• Eyre and Far North Local Health Net­work, Com­mu­ni­ty Nurs­ing, Coober Pedy
• Salary: RN/M2C $87,416 to $110,497 p.a. + Super­an­nu­a­tion + leave load­ing and Salary Sac­ri­fice Benefits
• Per­ma­nent Full-time position
• Eli­gi­bil­i­ty Open to Everyone 

Look­ing for a new direc­tion in your nurs­ing career?

Whether you want to expand your clin­i­cal skills, enjoy greater flex­i­bil­i­ty, or sim­ply try some­thing dif­fer­ent, we’d love to hear from you.

Com­mu­ni­ty nurs­ing is a tru­ly reward­ing field where you’ll build mean­ing­ful con­nec­tions with patients and fam­i­lies while sup­port­ing hos­pi­tal avoid­ance strategies.

At Com­mu­ni­ty & Allied Health, your well­be­ing mat­ters. We val­ue work-life bal­ance and may be able to offer flex­i­ble arrange­ments such as part-time hours, school-friend­ly shifts, or reduced hours. Our Coober Pedy ser­vice oper­ates Mon­day to Fri­day, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, deliv­er­ing high-qual­i­ty nurs­ing care in both our clin­ic and patients’ homes.

As part of your role, you’ll pro­vide nurs­ing ser­vices including:

• Wound and CVAD management
• Uri­nary catheter and stoma care
• Bax­ter infu­sions and med­ica­tion administration
• Post-acute and aged care support

You’ll also be part of a sup­port­ive, mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary team, work­ing along­side spe­cial­ist nurs­es in areas such as dia­betes, can­cer care, stoma man­age­ment, pal­lia­tive care, com­mu­ni­ty aged care, and NDIS support.

Key Respon­si­bil­i­ties:

• Pro­vide direct per­son-cen­tred nurs­ing care and advanced clin­i­cal nurs­ing ser­vices to patients in a vari­ety of com­mu­ni­ty health settings.
• Take account­abil­i­ty for per­son­al prac­tice stan­dards, del­e­gat­ing tasks to oth­ers and fos­ter­ing development.
• Sup­port the devel­op­ment of nurs­ing prac­tice by guid­ing less expe­ri­enced staff and students.
• Col­lab­o­rate with mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary teams to deliv­er the best care outcomes.
• Man­age and pri­ori­tise your work­load effec­tive­ly to meet care deliv­ery goals.
• Con­tribute to qual­i­ty improve­ment ini­tia­tives, ensur­ing patient safe­ty and opti­mal care standards.

What We’re Look­ing For:

• Reg­is­tered Nurse with at least 3 years of post-reg­is­tra­tion experience 
• Abil­i­ty to lead, sup­port, and men­tor oth­er nurs­ing staff, includ­ing stu­dents and enrolled nurses.
• Strong com­mu­ni­ca­tion, prob­lem-solv­ing, and con­flict-res­o­lu­tion skills, with the abil­i­ty to be cre­ative, inno­v­a­tive and flex­i­ble when approach­ing issues with­in the clin­i­cal setting.
• Abil­i­ty to work inde­pen­dent­ly, pri­ori­tis­ing care while meet­ing deadlines.
• Sol­id wound care knowl­edge with a broad under­stand­ing of wound care dress­ings and the heal­ing process.
• Knowl­edge of con­tem­po­rary health­care issues and qual­i­ty improve­ment systems. 
• If you are a skilled, moti­vat­ed nurse ready to con­tribute to a for­ward-think­ing health­care ser­vice, we want to hear from you!

About Us
With its ancient out­back land­scapes, bou­tique vine­yards, oys­ter farms and Australia’s best-kept-secret surf coast, Eyre and Far North will inspire and ener­gise you.

The Eyre and Far North Local Health Net­work (EFNL­HN) is respon­si­ble for the plan­ning and deliv­ery of hos­pi­tal and health ser­vices over 337,626 square kilo­me­tres, tak­ing in the Eyre Penin­su­la, west­ern part of South Aus­tralia and north to Coober Pedy. We are one of the largest LHNs by area in Aus­tralia and com­mu­ni­ties include Ceduna, Cleve, Coober Pedy, Cow­ell, Cum­mins, Ellis­ton, Kim­ba, Ood­na­dat­ta, Port Lin­coln, Streaky Bay, Tum­by Bay and Wudinna.

Ser­vices include acute care, med­ical, acci­dent and emer­gency, surgery, birthing and mid­wifery, spe­cial­ist con­sul­tan­cy, renal dial­y­sis, chemother­a­py, trans­fu­sions, reha­bil­i­ta­tion, res­i­den­tial and com­mu­ni­ty aged care, respite care, tran­si­tion­al care pack­ages, Abo­rig­i­nal health, men­tal health, allied health, com­mu­ni­ty health, com­mu­ni­ty nurs­ing, pal­lia­tive care, com­mu­ni­ty home sup­port pack­ages and home modifications.

Click here to learn more about liv­ing and work­ing in Eyre and Far North Local Health Network.

Why Join Us

• Make a real dif­fer­ence and feel like an impor­tant part of the com­mu­ni­ty. Being part of Eyre & Far North means you will be sup­port­ed both per­son­al­ly and pro­fes­sion­al­ly, can take advan­tage of edu­ca­tion and train­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties, will have access to flex­i­ble work­ing hours and be part of an inter-pro­fes­sion­al approach to holis­tic health care. 
• Job secu­ri­ty and inclu­sions: in addi­tion to the annu­al salary and enti­tle­ments (super­an­nu­a­tion, leave load­ing and allowances), we also offer salary sac­ri­fice ben­e­fits, watch a short video about what salary pack­ag­ing is.
• Relo­ca­tion reim­burse­ment of up to $15,000 may be avail­able to peo­ple relo­cat­ing for this oppor­tu­ni­ty. More infor­ma­tion avail­able from SA Health Careers — Relo­ca­tion support.
• Sup­port­ive and col­lab­o­ra­tive work envi­ron­ment where your con­tri­bu­tions are val­ued and recognised. 

Appli­cant Infor­ma­tion
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: 913154

Enquiries

Melanie Tiller
Posi­tion: Asso­ciate Nurse Unit Man­ag­er
Phone: 86261310
E‑mail: Melanie.​Tiller@​sa.​gov.​au

Appli­ca­tion Clos­ing Date
28 Sep­tem­ber 2025 — 2 week close — 11.55PM

Refer to the SA Health Career Web­site - How to apply for fur­ther information.

Attach­ments

• 913154 RN2 C Clin­i­cal Nurse Com­mu­ni­ty Health CAH Coober Pedy Role Descrip­tion
• JCSRN Com­mu­ni­ty­fi­nal
• Aus­tralian appli­cant guide­lines
• Inter­na­tion­al appli­cant guidelines
  

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion and to apply vis­it www​.sahealth​.sa​.gov​.au/​c​a​reers and search for Job Ref: 913154

Con­tact:
Melanie Tiller
Phone: 08 86261310
E‑mail: Melanie.​Tiller@​sa.​gov.​au