**Job Title:** Assistant in Nursing (AIN)
**Location:** Various sites across Yorke and Northern Region
**Salary:** $28.94 - $29.80 per hour + 25% casual loading (up to 31 May 2025)
About the Role
As a part of the Yorke and Northern LHN CenSTaR Assistant in Nursing Candidate Pool, you will contribute to caring for residents and patients across various Yorke and Northern Local Health Network facilities.
In this role, you will provide vital support to Enrolled and Registered Nurses in administering general care to residents/clients.
Your responsibilities will include:
* Performing essential nursing tasks typically handled by Enrolled or Registered Nurses, such as assisting with personal care for patients and handling basic technical duties like preparing for nursing procedures, sanitizing equipment, and managing local inventory levels.
* Maintaining a safe environment, both physically and culturally, for both patients and staff.
Adherence to established guidelines, protocols, and standards set forth by the organization is paramount.
You will work under the direct or indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse, and your tasks may also be overseen by an Enrolled Nurse within a collaborative care team setting.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, candidates must meet one of the following criteria:
* Be enrolled as a student in an undergraduate program in nursing or midwifery and have completed any training required by the employer relevant to the safe and competent performance of work at this level;
* Be employed on the basis that the person is, or will be, undertaking a course approved by the Registration Authority for the preparation of Enrolled Nurses;
* Hold a Certificate III or IV in one of the following health-related disciplines: Basic Health Care; Aged Care; Health Services Assistance; Home and Community Care; Individual Support Work; or such other nationally recognized courses approved within the healthcare setting by full agreement of DHA and the ANMF.
About Us
Yorke & Northern 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.
The beautiful Yorke and Northern region offers a great lifestyle location with easy access to Adelaide via a major road network.
We offer supportive and friendly team environments across our sites.
A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards, and the Southern Flinders ranges.
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.
We also offer salary sacrifice benefits.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunization requirements.
Please note that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.