Job no: 945235
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery, Public Health
Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Operating Theatres, Scrub/Scout
Salary $107,487 - $114,917 p.a. (Pro Rata) RN/M2A | 37.62 Hours Per Week – Ongoing Position
Seeking a dedicated and skilled Associate Nurse Unit Manager to join our FMC Operating Theatres Team!
Flinders Medical Centre's Operating Theatres are among the busiest and most complex surgical environments in South Australia. If you're a perioperative nurse ready to step into a leadership role that shapes both patient outcomes and team performance, this is a significant opportunity within the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN).
About the role:
Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, you will provide day-to-day clinical leadership across the FMC Operating Theatres, supporting a skilled perioperative nursing team.
Duties for the role will include:
Provide proficient, person centred, clinical nursing care and/or individual case management to patients in a defined clinical area
Monitoring patient care plans to ensure appropriate care outcomes are achieved on a daily basis
Assists and supports the Nurse Unit Manager or equivalent in management, clinical, and education activities
Participate in clinical teaching, overseeing learning experience, and goal setting for students, new staff and staff with less experience
Integrate advanced theoretical knowledge, evidence from a range of sources and own experience to devise and achieve agreed patient care outcomes
Provide shift by shift leadership in the provision of nursing care within a team or unit and facilitate patient flow
Act as a resource person within an area based on knowledge, experience and skills.
Leading clinician within delegated portfolio, directly supporting RN1/2 positions
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 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience.
Demonstrated competence in scrub/scout perioperative nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards
Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses.
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.
Ability to be creative, innovative and flexible when approaching issues within the healthcare setting.
Previous Co-ordination experience desired
Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.
Want To Know More? Contact: Bianca Solomon, Nurse Unit Manager - Perioperative Services, 0492 038 727,
[email protected]
Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Wednesday 12th August 2026
Attachments:
Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Operating Theatre Suite FMC Role Description
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Applicant Information:
We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
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.
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 ref: 945235
Advertised: 29 Jul 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 12 Aug 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
