Rural Support Service

17/08/2025

Have you always wondered if nursing is for you? Are you ready to take the next step toward a rewarding career as an Enrolled Nurse?

If you live in regional or rural South Australia and dream of becoming a nurse — this could be your moment.

The Regional Enrolled Nurse Cadetship Program gives you:
✔️ Paid part-time work as an Assistant in Nursing (2 days/week)
✔️ Support to study your Diploma of Nursing at a regional TAFE SA campus (25 hrs/week)
✔️ Hands-on experience at a hospital close to home

Here’s all the important info:
🩺 No prior nursing experience required! To be eligible, applicants must already be studying or be enrolled to study the Diploma of Nursing at a TAFE SA regional campus (Nuriootpa, Mount Barker, Mount Gambier, Port Pirie, Port Lincoln or Whyalla) to commence late January 2026.

🎓 Have you enrolled yet? TAFE SA nursing applications are open now via SATAC. We’ll pop the link in the comments for you!

📅 Cadetship roles open September 2025 via the SA Health Careers website. Check back here for updates.

🖤❤️💛 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply through our targeted rolling recruitment process. We’ll include that link in the comments below, too.

👉 Have questions? Email: health.rssworkforcestrategist@sa.gov.au

14/08/2025

A role that lets you make a difference, without being tied to a traditional schedule? 🙌

We’re hiring a part-time Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Clinician (AHP2) to help rural South Australians recover from cardiac events via telehealth, with the ability to work from home (though some time will be required in our Tonsley office). 🤝

Make a real difference and bring your exercise physiologist or physiotherapist expertise to communities that need it. 💪

Think this is your next move? Apply by 27 August via the link in the comments. 👇

10/08/2025

Looking for a nursing role with the flexibility to work from home? Join us!

We’re recruiting a Chronic Condition Nurse, a temporary (until 31 December 2025) part-time (45 hours per fortnight) position that can be based remotely, with work-from-home arrangements available for the right candidate.

You’ll use virtual care and remote monitoring to support patients across rural South Australia—helping them stay well and out of hospital, while working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Applications close Sunday 17 August.

Apply now:

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06/08/2025

Dr Vienna Tran grew up in Adelaide, but when she started her medical training, she knew she wanted to help people in rural areas.

Now, she’s a GP trainee in the Limestone Coast Local Health Network. Thanks to the Single Employer Model, Dr Tran can focus on her training — and she’s loving giving back to rural communities that welcomed her with open arms.

The Single Employer Model makes it easier for doctors to live and work where they’re needed most in regional South Australia. Read more at the link in the comments, and share Vienna's story with a trainee doctor who might be interested in submitting an Expression of Interest for the Single Employer Model.

31/07/2025

Are you a registered nurse looking for a temporary part-time role? Do you have a knack for innovation and a passion for reimagining rural healthcare?

If you answered ‘yes,’ you just might be a great fit as our next Senior Project Officer – Clinical Services, who will help design and implement innovative, evidence-based models of care that strengthen community healthcare in regional South Australia.

Apply now at the link in the comments, or tag a mate who would be great in this role.

📍 Temporary part-time | 22 Sept 2025 – 19 June 2026
📄 Job Ref: 904039
🕐 Applications close: 7 August 2025

22/07/2025

Just in time for this weekend's countdown of the triple j Hottest 100, we want to hear from you: What tracks inspire strength, hope and connection across and South Australia? Drop them in the comments below 👇

03/07/2025

🚨𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐬!🚨

The 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 is expanding -- giving GP trainees stable employment with SA Health for up to 4 years while they finish their training.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 – 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚?
✅ Provides doctors in training with consistent location, pay & conditions
✅ Offers stability that enables doctors to build stronger ties in regional communities
✅ Gives GP trainees smooth transitions between public & private placements while they complete their training

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥?
Submit your Expression of interest today via the link in the comments – or tag a trainee who might be interested!

Together, we can attract and retain more doctors in our rural communities, improving healthcare for our regions. 💪🌾

Pictured here from left to right: Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network SEM registrar Rachel Crook, Rural Support Service (RSS) Acting Executive Director Brett Webster, RSS Manager of Trainee Medical Officer Unit Kylee Nuss, and Yorke and Northern Local Health Network SEM registrar Nikki Pennifold.

02/07/2025

🚗💼 Meet Kirsteen Knevitt – the driving force behind rural medical education in SA! 🌾

As a dedicated Medical Education Officer for the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Kirsteen is making a powerful impact—supporting junior doctors across 16 regional sites, helping them grow into confident, capable clinicians.

With 15 years of experience and a passion for both people and the outdoors, Kirsteen shares what makes rural training professionally rewarding and personally enriching in the latest in our ‘Day in the life’ series.

📖 Read the full article to learn more about Kirsteen’s journey at the link in the comments

05/06/2025

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿?

🔍 We’re looking for the right person to provide a range of reporting, management accounting, costing, modelling, analytical and budgeting services, which contribute to the effective financial management of the RSS and regional local health networks across South Australia.

⌚️ This is a temporary full time role (up to 30 June 2026).

⏳ Applications close 10 June, so apply now or tag a great candidate in the comments below.

Job reference: 905131
Closing date: 10 June 2025

https://careers.sahealth.sa.gov.au/caw/en/job/905131

27/05/2025

This week is National Reconciliation Week, a time for us all to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The year’s theme 'Bridging Now to Next', reflects the ongoing connection between past, present and future. It calls on all Australians to step forward together, to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us.

Through the implementation of our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan, we are strongly committed to ensuring inclusivity and responsiveness to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their health needs are embedded in our services. We want Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander colleagues to feel safe and excited to be part of the RSS team and family and that our advocacy voice and service provision activities build pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to access culturally safe healthcare.

26/05/2025

Today we remember the 1967 Referendum, which sought to change two sections of the Constitution in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Nearly 91% of Australians voters voted ‘Yes’, which resulted in all other Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples would be counted as part of the population and the Commonwealth would be able to make laws for them. This signalled a change in the mindset of Australia majority, and it opened the door to First Nations Australian agency, bringing to light many strong leaders and organisations and the expectations that things could be different.

Read more here:https://www.reconciliation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-1967-Referendum.pdf

25/05/2025

Today is National Sorry Day. We remember the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were forcibly removed from their families and culture, otherwise known as the “Stolen Generations”. We acknowledge the ongoing intergenerational trauma still faced by their families and communities.

Today and every day, we stand in solidarity, expressing our deep remorse and commitment to reconciliation. We stand with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and honour their strength and resilience.


Please take a minute to watch this animation video by The Healing Foundation, telling the story about Stolen Generations and the intergenerational trauma, in a raw and captivating way.

If people don’t have the opportunity to heal from trauma, they may unknowingly pass it on to others through their behaviour. Their children may experience di...