- Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network – Location Negotiable Within Region
- AHP3 | Part Time 0.5 FTE | Temporary (up to 26 December 2025)
- Base Salary Range: $104,180 - $111,746 p.a (pro rata)
- In addition to base salary, this position attracts Superannuation, Leave Loading and Salary Sacrificing Benefits (salary packaging).
Join our team and shape the future of healthcare, empowering the next generation of professionals with your passion and expertise!
About Us:
The Flinders and Upper North region offers a relaxed lifestyle, breath taking views, endless adventures and friendly and diverse communities. With a short commute to work, you’ll have more time in your day to spend with your family, friends and explore the many attractions of the Flinders and Upper North region. With wide-open spaces, parks and sports and access to many recreational activities, you’ll find something to enjoy outside of work. There is access to public and private schooling, including tertiary education, making it a great place to raise a family.
You will become a part of a supportive and welcoming team and have opportunities to work in a variety of settings whilst working across both discipline specific and multi-disciplinary teams. You’ll also have access to continuing education and development opportunities, allowing you to grow your career, all while working to improve community health outcomes and wellbeing.
Find out more about working with the Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network at: Working at the FUNLHN
Want to discover more watch: Come and Discover FUNLHN!
FUNLHN Information Page.pdf
Service:
Allied and Community Health Service
Our Allied and Community Health Teams are multi-disciplinary teams who work together towards the common goal of improving health outcomes of our community members. Services are based in Port Augusta and Whyalla, with regular outreach clinics held in Roxby Downs, Quorn, Hawker, Maree and Leigh Creek. We offer a wide range of centre-based, in-home and community-based services to people of all ages and tailor our services to best meet our client needs. To find out more about the Services at Country Health Connect - Flinders and Upper North Community Health Service | SA Health
About Whyalla.pdf
About Port Augusta.pdf
Relocation and Accommodation Assistance:
- Financial assistance for relocation may be available for eligible applicants for appointments prior to 31 December 2024. Further details regarding this can be found here
- Accommodation support may be available - conditions apply
Support and Training:
- Supervision – as per the Regional LHN Allied Health Supervision Framework
- Access to Professional Development funding
- Scholarships may be available to undertake a Certificate of Rural General Practice/Graduate Diploma of Rural Generalist Practice via the Allied Health Rural Generalist Pathway (AHRGP) Rural Generalist Program - JCU Australia
- Access to contextual Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Training (specific to the region) and access to Aboriginal Liaison Officers and Aboriginal Health Practitioners
- Links with Rural Support Service (RSS) – for useful resources and professional support and/or Clinical Governance
About the Role:
The Allied Health Clinical Educator plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare across Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network (FUNLHN). With extensive clinical expertise and experience, this position leads allied health workforce education and the coordination of student placements across a variety of Allied Health disciplines, including occupational therapy (OT), physiotherapy (PT), social work (SW), speech pathology (SP), dietetics (DT), podiatry (POD), and orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) in rural and remote settings.
In collaboration with universities and senior clinical educators from the Rural Support Service (RSS), the Clinical Educator supports students and supervisors, delivers high-quality teaching, facilitates research, and provides valuable insights on clinical education and development. This role ensures a comprehensive, supportive learning environment for students, fostering professional growth for both students and supervisors.
As a key advisor to FUNLHN Executive and university partners, the Clinical Educator contributes to strategic workforce education and development, promoting FUNLHN as a leading, contemporary workplace. The role also takes a lead in developing and progressing key initiatives like the Student Cadetship Model, ensuring that the objectives of the Community and Allied Health Directorate are achieved with excellence and within budgetary guidelines.
This is a unique opportunity to be a driving force behind best practice education, creating a lasting impact on the future of Allied Health professionals, and making FUNLHN a rewarding and fulfilling place to live and work.
Learn more about our Allied Health workforce
Looking for a change in scenery? – Allied Health
About You:
- Must hold a recognised qualification within the relevant allied health profession and be eligible for full membership of the relevant Professional Association. For those disciplines requiring Registration, all requirements must be fulfilled to achieve and maintain current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency (AHPRA). For self-regulated professions, it is desirable to participate in the professional associations accredited continuous professional development program.
- A higher qualification in a relevant area such as health service management, professional specialisation/clinical education will be highly regarded.
- Provide expert clinical and consultancy services across Flinders & Upper North LHN and professional networks.
- Work independently, applying advanced techniques with clinical competence and reflective practice.
- Use knowledge of LHN’s strategy, operations, and workforce to manage complex tasks.
- Advise on service development and improvements based on client needs.
- Apply advanced techniques with professional independence and expertise.
- May manage a clinical caseload or supervise staff.
Please refer to the role description below for more detailed information on the position, responsibilities, and qualifications.
Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
Applicant Information:
- This is a part time vacancy, working 37.5 hours per fortnight and salary will be adjusted according to actual hours worked.
- 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.
- Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
- 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: 889975
Want To Know More? Contact:
Ilse-Marie Foord - Executive Director Community and Allied Health, 8648 8447, ilse-marie.foord@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date: Friday 24th January 2025 - 11.55PM
Attachments:
889975 AHP3 Role Description.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines
