At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide critical care in a fast-paced emergency department and support patients through their toughest moments.
- Company: Join the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network, a leading healthcare provider in South Australia.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, salary packaging, flexible hours, and career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic team committed to high-quality health services and community wellbeing.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your nursing skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Must be a registered nurse with emergency or acute care experience.
The predicted salary is between 79381 - 108311 $ per year.
Registered / Clinical Nurse - LMH Emergency Department
Job no: 952995
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112
Salary (plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits): RN1 $79,381 - $108,311 p.a. (Pro Rata) RN2 $92,731 - $117,215 p.a. (Pro Rata)
Ongoing Part-Time – 32 hours per week
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Registered / Clinical Nurse within the Emergency Department at Lyell McEwin Hospital. Lyell McEwin Hospital's Emergency Department is one of South Australia's busiest — a place where clinical skill, composure, and genuine care for people come together every shift. If you're a Registered Nurse ready to grow within a high-acuity environment that invests in your development, this part-time ongoing role could be your next step.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Triaging and assessing patients across all acuity levels in line with Australasian Triage Scale guidelines
- Delivering timely, patient-centred nursing care within a fast-moving, multidisciplinary team
- Contributing to clinical handover, documentation, and quality improvement activities
- Supporting junior staff and students in line with your scope of practice
What You'll Bring:
- Demonstrated emergency or acute care nursing experience
- Sound triage skills or a commitment to developing them within a supported ED environment
- Ability to work collaboratively within Northern Adelaide Local Health Network's values of respect, integrity, and care
- Strong clinical assessment and prioritisation skills under pressure
To be eligible for this position, you must be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse/Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practising certificate.
About You:
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.
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.
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).
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Application Closing Date: 6 November 2026 – 11.55PM
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