Provide high-quality, person-centred care across a 15-bed acute ward, 24-hour emergency department, and a 20-bed residential aged care facility. Responsibilities include delivering acute, step-down, restorative, and palliative care services to the community.
Balaklava Soldiers Memorial Hospital where country living meets rewarding healthcare careers
0.74FTE Permanent
0.74FTE Until 31/1/2027
Balaklava is a welcoming country town located just one hour from Adelaide, renowned for its strong farming and agricultural roots and its close-knit, supportive community. Surrounded by open farmland and offering a relaxed pace of life, Balaklava provides a range of local amenities that support a comfortable and fulfilling lifestyle, including essential healthcare services delivered through the local hospital and nursing home.
These positions offer a valuable opportunity to work across multiple service areas within a collaborative, community-focused environment committed to excellence in care settings while contributing to high-quality, person-centred care for the community.
Who are we and what we offer?
The Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN) supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe in their work environment encouraging all people to use their talents and be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
A career in the YNLHN can be very rewarding and comes with great lifestyles benefits. Not to mention your choice of scenery from farm to ocean, vineyards, and the Southern Flinders Ranges.
AT YNLHN we offer opportunities to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us in the following ways:
Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) and meal entertainment expenses Click here more information [https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.dc2.pageuppeople.com%2Fapply%2FTransferRichTextFile.ashx%3FsData%3DUFUtVjMtZwnF_jlr-iv2ZkRi7_asJF9LYAl3CTrCXw7hBHlu8JqbF3nRuoWVpdcm5vcFJ6Wd0fnLoqy8a4-_iUsxZ2YJ6oLQTkZkl9c-HiT0nCBVZ-YqIy4ukHDH5_5MZ5EGHa_skls136cU28kHjZDunMf47Q~~&data=05%7C02%7CKate.D%27Amico%40sa.gov.au%7C84492bcd1a1a4c98142b08ddc99b9283%7Cbda528f7fca9432fbc98bd7e90d40906%7C0%7C0%7C638888392209048282%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DxLmbTjBDF3rDZkt842rQkR04km%2Bew8hhhOiw3GsW4c%3D&reserved=0].
Access to professional development opportunities, enabling staff to build skills across a diverse range of services while contributing to high-quality, person-centred care for the community.
Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
What else do you need to know/What is essential for success?
Working in this environment, it is important to us that we employ people with the utmost integrity and commitment to providing a service to the highest possible standard to all visitors. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include:
Registration or eligibility for enrolment as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
Undergo employment screening and meet immunisation requirements.
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Need to relocate?
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At YNLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQIA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
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Candidates must be registered or eligible for enrolment as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold a current practicing certificate. Applicants must also undergo employment screening and meet specific immunisation requirements.
Market context
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