Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Kate Hill Ward

Palliative Care SA; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 117,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Fitness Passport

Free public transport for staff

Employee Assistance Program

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Women’s and Children’s Health Network in Adelaide is seeking an Associate Nurse Unit Manager for the Kate Hill Ward to lead paediatric surgical nursing teams and coordinate patient care for children and families.

You will provide clinical leadership, mentor staff, and support the Nurse Unit Manager in day-to-day operations within a family-centred care model. The role offers ongoing opportunities and benefits within SA Health.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMBA registration or eligibility.
• Minimum 3 years post-registration experience.
• Experience in paediatric surgical nursing.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Ability to lead and motivate staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide proficient, person-centred clinical nursing care.
• Monitor care plans to ensure outcomes.
• Oversee nursing care within the team.
• Support Nurse Unit Manager in management and education.
• Resolve local nursing care or service delivery problems.

Skills

Effective communication

Problem solving

Conflict resolution

Negotiation skills

Leadership

Staff motivation

Paediatric surgical nursing

Job description

Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Kate Hill Ward

Job no: 953835
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide CBD
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery

• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Surgical Services, North Adelaide 5006
• Salary – RN/M2A, $109,637.00 - $117,215.00 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Variable FTE, Ongoing/Permanent and Temporary (fixed term) contracts available.

About WCHN
Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We’re shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites).
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility.

About the role

As Associate Nurse Unit Manager within Kate Hill Ward, you will support the delivery of high-quality, family-centred care while providing clinical leadership, mentoring staff, and coordinating patient flow. Contribute to achieving positive outcomes for children, young people, and their families.

Key duties of the role

• Provide proficient, person centred, clinical nursing care and individual case management to patients.
• Monitor patient care plans to ensure appropriate care outcomes are achieved.
• Oversee the provision of nursing care within the team.
• Assist and support the Nurse Unit Manager or equivalent in management, clinical, and education activities.
• Act to resolve local and immediate nursing care or service delivery problems.

Skills and Experience

• 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.
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years post registration experience or currently classified as a Clinical Nurse.
• Experience in paediatric surgical nursing.
• Effective communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Ability to lead and motivate staff to achieve positive outcomes.

Enquiries can be directed to

Rebecca Bewlex

Nurse Manager

[e-mail]

8161 9977

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Thursday 5 November 2026 at 11:55pm

Advertised: 22 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 05 Nov 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time