Description:
SA HealthJob reference: 901331
Location: 5112 - ELIZABETH VALE
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin & Modbury Hospitals – Elizabeth Vale
- Salary : $104,180 - $111,746 p.a. – AHP3 Temporary Full-Time, up until 31 October 2025
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit an Acute Care Senior Physiotherapist to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our hospital patients and to maximise their functional abilities during their recovery from acute illness.
About You:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic experienced Physiotherapist looking for an opportunity to contribute in a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.
About the Role:
The Senior Physiotherapist – General Medicine is responsible to the Senior Manager of Physiotherapy for the development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of quality Physiotherapy services for patients of the Lyell McEwin Hospital (LMH), across a range of Acute Medical clinical areas. As a highly skilled and competent clinician in Acute Care Physiotherapy, the Senior Physiotherapist delivers quality services and provides clinical leadership within the acute hospital services, providing supervision and support to a team of rotating Physiotherapists working across a number of Acute wards.
Working in conjunction with other team members and other health professionals the Senior Physiotherapist optimises patient functional and health outcomes in this specialty area.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
In addition, this, other benefits of working as a Senior Physiotherapist in NALHN include:
- Professional development opportunities. We have a well-established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and staff are also eligible for external, funded professional development via the Allied Health Professionals Plus Professional Development Reimbursement Program, to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations.
- Opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research.
- Regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals.
To be eligible for this position, you must have an Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
Check(s)
- DHS Working with Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 901331
Enquiries
Allied Health Facilitator
Phone: (08) 8182 9354
E-mail: Health.AlliedHealthFacilitator@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
02 May 2025 - 11.55PM
Attachments
901331 - AHP3 Physiotherapist Gen MED - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.
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.