2F (Day Procedure Unit 8 chairs) and 2FX (11 bed Surgical Ward), to ensure safe, person-centred care is delivered consistently.
• Drive workforce planning, rostering, and staff development to maintain a capable and supported nursing team.
• Partner with medical, allied health, and multidisciplinary colleagues to coordinate patient flow and care transitions.
• Contribute to quality improvement, accreditation activity, and clinical governance processes aligned with NALHN priorities.

Modbury Hospital:

• Provide day-to-day operational and clinical leadership across Wards 1 West (Day Procedure Unit 20 chairs) and 1 East (11 bed Surgical Ward), to ensure safe, person-centred care is delivered consistently.
• Drive workforce planning, rostering, and staff development to maintain a capable and supported nursing team.
• Partner with medical, allied health, and multidisciplinary colleagues to coordinate patient flow and care transitions.
• Contribute to quality improvement, accreditation activity, and clinical governance processes aligned with NALHN priorities.

Key Attributes

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA), with a minimum of 3 years post registration experience.
• Demonstrated experience in a nursing leadership or management role within an acute surgical inpatient and/or day procedure unit setting.
• Sound understanding of contemporary workforce management, including rostering and performance support.
• Proven ability to lead teams through change while maintaining staff wellbeing and clinical standards.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills in multidisciplinary environments.
• Commitment to fostering and promoting person centred practice.

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.

About You:

In these roles 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 displaying resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to these roles.

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 teams.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

• From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression.
• 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.

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. Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances).