Job no: 940979
Work type: Part time
Location: Country SA - Location negotiable
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery

- Location within other regional LHNs may be negotiable
- Salary: RN/M3 Registered Nurse/Midwife $130,190 - $136,010
- Ongoing, Part-Time (24 hours per week)

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

SA Health is seeking a Nurse Manager - Infection Prevention & Control to join the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network. In this leadership role, you will provide expert support for all six regional local health networks nursing leaders across infection prevention and control, sterilisation services, accreditation, risk management, and clinical governance.

You will lead the regional Infection Prevention and Control Advisory Forum to support implementation of evidence-based infection prevention strategies, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and best practices while promoting patient safety and continuous quality improvement. Strong knowledge of Infection Control Standards, guidelines, and practices is essential.

WHO ARE WE?

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas (position based in Victor Harbor). We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

- Are you committed to delivering high‑quality, person‑centred care and strive for excellent patient outcomes every day?
- Are you keen to showcase your clinical leadership skills to support a collaborative, high‑performing team?




- Are you passionate about mentoring and developing others, fostering a strong culture of learning and continuous skilled growth ?
- Are you willing to drive improvement by engaging in quality, safety, and evidence‑based practice initiatives?
- Are you passionate about quality improvement, infection control, auditing, and research activities to enhance clinical practice?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

- Develop and maintain regional LHN infection prevention and control procedures and manuals.
- Manage, collate, and support analysis and reporting of regional healthcare associated infections (HAI) surveillance data.
- Support the regional Infection Prevention and Control Leads Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager in service management, multidisciplinary coordination, problem‑solving, and change management processes.
- Participate in education and mentoring, including clinical teaching, infection control training, and fostering professional development for students and less experienced staff.
- Engage in research, quality improvement, auditing, and infection control initiatives to ensure evidence‑based, safe, and high‑quality patient care

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us.



We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT yearClick here more information
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
- Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
- Health and Fitness Benefits:Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:

- You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.

DON’T HESITATE!

Applications Close on 3 September 2026 at 11:55PM

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📌 Nurse Manager Infection Prevention & Control (Victor Harbor)
🏢 Health
📍 Victor Harbor