• Eyre and Far North Local Health Network – Community Nursing, Lower Eyre (including Cummins, Tumby Bay, and surrounding areas)
• Salary: RN/M2C $87,416 to $110,497 p.a. (pro-rata)
• Permanent Part-time position working 16 hours per week

Overview

Are you a compassionate and skilled Nurse/Midwife looking to make a meaningful difference in your community?

We are looking for a dedicated Community Nurse/Midwife to join our team in Lower Eyre (including Cummins and Tumby Bay), Eyre and Far North Community Health, where you will provide exceptional midwifery services, antenatal and postnatal to patients in a diverse community setting.

As the Community Nurse/Midwife, you will primarily provide nursing and midwifery services and deliver direct, individualised nursing/midwifery care to patients with a range of complexities and cultural backgrounds. You accept accountability for your own practice standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive midwifery care in the community, including antenatal and postnatal services.
• Deliver professional support to less experienced staff, including student nurses and enrolled nurses.
• Prioritise and manage workload, ensuring timely and effective service delivery.
• Foster a creative and flexible approach to problem-solving within a clinical setting.
• Contribute to quality improvement and support the professional development of staff.

What We’re Looking For

• Qualifications: Must be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse or Nurse/Midwife by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, with a current practicing certificate, with at least 3 years post graduate experience.
• Competence: Demonstrated nursing practice in line with relevant standards.
• Skills: Effective communication, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.
• Teamwork: Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and manage priorities with creativity and flexibility.
• Commitment: A dedication to providing consumer/client and family-centred care.
• Knowledge of contemporary midwifery practice, healthcare issues, and relevant legislation.

About Us

With its ancient outback landscapes, boutique vineyards, oyster farms and Australia’s best-kept-secret surf coast, Eyre and Far North will inspire and energise you.

The Eyre and Far North Local Health Network (EFNLHN) is responsible for the planning and delivery of hospital and health services over 337,626 square kilometres, taking in the Eyre Peninsula, western part of South Australia and north to Coober Pedy. We are one of the largest LHNs by area in Australia and communities include Ceduna, Cleve, Coober Pedy, Cowell, Cummins, Elliston, Kimba, Oodnadatta, Port Lincoln, Streaky Bay, Tumby Bay and Wudinna.

Services include acute care, medical, accident and emergency, surgery, birthing and midwifery, specialist consultancy, renal dialysis, chemotherapy, transfusions, rehabilitation, residential and community aged care, respite care, transitional care packages, Aboriginal health, mental health, allied health, community health, community nursing, palliative care, community home support packages and home modifications.

Click here to learn more about living and working in Eyre and Far North Local Health Network.

Why Join Us

• Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of Eyre & Far North means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
• Job security and inclusions: in addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation, leave loading and allowances), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
• Relocation reimbursement of up to $15,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.
• Supportive and collaborative work environment where your contributions are valued and recognised.

Applicant Information

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.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
• 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 (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: 898683

Enquiries

Cathryn Northcott
Nurse Unit Manager
Phone: 8689 1006
E-mail: [email protected]

Application Closing Date

23 April 2025 - 2 week close - 11.55PM

Attachments

898683 - RN2C - Clinical Nurse-Community Midwife - C&AH - Role Description.pdf

JCS+Registered+Midwife+final.pdf

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