Nurse Unit Manager- Scrub/Scout

Palliative Care SA; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Flinders Medical Centre is seeking an experienced scrub/scout Nurse Unit Manager to lead the perioperative team within the operating suite at a premier SA tertiary surgical service.

Reporting to the Nursing Director, you will oversee clinical practice, rostering, and quality improvement for a high‑acuity perioperative environment, driving patient‑centred care and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse or nurse-midwife with current Australian practicing certificate.
• Minimum 3 years full-time perioperative nursing experience.
• Demonstrated competence in perioperative nursing practice.
• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team and drive quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead scrub/scout nursing team and oversee clinical practice.
• Rostering, workforce planning and quality improvement activities.
• Guide clinical standards across a high‑acuity perioperative environment.
• Contribute to policy development and procedure implementation.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Conflict resolution

Negotiation

Teamwork

Perioperative nursing

Post-registration experience

Education

Nurse registration

Job description

Job no: 952735
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery, Public Health

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre– Perioperative Services
• Salary $130,190 - $136,010 p.a. (Pro Rata) RN/M3| Ongoing Full-Time Position

Own the Operating Suite: Nurse Unit Manager – Perioperative Services

Flinders Medical Centre is looking for an experienced scrub/scout nurse unit manager ready to step into a leadership role at one of South Australia's premier tertiary surgical services. As Nurse Unit Manager you will guide a skilled perioperative team, drive clinical standards across a complex and varied surgical caseload, and shape the day-to-day culture of the operating suite.

About the role:

Reporting to the Nursing Director, as Nurse Unit Manager you will lead the scrub/scout nursing team at Flinders Medical Centre, overseeing clinical practice, rostering, and quality improvement across a high‑acuity perioperative environment.

Duties for the role will include:

• Ensure that service provision and the activities of the Division / Unit / Ward / Service are person and family centred and professionally and effectively conducted by contributing to the development of an integrated team approach and culture which is highly responsive to the needs of our consumers,
• Integrate contemporary information and evidence with personal experience to support the decision making, innovative thinking and objective analysis that are expected at this level. e.g. Expert Clinical knowledge underpins and informs their ability to support and lead clinical services and management activities that contribute to improve and optimise nursing/midwifery care,
• Use available information systems: to inform decision making, to implement and co‑ordinate processes for quality improvement, to monitor and analyse incidents and accidents, to ensure quality and safety is not compromised, to evaluate outcomes and convey information to staff,
• Contribute to the development of, implementation of, and monitoring of corporate policies and processes and lead in their area of expertise

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practising certificate,
• Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills,
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team,
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience,
• Demonstrated competence in in perioperative nursing nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards,
• Extensive clinical experience in Perioperative Nursing

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact:

Kathryn Morgan, Advanced Nurse Manager Perioperative Services, 0466014716, [e-mail]

Application Closing Date:

11.55 pm Sunday 25 October 2026

Attachments:

• OTS NUM Nurse Midwife 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: 952735

Advertised: 06 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 25 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time