Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Cardiothoracic Theatres
Salary $107,487 - $114,917 p.a. (Pro Rata) RN/M2A | 32 Hours Per Week – Contract Until August ****
Join our Cardiothoracic Theatres Team
If you're a skilled perioperative nurse ready to step into a leadership role, this acting opportunity offers genuine scope to shape team performance and patient outcomes in a high-acuity, specialist environment.
About the role:
Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, this role is integral to providing day-to-day operational leadership across the Cardiothoracic Theatres at Flinders Medical Centre.
Duties for the role will include:
Ensure that service provision and the activities of the Unit 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.
Ensure the effective management of human, financial and physical assets through appropriate planning and allocation of resources to achieve agreed Unit and strategic plans.
Lead, develop and foster a positive work culture which is based on SA Public Sector and SALHN values and promotes patient focussed service, learning and development, safety and welfare of employees, acknowledges differences, and encourages creativity and innovation.
Provide proficient, person centred, clinical nursing care and/or individual case management to patients in a defined clinical area
Assists and supports the Nurse Unit Manager or equivalent in management, clinical, and education activities
Assist the Nurse Unit Manager and Nurse Educators to maintain a learning culture by being a resource person, encouraging reflection and professional development, and assisting others to maintain portfolios/records of learning
Integrate advanced theoretical knowledge,



evidence from a range of sources and own experience to devise and achieve agreed patient/client care outcomes
Provide shift by shift leadership in the provision of nursing/midwifery care within a team or unit and facilitate patient flow
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.
Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 4 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience.
Demonstrated competence in cardiac and thoracic surgery in areas of perioperative nursing practice in accordance with ACORN and AS**** Standards which govern practice.
Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in cardiac and thoracic surgery in the Scrub/Scout role
Effective communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
Ability to prioritise workload and meet set timelines, whilst working under minimal supervision.
Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.
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Contact:
Application Closing Date: ***** pm Sunday 26 July ****
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We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the prospect to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
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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.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
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📌 Acting Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Cardiothoracic Theatres (Adelaide)
🏢 Sa Health
📍 Adelaide