Registered Nurse - Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) (multiple positions)

Health; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 79,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Salary Sacrifice

Job summary

Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide's north seeks Registered Nurses for the Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) unit. Full-time contracts run to 30 July 2027, offering substantial opportunity to deepen clinical expertise within a major public health network.

Applicants must hold current RN registration with AHPRA, have acute inpatient experience (preferably with older adults), and demonstrate strong assessment and patient-centred care within a busy metro hospital.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA).
• Experience in an acute inpatient setting, ideally with older adult or general medical populations.
• Sound clinical assessment skills and ability to manage complex, co-morbid presentations.
• Ability to work within a large public health network and pace of a busy metro hospital.
• Commitment to person-centred, culturally safe care aligned with SA Health's Care Always values.
• Understanding of comprehensive geriatric assessment principles.

Responsibilities

• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized 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 escalation frameworks.

Skills

RN registration

Acute care

Clinical assessment

Cultural safety

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

Job description

Registered Nurse - Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) (multiple positions)

Job no: 947203
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Modbury Hospital - MODBURY SA 5092
• Salary:$79,381 - 108,311 p.a. 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

Embedded in the ACE unit at Lyell McEwin Health Service, you will deliver high-quality, patient-centred nursing care to older adults presenting with acute and often multifaceted conditions. Working within a dedicated multidisciplinary team, your key responsibilities will include:

• 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-centred, 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 beRegistered 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 practicing 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 emphasizes 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