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• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Allied Health Team
• Location based in Port Pirie
• Salary: $68,478 - $102,240 p.a. (pro rata) - AHP1 / AHP2
• Temporary Full Time Contract (6 January 2025 - 1 February 2027)
  • Part Time will be considered

Join our dynamic team and expand your Podiatry skills across diverse clinical settings with full support!

Join our vibrant and enthusiastic Allied Health Team and broaden your experience as you provide podiatry services in wide range of clinical settings.

As a Podiatrist at Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN), you will get the opportunity to work with a clinically diverse caseload from paediatrics through to inpatient, outpatient, NDIS, high risk, biomechanics, telehealth and residential care, broadening your experience as you provide podiatry services in wide range of clinical settings.

We value peer support and clinical supervision and ensure this is embedded in practice for all our staff. YNLHN Podiatrists are given the opportunity to develop independent working skills as well as being connected to a team with wide ranging interests and experience.

You will get opportunities to:

• See the sites across the YNLHN area, through providing regional outreach clinics
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to find solutions to complex clinical needs, supporting positive consumer outcomes.
• Develop skills across all aspects of podiatry including high risk foot care, paediatrics, biomechanics, residential care, outpatient clinics and inpatients.
• Participate in ongoing service provision and improvement projects
• Contribute to the profession through student placements and projects, and work experience opportunities.
• Opportunities to engage in ongoing professional development

Essential Criteria

• Must hold a recognised qualification within the Podiatry profession and be eligible for full practising membership of the relevant Professional Association. 
• For those disciplines requiring Registration, all requirements to maintain current registration must be fulfilled. 
• For self regulated professions it is desirable to participate in the professional associations' accredited continuous professional development program.

Incentives and Support

The successful candidate will have the benefit of the following (subject to availability and eligibility):

• Up to $13,000 reimbursement for relocation costs (e.g. for travel, removalists)  For information about the eligibility for the Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found here.
• 3 months free accommodation and subsidised rental accommodation for short term contracts (up to 1 year)
• Professional supervision within your discipline to support professional and clinical development
• Support in developing your career journey - whether you are an early career clinician or experienced leader, we will help
• Minimum of $2000 per year for professional development and training (can include registrations, travel and accommodation where required)
• A Transition to Professional Practice Program to support allied health professionals new to rural and remote practice in their first year of practice in a rural setting
• A thorough orientation and buddy system to support relocation and transition
• Ability to salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is click here.  

Make the move - join the podiatry team in Port Pirie 

About the Region

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. View the below videos for more information about working for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network.

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Applicant Information

Please note that this position is multi-classed as either a AHP1 or AHP2 and classification will be determined by qualifications and experience.

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’re happy to consider part time contracts for the right candidates. Please advise us, in your cover letter, if you wish to be considered for a part time contract.  The working hours per fortnight and salary for part time contracts will be adjusted according to actual hours worked.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) 
• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
• 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

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: 883569.

Enquiries

Melanie Prior
Healthy Living Team Leader
Phone: (08) 8638 4494
E-mail: Melanie.Prior@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date

10 December 2024 - 11.55PM

Attachments

Job Capacity Statement Podiatrist.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines