Associate Nurse Unit Manager Aged Care

Job no: 904929
Work type: Full time
Location: Murray and Mallee
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery

• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Loxton
• RN/M2A | Full Time Contract | Ongoing
• Salary: $103,353 - $110,497 p.a
• Eligibility:
  Open to Everyone

Are you ready to take the next step in your nursing or midwifery career by providing leadership and fostering professional growth? We’re seeking a dedicated Associate Nurse Unit Manager to support and guide nursing/midwifery teams across diverse healthcare settings, helping deliver consistent, high-quality care.

As an Associate Nurse Unit Manager, you will build on your clinical experience and take accountability for your own practice while mentoring less experienced staff. You will provide vital support to the Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager or equivalent by helping lead the nursing/midwifery team in the ward, unit, or service. Your responsibilities will include managing a portfolio that promotes continuity and consistency of care, assisting in implementing practice improvements, and contributing to ward or unit management activities such as performance reviews, recruitment, staffing, rostering, and resource planning.

• 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.
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years post registration experience or currently classified as a Clinical Nurse/Midwife.
• Demonstrated competence in the relevant area of nursing practice in accordance with the appropriate standards of practice.
• Experience in the supervision of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses and Direct Care Attendants.

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn.  for more information about working for RMCLHN.

• We will provide support, both personally and professionally giving you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role.
• Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments.
• Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety.
• Offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
• Provide Relocation Support, where applicable. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.
• Looking for a change in scenery? – Nursing & Midwifery.

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 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 appropriate immunisation requirements:

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
• Immunisation risk for this position is - Category A

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. Job

Lizzie Platten
Director of Nursing and Midwifery Loxton Hospital
Phone:
E-mail: elizabeth.platten.au

Monday 16th February 2026 - 11:55PM

• 904929 RN/M2A Role Description - JCS+Registered Nurse+
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Advertised: 19 Jan 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time | Applications close: 16 Feb 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time