Community and Social Services, Child, Aged and Disability Care, Nursing/Midwifery
- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Adelaide Geriatric Service – Elizabeth South
- Salary: $90,913 - $114,917 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – RN2C
- Ongoing Part-Time – 32 hours per week
We are seeking a dedicated Clinical Nurse to join the Transition Care Program (TCP) — a service that makes a genuine difference to older people navigating the step between hospital and home.
Based across Adelaide's northern metropolitan region, this part-time ongoing role places you at the heart of person-centred care, supporting clients to regain independence and confidence after an acute hospital stay.
About the Transition Care Program (TCP)
The Transition Care Program is at the heart of modern, patient-centred healthcare — supporting older patients at a critical point in their journey.
The Transition Care Program provides a range of short-term care services to eligible older people following a hospital stay to help them regain as much independence as possible.
Services include therapy, nursing support and /or personal care that will help eligible older people regain as much independence as possible and assist them in making long term care and support arrangements.
About the Role:
As a Clinical Nurse (RN2C), you will provide advanced, person-centred nursing care while also playing a key role in coordination, leadership and clinical decision-making.
You will coordinate and deliver clinical nursing care for TCP clients in community and residential settings. Your core responsibilities will include:
- Conducting comprehensive nursing assessments and developing individualised goal-directed care plans
- Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team — including allied health, GPs, and aged care providers — to optimise each client's transition outcomes
- Monitoring, evaluating, and adjusting care in response to changing client needs across the program episode
- Supporting clients and their families with education, advocacy, and connection to ongoing community services
- Providing clinical leadership and support to less experienced staff
- Contributing to quality improvement, research and service development activities
This is a role where your expertise is valued — and your influence extends beyond individual patients to the broader service.
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 hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
You will be joining a dynamic 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 You:
You’re an experienced and confident Registered Nurse who thrives in dynamic, team-based environments.
You bring:
- At least 3 years post-registration experience
- A passion for supporting patients through recovery and transition
- Strong clinical skills and the ability to manage complex patient needs
- Strong assessment skills with the ability to work autonomously in community environments
- Demonstrated experience in aged care, rehabilitation, or community/primary health nursing
- Sound knowledge of transition care principles and the aged care service landscape in South Australia
- Effective communication skills to engage clients, families, and multidisciplinary colleagues
This role involves delivering care in community and patient home settings as part of the Transition Care model. A current unrestricted Australian driver’s licence is essential to your ability to work in community settings.
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.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.
With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.
With over 7,000 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.
Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.
Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.
Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.
Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.
Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
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 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.
Checks:
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
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: 940661
Enquiries:
Office of Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care
Phone: (08) 7321 4232
E-mail: [email protected]
Application Closing Date:
19 June 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
- Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
