Registered Nurse - Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE)

SA Health; Adelaide; Presencial; AUD 79.000 - 108.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Salary packaging

Relocation assistance

Flexible working arrangements

Descripción de la vacante

SA Health is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Aged Care Rehabilitation & Palliative Care unit within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network. The role is a full-time temporary contract until 30 July 2027, based at Modbury Hospital, with opportunities to contribute to high-quality geriatric care and complex patient management.

The successful candidate will have current AHPRA registration, experience in acute inpatient settings, and strong assessment and communication skills to support

Formación

• Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration.
• Experience in acute inpatient elderly/general medical settings preferred.
• Sound clinical assessment skills and ability to manage complex presentations.

Responsabilidades

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care for acutely unwell elderly patients.
• Collaborate with medical, allied health and support staff to coordinate patient journeys.
• Recognise and respond to clinical deterioration using escalation frameworks.
• Contribute to a ward culture focused on dignity, family involvement and evidence-based practice.

Conocimientos

Registered Nurse

Aged care rehabilitation

Geriatric care

Clinical assessment

Educación

Nursing registration with AHPRA

Descripción del empleo

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Modbury Hospital - MODBURY SA 5092 Salary: $79,381 - 108,311 per annum plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - RN1 Temporary Full-Time up to 30 July 2027 (Multiple Positions)

About the Role

Lyell McEwin Hospital is one of South Australia's busiest metropolitan health services, and its Acute Care of the Elderly unit is where skilled nursing genuinely changes lives. If you're a Registered Nurse who finds meaning in caring for older patients through complex, acute presentations, these full-time contract roles - running until 30 July 2027 - offer a substantial opportunity to deepen your clinical expertise within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

What You'll Be Doing

• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualised care for acutely unwell elderly patients
• Collaborating with medical, allied health, and support staff to coordinate safe, timely patient journeys
• Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration using established escalation frameworks
• Contributing to a ward culture that upholds patient dignity, family involvement, and evidence-based practice

What You'll Bring

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA)
• Demonstrated experience in an acute inpatient setting, ideally with older adult or general medical populations
• Sound clinical assessment skills and confidence managing complex, co-morbid presentations
• Ability to work effectively within a large public health network and adapt to the pace of a busy metro hospital
• A commitment to person-centered, culturally safe care consistent with SA Health's Care Always values
• Understanding of, or willingness to develop skills in, comprehensive geriatric assessment principles

To be eligible for this position, you must be 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 practising certificate.

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. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

About Adelaide

Adelaide is consistently recognised as a city that artfully combines its compact charm and world-class cuisine with picturesque nature escapes. Ranked one of the worlds "Most Liveable Cities" and "Most Beautiful Cities", Adelaide provides something for everyone combining a wonderful mix of nature with nearby beaches, rolling hills and wildlife and culinary delights with fine dining restaurants, award-winning cafes, bustling food markets and booming boutique bars. Events like the LIV Golf, SANTOS Tour Down Under, Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival add extra appeal to living here.

About Us

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide. NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

With over 7,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability.

Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes. At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

Our Local Health Network Sites and Services

NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services. Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services. Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care. Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings. Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites. Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.

Benefits of working at NALHN

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

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 you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

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

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for vulnerable person-related employment screening - apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

Immunisation Risk

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) 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.

Contact

Job Ref: 947203

Enquiries: Office Aged Care, Rehabilitation & Palliative Care

Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [emailprotected]

Application Closing Date: 13 November 2026 - 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information: 947203 - Registered Nurse - Aged Care Rehabilitation & Palliative Care -Role Description.pdf