Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Peri-Operative Services

• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Murray Bridge.
• RNM2A | Associate Nursing/Midwifery Unit Manager Level 2 | $107,487.00 to 114,917.00 p.a. (pro rata)
• Employment: Part time - Ongoing Permanent
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Join our Perioperative team as an experienced and motivated nurse, where you’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality patient care while supporting the leadership and development of our nursing team. This rewarding role offers the opportunity to build on your clinical expertise, contribute to practice improvements, and take an active role in staff development, quality assurance, rostering and unit management. If you’re ready to take the next step in your nursing career and make a meaningful contribution to a supportive and collaborative perioperative environment, we’d love to hear from you!

• Current or eligible Registered Nurse/Midwife registration with NMBA and a current practising certificate.
• Minimum 3 years post-registration experience or current Clinical Nurse experience in a perioperative setting.
• Demonstrated competence in perioperative nursing practice and commitment to professional standards.
• Strong communication, teamwork, problem-solving and leadership skills, with experience supporting less experienced staff and students.
• Ability to prioritise workload, adapt to change and contribute to quality improvement, with participation in an on-call roster.

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in nursing, human services or the applicable practice area.
• Strong teamwork, computer and software skills, with a focus on developing staff potential.
• Experience in quality improvement and applying nursing research to practice, with knowledge of the SA Public Health System.

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. Click here 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
• Join RMCLHN's Aged Care Nursing Team (video)

Applicant Information

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 have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• 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.

Kristin Hunter
Position: Director of Nursing and Midwifery
Phone: 08 85356777
E-mail: Kristin.Hunter@sa.gov.au

8 October 2026 - 11.55PM

RN2 Assoc Nurse Midwife Unit Mgr - Perioperative - Role Description.pdf

About Murray Bridge Factsheet (Digital Version).pdf

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Advertised: 24 Sep 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 08 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

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