Nurse Manager Infection Prevention & Control

SA Health
Job reference: 940979
Location: - NOT APPLICABLE -
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
• Location within other regional LHNs may be negotiable
• Salary: RN/M3 Registered Nurse/Midwife $130,190 - $136,010
• Ongoing, Part-Time (24 hours per week)

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

WHO ARE WE?

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas (position based in Victor Harbor). We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Are you committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care and strive for excellent patient outcomes every day?
• Are you keen to showcase your clinical leadership skills to support a collaborative, high-performing team?
• Are you passionate about mentoring and developing others, fostering a strong culture of learning and continuous professional growth ?
• Are you willing to drive improvement by engaging in quality, safety, and evidence-based practice initiatives?
• Are you passionate about quality improvement, infection control, auditing, and research activities to enhance clinical practice? 

If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

You will……….

• Develop and maintain regional LHN infection prevention and control procedures and manuals.
• Manage, collate, and support analysis and reporting of regional healthcare associated infections (HAI) surveillance data.
• Support the regional Infection Prevention and Control Leads Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager in service management, multidisciplinary coordination, problem-solving, and change management processes.
• Participate in education and mentoring, including clinical teaching, infection control training, and fostering professional development for students and less experienced staff.
• Engage in research, quality improvement, auditing, and infection control initiatives to ensure evidence-based, safe, and high-quality patient care

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. 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 the following:

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you. 

NEED TO RELOCATE?

Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/

HELP IS HERE!

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 940979), or reach out to Sandra Gilbert, Nursing Director Rural Support Service on Phone: 0400265*** or via Email **************@sa.gov.au

To find out what you need to apply, and what is required to be offered a role, please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines

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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on 3 September 2026 at 11:55PM

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

RD RN3 - Nurse Manager Infection Prevention & Control. P21163 3.pdf

Applications close: 03/09/2026 11:55 PM

Flexibility Statement
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.