Nurse Unit Manager- Scrub/Scout

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

Job summary

SA Health, through Flinders Medical Centre, seeks an experienced Nurse Unit Manager to lead the scrub/scout team in a high-acuity perioperative environment. You will guide clinical practice, rostering and quality improvement while shaping the culture of the operating suite.

The role requires current Nurse registration in Australia, strong leadership and perioperative expertise, and the ability to drive clinical standards across a dynamic surgical service.

Qualifications

• 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 practicing certificate.
• Demonstrated extensive perioperative nursing experience.
• Strong leadership, communication and team-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead scrub/scout nursing team in a high-acuity perioperative environment.
• Oversee rostering, clinical practice, and quality improvement across the operating suite.
• Drive clinical standards and contribute to policy development within the unit.

Skills

Nurse leadership

Perioperative nursing

Team rostering

Quality improvement

Education

Nurse Registration (Australia)

Job description

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 practicing 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

Want To Know More? Contact: Kathryn Morgan, Advanced Nurse Manager Perioperative Services, 0466014716, [email protected]

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.
• 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