• Yorke and North­ern Local Health Net­work, Port Pirie Region­al Health Ser­vice, Ham­mill House
• Salary: RN/RM3 $125,183 — $130,779 p.a. (pro rata) + Super­an­nu­a­tion + leave Load­ing & Salary Sac­ri­fice Benefits
• Ongo­ing full time (tem­po­rary con­tract can be negotiated)
• Flex­i­ble work­ing hours can be nego­ti­at­ed, ros­ter will be Mon­day to Friday
• Accom­mo­da­tion can be arranged if required

Dri­ve Change, Inspire Teams, and Deliv­er Qual­i­ty Aged Care

Look­ing to lead with pur­pose in aged care? At Ham­mill House, part of Port Pirie Region­al Health Ser­vice, we’re seek­ing a dynam­ic Nurse Unit Man­ag­er – Aged Care to cham­pi­on qual­i­ty care and lead a pas­sion­ate mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team. This is your oppor­tu­ni­ty to cre­ate mean­ing­ful impact in the lives of res­i­dents, staff and the broad­er community.

As the piv­otal leader with­in our res­i­den­tial aged care team, you’ll dri­ve excel­lence in clin­i­cal care, man­age resources effec­tive­ly, and embed a cul­ture of safe­ty, com­pas­sion and con­tin­u­ous improve­ment — all aligned with the Aged Care Qual­i­ty Stan­dards.

Key Respon­si­bil­i­ties

• Lead, men­tor and devel­op a high-per­form­ing team
• Over­see clin­i­cal care deliv­ery, doc­u­men­ta­tion and risk management
• Dri­ve qual­i­ty improve­ment, safe­ty, and compliance
• Fos­ter col­lab­o­ra­tion across inter­nal teams and exter­nal partners
• Cham­pi­on con­sumer engage­ment and fam­i­ly-cen­tred care
• Man­age resources, recruit­ment, ros­ter­ing and staff development

What We’re Look­ing For

• 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. 
• At least 3 years’ post-reg­is­tra­tion nurs­ing experience
• Strong lead­er­ship, com­mu­ni­ca­tion and prob­lem-solv­ing skills
• Proven expe­ri­ence in aged care and team supervision
• Knowl­edge of aged care leg­is­la­tion, stan­dards and reporting
• Tech-savvy with sys­tems like LeeCare and Microsoft Office

Ready to make a dif­fer­ence where it mat­ters most?
Join a sup­port­ive region­al net­work where your lead­er­ship will shape lives, ser­vices, and the future of aged care.

Why work for us?

A career in the Yorke and North­ern Local Health Net­work offers many great lifestyle ben­e­fits, includ­ing diverse job prospects and the oppor­tu­ni­ty to fast track your skills and career, not to men­tion your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vine­yards and the South­ern Flinders ranges. View the below videos for more infor­ma­tion about work­ing for Yorke and North­ern Local Health Network

Yorke and North­ern LHN — We care for you

Work with us — Yorke and North­ern LHN

Click here to find out more about work­ing with Yorke and North­ern Local Health Network 

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.

In addi­tion to the annu­al salary and enti­tle­ments (super­an­nu­a­tion & leave load­ing), we also offer salary sac­ri­fice ben­e­fits, watch a short video about what salary pack­ag­ing is click here. For infor­ma­tion about the eli­gi­bil­i­ty for the Relo­ca­tion Sup­port work­ing for SA Health can be found here.

Appoint­ment will be sub­ject to a sat­is­fac­to­ry Crim­i­nal His­to­ry Check and appro­pri­ate immu­ni­sa­tion requirements.

Check(s)

• DHS Work­ing With Chil­dren Check (WWCC)
• NDIS Work­er Screening 
• 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

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: 907542 

Enquiries

Vanes­sa Wat­son
Posi­tion: Cen­STaR Admin­is­tra­tion Offi­cer
Phone: 0468810489
E‑mail: vanessa.​watson@​sa.​gov.​au

Appli­ca­tion Clos­ing Date

30 Octo­ber 2025 — 4 week close — 11.55PM

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

Attach­ments

907542 Nurse Unit Man­ag­er — Role Description.pdf

Aus­tralian appli­cant guidelines

Inter­na­tion­al appli­cant guidelines