Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Adolescent Ward

Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Adolescent Ward

Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Paediatric Medicine - Adolescent Ward, North Adelaide (5006)

Salary: $107,487 to $114,917 + 12% Super & Salary Sacrifice Work type: Full-time, Term Contract (temporary up to 25.6.27) Location: Onsite, North Adelaide

Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s primary provider of care for women, babies, children, and young people. WCHN is dedicated to advancing healthcare through compassion, innovation, and excellence, with a strong focus on community engagement.

What WCHN Offers:

• Salary packaging benefits up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g., mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries).
• An additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport, a workplace health and fitness program offering a wide selection of gyms and pools across South Australia for staff and their families.
• Complimentary public transport to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for metropolitan hospital staff (network community sites excluded).
• Employee Assistance Program support for staff and their families.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Further details are available from the enquiries person.

About the Role: This position involves providing nursing and midwifery services across various clinical settings, progressing from competent to proficient practice. The role requires accountability for one's own practice, delegated tasks, and supporting less experienced staff. The Associate Nurse Unit Manager will assist the Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager with leadership duties. These include managing staffing, rostering, recruitment, performance, resource planning, and implementing practice changes, all while fostering continuity and consistency of care.

Key Duties:

• Deliver proficient, person-centred nursing/midwifery care and oversee daily care delivery, ensuring appropriate patient outcomes and safe clinical practice within the team/unit.
• Support the Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager in operational, clinical, and educational activities, including service coordination, problem-solving, and change management.
• Contribute to a positive learning environment through clinical teaching, supervision of students and junior staff, and promoting reflective practice and professional development.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives such as clinical audits, research, and evidence-based practice to enhance patient outcomes and service delivery.
• Provide shift-by-shift leadership, facilitate patient flow, act as a clinical resource, and promote continuity and consistency of care across the service.

Skills and Experience:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, holding or eligible to hold a current practising certificate.
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with a minimum of 3 years post-registration experience, or currently classified at Clinical Nurse/Midwife level, demonstrating clinical competence.
• Proficient communication, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills, with the capacity to collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines, work with minimal supervision, and supervise students, enrolled nurses, and less experienced staff.
• Sound understanding of relevant legislation, professional standards, ethics, quality improvement systems, and contemporary nursing/midwifery practice.

Enquiries: Ella Gleeson Nursing Services Director Adolescent Services, Division of Paediatric Medicine Phone: 04•• ••• 770 Email: Ella.Gleeson@sa.gov.au

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For comprehensive details regarding this role, including key selection criteria, special conditions, and minimum requirements, please consult the attached role description and the document checklists.

• Adolescent ANUM Role Description.pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

Information on applying and succeeding in this role is available on the SA Health Careers Site. Refer to the Australian Applicant Guide or the International Application Guide for international applicants.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Thursday 16th July 2026 - 11:55 PM