Registered / Clinical Nurse - Modbury High Dependency Unit / MER response team

SA Health
Job reference: 953784
Location: 5092 - MODBURY
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Modbury Hospital – MODBURY SA 5092
- Salary plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits:
- RN/M1: $79,381 - $108,311 p.a. (pro rata)
- RN/M2C: $92,731 - $117,215 p.a. (pro rata)

- Ongoing Full-Time (Multiple Positions)

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Registered / Clinical Nurse within the Modbury High Dependency Unit.

Modbury Hospital's High Dependency Unit is a clinically rich environment where acute assessment, rapid response, and close-monitoring care come together. If you're a Registered Nurse ready to deepen your critical care expertise and contribute to a team that genuinely shapes patient outcomes across the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN), this ongoing full-time role is worth your attention.

Where You'll Make a Difference

Working across the High Dependency Unit and as part of the Medical Emergency Response (MER) team at Modbury Hospital, you'll provide high-acuity nursing care to patients requiring close observation and timely clinical intervention. Your scope will include:

- Delivering evidence-based care to HDU patients with complex and deteriorating conditions
- Responding to MER calls across the hospital, applying advanced assessment and stabilisation skills
- Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to develop and implement patient care plans
- Contributing to a safety culture that supports early recognition and escalation of clinical deterioration

What You Bring

- Demonstrated experience in an acute, high-dependency, or critical care setting
- Confident clinical assessment skills with the ability to recognise and respond to patient deterioration




- Sound understanding of MER or rapid response frameworks within a hospital environment
- Effective communication and teamwork across diverse clinical teams
- Commitment to the NALHN values of respect, integrity, and excellence in patient-centred care

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 practicing certificate.

About You:

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 energetic 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.

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