Job no: 949866
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide CBD
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health
- Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Health and Recovery, Trauma Safety Services, North Adelaide 5006
- Salary – AHP5, $137,075.00 - $149,922.00 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
- Part Time (0.8FTE), Temporary (fixed-term) contract up until 30 June 2027
About WCHN
Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We’re shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.
What WCHN Can Offer You
- Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
- Free public transport to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites).
- Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
- Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
About the role
The Clinical Practice Consultant Practitioner provides specialised expertise and high-level consultation and advice in regard to complex issues associated with the health consequences of services and programs for people who have experienced domestic/family violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. The Clinical Practice Consultant Practitioner plays a key role in developing clear objectives and evaluation measures to ensure successful clinical improvements, ensuring a quality service response to consumers that will involve planning, implementation, and reporting on the recommendations to executive and key stakeholders.
Key duties of the role
- Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy that delivers enhanced service provision in line with recommendations of the South Australian Royal Commission in to Domestic, Family and Sexual Violone and child abuse.
- Strengthen and expand clinical health responses to domestic and family violence, sexual assault and child abuse which are evidenced based and support best practice.
- Identify, implement, and report on service delivery changes necessary to fulfil the recommendations that will enhance care, and deliver evidence-based clinical processes.
- Develop and foster partnerships with state-wide government agencies.
- Be a lead expert to relevant WCHN, SA Health and statewide committees and forums to influence strategic planning aligned to reducing domestic, family, sexual assault and child abuse and women’s safety response.
Skills and Experience
- Appropriate Allied Health degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration with the appropriate board or gives eligibility for the membership of the professional association.
- Extensive experience in clinical leadership and service innovation including designing, delivering, managing and evaluating evidence-based clinical and therapeutic programs in DFSV, women’s health, or related fields.
- Comprehensive understanding of contemporary practice and trauma specialist care; informed by current research and evidence-based clinical and population health approaches.
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated capacity to apply evidence-based, ethical approaches to resolve complex clinical and policy issues.
- Expertise in trauma specialist healthcare with the demonstrated ability to deliver effective, evidence-informed trauma specialist services relevant to the directorate.
Enquiries can be directed to
Sarah Cooper
Director, Health and Recovery, Trauma Safety Services (HaRTSS)
Sarah.Cooper@sa.gov.au
1800 817 421
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To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:
If you would like further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Application Closing Date: Thursday 12 November 2026 at 11:55pm
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