Job no: 919297
Work type: Part time
Loca­tion: Eyre and West­ern
Cat­e­gories: Nursing/​Midwifery

• Eyre and Far North Local Health Net­work, Port Lin­coln Hospital
• Salary: RN/M1 $74,831 to $102,103 p.a. (Pro-rata) + Super­an­nu­a­tion + leave Load­ing & Salary Sacrifice
• Per­ma­nent Part time posi­tion — 0.63 FTE (Hours are nego­tiable, with the pos­si­bil­i­ty of one or more posi­tions being available)
• Eli­gi­bil­i­ty Open to Everyone 

The Role

Are you a ded­i­cat­ed and expe­ri­enced Reg­is­tered Nurse with a pas­sion for peri­op­er­a­tive care?
Port Lin­coln Hos­pi­tal is seek­ing enthu­si­as­tic pro­fes­sion­als to join our dynam­ic Pre-admis­sion and Out­pa­tient Ser­vices team with­in the Oper­at­ing The­atre envi­ron­ment. This is a fan­tas­tic oppor­tu­ni­ty to play a key role in deliv­er­ing high-qual­i­ty, patient-cen­tred sur­gi­cal care in a sup­port­ive and col­lab­o­ra­tive setting.

As a Reg­is­tered Nurse in the Pre-admis­sion and Out­pa­tient Ser­vices Depart­ment with­in the Oper­at­ing The­atre, you will play a vital role in deliv­er­ing high-qual­i­ty nurs­ing care in a dynam­ic sur­gi­cal envi­ron­ment. Your key respon­si­bil­i­ties will include:

• Pro­vid­ing nurs­ing care in accor­dance with best prac­tices and reg­u­la­to­ry stan­dards, ensur­ing patient safe­ty and com­fort throughout.
• Con­tin­u­ous­ly devel­op­ing your knowl­edge and skills, pro­gress­ing from novice to pro­fi­cient prac­tice through ongo­ing pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and experience.
• Accept­ing account­abil­i­ty for your own stan­dards of nurs­ing care and for activ­i­ties del­e­gat­ed to oth­ers, ensur­ing the high­est qual­i­ty of patient care at all times.
• Pro­vide health pro­mo­tion and edu­ca­tion, to patients/​clients or groups and car­ers to improve the health out­comes of individual.

About You

• You will be reg­is­tered or eli­gi­ble for reg­is­tra­tion as a Nurse or Nurse/​Midwife by the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia, and hold or be eli­gi­ble to hold a cur­rent prac­tic­ing certificate
• You will have effec­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, includ­ing prob­lem solv­ing, con­flict res­o­lu­tion and nego­ti­a­tion skills
• Abil­i­ty to work effec­tive­ly with­in a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team and pri­ori­tise work­loads, you will be cre­ative, inno­v­a­tive and flex­i­ble when approach­ing issues with­in a health­care setting.
• Demon­strat­ed com­mit­ment to pro­vid­ing consumer/​client and fam­i­ly cen­tred care.

The Region

The Eyre and Far North Local Health Net­work (EFNL­HN) cov­ers almost 440,000 square kilo­me­tres of spec­tac­u­lar South Aus­tralia, sup­port­ing about 40,000 peo­ple liv­ing around Eyre Penin­su­la and the Far North of the state.

With its ancient out­back land­scapes and cul­ture, bou­tique vine­yards, renowned oys­ter farms and Australia’s best-kept-secret surf coast, the Eyre Penin­su­la and Far North offers a lifestyle that will inspire and ener­gise you. The region enjoys a Mediter­ranean style cli­mate so there’s plen­ty of oppor­tu­ni­ty to enjoy every­thing the region has to offer. From surf­ing and fish­ing to hik­ing and explor­ing the out­back – cre­ate your best life, right here.

To find out more about work­ing in Eyre and Far North LHN vis­it Eyre and Far North LHN | SA Health

Port Lin­coln Hos­pi­tal a mod­ern 48-bed hos­pi­tal com­plete with Spe­cial Care unit, Chemotherapy/​Renal dial­y­sis Unit and Oper­at­ing Rooms facil­i­ties. There is a wide range of vis­it­ing sur­geons and the facil­i­ty pro­vides med­ical, spe­cial care, sur­gi­cal, obstet­ric, pal­lia­tive care and ser­vices for chil­dren. Sit­u­at­ed in a beau­ti­ful coastal loca­tion, Port Lin­coln Hos­pi­tal is one of four rur­al gen­er­al hos­pi­tals in South Aus­tralia, and has a range of clin­i­cal spe­cial­ties along with a large and sta­ble workforce.

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)
• 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: 919297

Enquiries

Jacque­line Ogilvy
Posi­tion: Nurse Man­ag­er
Phone: 86832054
E‑mail: Jacqueline.​Ogilvy@​sa.​gov.​au

Appli­ca­tion Clos­ing Date

12 Novem­ber 2025 — 2 week close — 11.55PM

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

Attach­ments

919297 — RN01 — Reg­is­tered Nurse-Out­pa­tients — Port Lin­coln — Role Description.pdf