Position Details
Multiple Continuing Part Time Positions Available | 0.5FTE (18.37 hours per week)
Higher Education Officer Level 5 | $82,657 - $91,222 p.a. pro rata
Location: Adelaide City Campus / Kaurna Country
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
At the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, we aim to be an innovator in contemporary education producing a safer and more resilient health and social care workforce. Our mission is to improve lives and empower communities, enabling better health and caring in the world through an exceptional student learning experience. At the College, our research mission is about co-creating new knowledge which promotes wellbeing, and better care and support, to individuals and communities across the lifespan. We work proactively with industry partners and professional bodies leading to more employable and innovative graduates.
About the Role
As we kick-start the 2026 academic year in our brand new iconic, state of the art Healthcare Simulation Laboratories located in the convenient Adelaide CBD, we have multiple exciting and continuing Technical Officer positions available. This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone with a healthcare background such as in Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or Speech Pathology, and who is passionate about supporting students a real-life simulation environment. The role is based in a modern clinical skills simulation lab, essential for delivering practical workshops and ensures the lab is prepared according to course needs and supports teaching by providing technical advice, equipment demonstrations, and procedural guidance.
Responsibilities also include maintaining equipment, managing stock control, and ensuring compliance with safety policies. The role requires liaising with the Senior Manager, Healthcare Simulation, and broader team. Additional duties include stepping in for the Team Leader or Laboratory Manager when needed, training staff on simulation equipment, resolving IT and AV issues promptly, and maintaining accurate records of simulation software, licences, and equipment updates to ensure optimal functionality and minimal disruption to learning.
During intensives, the incumbent will be expected to work a variety of shifts within a set roster, ranging from 7:30am – 3:30pm, 8:00am – 4pm and 12:30 – 8:30pm, with the occasional shift ending at 10:00pm.
For a more comprehensive list of duties, please view the Position Description.
This position makes a significant contribution to the University’s strategic plan to changing 10 million lives, Every One Matters, by 2035 as it is aligned to the Strategic Driver of Students First, as it supports students in simulation-based environments to enhance their industry-readiness.
About You
You are experienced in working with new and emerging simulation technologies and your ability to use initiative highlight your enhanced problem-solving skills whilst prioritising competing deadlines. With excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills, you build and maintain effective collegial relationships at all levels within the organisation and with external stakeholders and customers alike. You are an effective leader and are comfortable with the supervision of staff and are equally comfortable working autonomously or as part of a team.
You also possess:
Qualification in Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology or an equivalent combination of experience and/or education and training relevant to the position.
Knowledge of Workplace Health and Safety legislation, including management of hazardous substances.
A high level of attention to detail and organisational skills, with a willingness to work flexibly.
Previous experience in Nursing, Midwifery or Allied Health teaching laboratory environment will be an added advantage
Life at Flinders
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.
Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?
17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
Flexible working arrangements
Our commitment to wellbeing through our Thriving@Flinders initiative
Wide range of professional development activities and services, including exclusive staff study offers
We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff, as shown through our three SAGE Cygnet Awards.
Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).
Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.
Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy
Prescribed Conditions for Employment
A current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will be required by Flinders University before the successful applicant can commence in this position. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.
In addition, it is a requirement of this position that the incumbent maintain a current Working with Children Check which is satisfactory to the University in accordance with the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA).
SA: Staff working in a health care setting are strongly recommended to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in line with the SA Health policy
How to Apply and Information
You are required to submit a CV, along with a Suitability Statement as a separate document. This should be no more than 3 pages, and address the Key Position Capabilities of the Position Description
For more information regarding this position, please contact Himi Ibrahim
Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACDT) 30 March 2026.
Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.
At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
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Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:
30 Mar 2026At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
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