Nursing and midwifery workforce organisation

Workforce organisation is about ensuring and supporting nurses and midwives to work efficiently and effectively, and how we organise ourselves to best meet the need of our clients. It ensures that health services have the right people, in the right place with the right skills at the right time to deliver professional nursing and midwifery person centred care.

Workforce organisation aims to deliver effective leadership and commitment to:

nursing and midwifery professional career frameworks
acknowledgement and valuing of professional roles
working conditions and awards.

Nursing and midwifery careers

The commencement of a career in nursing or midwifery is able to be achieved through different education pathways enabling nurses and midwives to work as:

Nursing and Midwifery (South Australian Public Sector) Enterprise Agreement 2020

On 17 July 2020 the Industrial Relations Commission of South Australia approved the Nursing and Midwifery (South Australian Public Sector) Enterprise Agreement 2020. Information about nursing and midwifery Enterprise Agreements and Bargaining is available at:

Your Local Health Network intranet
Nursing and Midwifery (SA Public Sector) Enterprise Agreement 2020 is available the South Australian Employment Tribunal website.

Career options

There are various career paths and options in nursing and midwifery: Enrolled Nurse, Advanced Skills Enrolled Nurse (ASEN), Registered Nurse

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