Associate Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager

Lead Theatre Intelligence: Associate Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager

Join a supportive and innovative team where you will have the opportunity to combine your clinical expertise, leadership skills and health informatics knowledge to make a meaningful impact on patient care. In this role, you will provide high-quality nursing services while supporting the Nursing Unit Manager in leading, mentoring and developing staff within the ward, unit or service.

You will also play a key role in the administration and optimisation of the ORMIS theatre information system, providing system support, maintaining data quality, delivering staff training and developing reports for a wide range of stakeholders. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, support operational excellence and help drive safe, efficient and patient-centred care across perioperative services.

About you:

• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years post registration experience as a Registered Nurse/Midwife
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Effective communication skills including, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Ability to be, creative, innovative and flexible when approaching issues within a healthcare setting

Why SALHN?

• Join the fastest growing Local Health Network in SA: Take your career further with our hospitals growing rapidly, new opportunities are emerging across every stage of your career
• Work Local: Enjoy the benefits of spending less time travelling to work every day and gain a strong sense of purpose and fulfilment from directly contributing to the health and wellbeing of your local community
• Join a supportive team: Increase your job satisfaction by working in a friendly, collaborative team with access to approachable, flexible, and supportive colleagues and managers who respect and value your contribution, expertise and knowledge

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Ada Lam, NUM, (08) 8204 6401, [email protected]

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Tuesday 7th July 2026

Attachments:

• Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including 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 Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 943702