• Eyre and Far North Local Health Net­work, Oodnadatta
• RN/M3 | Full Time Con­tract | Tem­po­rary (up to 31 July 2026)
• Salary: $125,183 — $130,779 p.a
• Eli­gi­bil­i­ty: Open to Everyone

An excit­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty exists to join our remote area nurs­ing team in Ood­na­dat­ta. Enjoy the South Aus­tralian out­back lifestyle in a close-knit com­mu­ni­ty serv­ing locals, sur­round­ing cat­tle sta­tions, and tourists trav­el­ling along the icon­ic Ood­na­dat­ta Track. Expe­ri­ence the famous Pink Road­house, stun­ning desert views, and the warmth of a his­toric town on the old Ghan rail­way line.

We are seek­ing a skilled and com­pas­sion­ate Remote Area Reg­is­tered Nurse to pro­vide com­pre­hen­sive, cul­tur­al­ly safe health­care to the Ood­na­dat­ta com­mu­ni­ty. You will man­age the day-to-day oper­a­tions of the local clin­ic and deliv­er emer­gency care after hours and on week­ends as required.

Work­ing as part of a small, ded­i­cat­ed team — includ­ing anoth­er Reg­is­tered Nurse and an Abo­rig­i­nal Health Work­er — and in part­ner­ship with the Roy­al Fly­ing Doc­tor Ser­vice, Dun­ji­ba Coun­cil, and Ood­na­dat­ta Abo­rig­i­nal School, you will play a vital role in sup­port­ing health out­comes and well­be­ing across this unique and remote region.

If you’re look­ing for a reward­ing role that com­bines pro­fes­sion­al chal­lenge, lead­er­ship, and com­mu­ni­ty con­nec­tion in one of South Australia’s most icon­ic out­back set­tings, we’d love to hear from you.

What We’re Look­ing For:

• 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.
• Min­i­mum of 3 years (full-time equiv­a­lent) post-reg­is­tra­tion experience.
• Demon­strat­ed com­pe­tence in the rel­e­vant area of nurs­ing and/​or mid­wifery prac­tice in accor­dance with pro­fes­sion­al standards.
• Expe­ri­ence in man­age­ment and lead­er­ship roles.
• Expe­ri­ence super­vis­ing stu­dents, Enrolled Nurs­es, Abo­rig­i­nal Health Workers/​Practitioners, and less expe­ri­enced Reg­is­tered Nurs­es and/​or Midwives.

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.

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)

• 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: 921642

Enquiries

Shaun Peter­son
Nurse Unit Manager
Phone: 8672 5009
Email: Shaun.​Peterson@​sa.​gov.​au

Appli­ca­tion Clos­ing Date

Tues­day 9^th Decem­ber — 11:55PM

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion and to apply vis­it www​.sahealth​.sa​.gov​.au/​c​a​reers and search for Job Ref: 921642