Director of Nursing

SA Health; Murray Bridge; On-site; AUD 154,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Relocation support

Salary packaging

Inclusive workplace

Job summary

SA Health in Murray and Mallee seeks a Director of Nursing to provide strategic and operational leadership for nursing services, including governance and the residential aged care facility. You will develop and implement frameworks to support safe, contemporary practice and monitor standards across the region.

The role requires senior management experience, extensive nursing credentials, and a proven ability to drive service improvements in a complex health system.

Qualifications

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
• Minimum five years’ post-registration nursing experience.
• Senior management experience in leadership, strategic planning, personnel and financial management.
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Experience implementing new systems and delivering service improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for nursing services.
• Develop frameworks and systems to support safe, contemporary practice.
• Monitor clinical and service delivery standards and governance.
• Ensure cost-effective delivery of health services within the role’s span of control.
• Foster healthy work environments and ongoing professional development.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Financial management

Communication

Change management

Education

Nursing registration

Health administration (postgraduate)

Job description

Job no: 954658
Work type: Full time
Location: Murray and Mallee
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery

• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Renmark.
• RN/M6.3 | Registered Nursing/Midwifery Level 6.3 | $170,628.00 to $170,628.00 p.a.
• Employment: Full time | Ongoing Permanent
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

About the Role:

The Director of Nursing provides strategic and operational leadership, governance and direction for nursing services within the Renmark Paringa District Hospital, including the 89 bed residential aged care facility. The role is accountable for developing and implementing frameworks and systems that support safe, effective and contemporary practice, monitoring clinical and service delivery standards, and ensuring the ongoing improvement of nursing practice, care service provision, clinical governance, healthy work environments and the cost-effective delivery of health services within the role’s span of control.

What We're Looking For:

Essential Criteria

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, with a current practising certificate, and at least five years’ post-registration experience.
• Demonstrated senior management experience in leadership, strategic planning, personnel and financial management.
• Highly developed leadership, communication, negotiation and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and achieve outcomes.
• Proven experience implementing new systems, managing significant change and delivering innovative service improvements.
• Broad knowledge of contemporary healthcare issues, relevant legislation and industrial agreements, and quality improvement systems in a hospital setting.

Desired Criteria

• Postgraduate tertiary qualifications in health administration.
• Recent experience applying information technology in healthcare, with extensive executive management experience and proven employee relations skills.
• Broad understanding of state and local political, legal and socio-economic environments and their impact on hospital management.

About Us

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn. Click here for more information about working for RMCLHN.

• We will provide support, both personally and professionally giving you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role.
• Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments.
• Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety.
• Offer salary sacrifice benefits,watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
• Provide Relocation Support, where applicable.More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support​
• Join RMCLHN's Nursing and Midwifery Team (video)

Applicant Information

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

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

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Job ref

954658

Enquiries

Kelli Ramm
Position: Executive Officer/Director of Nursing
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Application Closing Date

13 November 2026 - 11.55PM

Attachments

RNM6.3 Director of Nursing and Midwifery - Role Description.pdf

About Renmark Factsheet (Digital Version).pdf

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