Associate Nurse Unit Manager – Yorketown Hospital

• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Yorktown
• Salary $97,420 – $104,154 p.a. (pro rata) – Ongoing Part Time (28 hours per week) – RN/M2A

Overview

We have a fantastic leadership opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse, in the role of Associate Nurse Unit Manager, at Yorketown Hospital.

Yorketown Hospital (Southern Yorke Peninsula Health Service) offers health services to the wider community encompassing nearby seaside towns and townships on the lower Yorke Peninsula. Services offered include 24-hour accident and emergency, acute medical services (26 acute beds), palliative care, and colonoscopy day procedure.

The Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM), apart from primarily providing nursing and/or midwifery services, provides support to the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) or equivalent in the leadership of nurses in the health service.

You will be expected to undertake a portfolio within which you will:

• promote continuity and consistency of care in collaboration with other ANUMs and the NUM or equivalent;
• assist the NUM in implementing practice changes; and
• assist the NUM in management responsibilities, e.g. performance management processes, recruitment, staffing, leave management, rostering, work allocation and attendance management, financial and supplies planning and monitoring.

You must be registered as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and holds a current practicing certificate, with at least 3 years post registration experience or currently classified as a clinical Nurse/Midwife.

The Yorke Peninsula offers stunning beaches and friendly local towns. It is one of SA’s most accessible seaside escape locations with breathtaking coastlines and national parks. It is a place to experience fresh seafood from local providers and you’ll also find plenty of bakeries, craft breweries and distilleries. Walking trails, diving, surfing, and cycling are just some of the recreational activities the Yorke Peninsula has to offer.

The Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN) supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe in their work environment. This culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

A career in the YNLHN can be very rewarding and comes with great lifestyles benefits. Whether you want to specialise in a particular area like Renal, Emergency, Perioperative, Mental Health or Community Health, we have diverse job prospects and opportunities to fast track your skills and career. Not to mention your choice of scenery from farm to ocean, vineyards, and the Southern Flinders Ranges

This is a part time vacancy, working 56 hours per fortnight and salary will be adjusted according to actual hours worked.

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.  For information about Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found here.

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: 849085.

Enquiries

Abbie Bray
Administration Officer
Phone: 08 8852 1200
E-mail: Abbie.Bray@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

29 November 2023 – 11.55PM

Attachments

 849085 ANUM – Yorketown Hospital Job Pack.pdf

 JCS+RN+Administration+final.pdf

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