Nurse Unit Manager- Medical Unit

SA Health; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SA Health in Adelaide seeks an experienced nurse leader to manage the Medical Unit within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network. You will oversee day‑to‑day operations and balance clinical excellence with people management and service delivery.

Lead nursing and support staff with visible, hands‑on leadership, drive patient safety and quality improvements, and manage rostering, workforce planning and staff development.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing and support staff across the Medical Unit with visible, hands‑on leadership.
• Drive patient safety, quality improvement, and compliance with clinical standards.

Job description

Embracing person centred practice in all aspects of the role.

Key responsibilities

• Reporting to senior nursing leadership within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN), you will lead the day-to-day operations of the Medical Unit, balancing clinical excellence with people management and service delivery.
• Providing visible, hands‑on leadership to nursing and support staff across the unit.
• Driving patient safety, quality improvement, and compliance with clinical standards.
• Managing rostering, workforce planning, and staff performance and development.

What you need

• In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships.
• An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.
• You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high‑quality health services within modern facilities.