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• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Wallaroo/Minlaton
• Full Time | Ongoing
• Salary:
  
  • $125,183 - $130,779 p.a | RN/M3
  • $108,347 - $116,216 p.a | AHP3 
  • $98,478 - $104,165 p.a | ASO6
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Please note that as this position is multi-classed as either a RN/M3, AHP3 or ASO6, the classification will be determined by qualifications and experience.

Join Our Team as Team Leader - Healthy Ageing Southern with YNLHN!

Are you an experienced clinician or health professional passionate about leading high-quality community aged care services? Join YNLHN as Team Leader – Healthy Ageing Southern and provide leadership, direction, and operational management across a multidisciplinary team. In this role, you’ll oversee community-based programs for older adults, ensuring services are responsive, safe, and aligned with the Commonwealth Aged Care Standards and YNLHN’s Model of Care.

This position is open across three classification levels, reflecting your professional background and experience:

• RN/M3: Provides clinical leadership within community aged care nursing services, contributing to operational management, workforce development, and quality care delivery.
• ASO6: Focuses on operational management, service evaluation, and delivery of in-home and community-based services, including personal care, domestic assistance, social support, and aged care assessments.
• AHP3: Delivers clinical and professional leadership to allied health staff, ensures service quality, safety, and community-focused outcomes, and contributes to workforce and model-of-care initiatives across YNLHN.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and provide direction to a multidisciplinary team within a reablement-focused community aged care setting.
• Oversee and manage operational delivery of community aged care programs, including home-based and group services, and aged care assessments.
• Apply detailed knowledge of Aged Care Standards, Consumer Rights, and Consumer Directed Care to ensure compliance and high-quality service delivery.
• Contribute to service planning, redesign, and professional development initiatives in response to community and client needs.
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on service provision, outcomes, and workforce performance.
• Support the development, mentoring, and guidance of staff across nursing, allied health, and administrative roles.
• Manage resources effectively, including staffing, rostering, budgets, and equipment allocation.
• Participate as a member of the Community & Allied Health leadership team, contributing to strategic management and continuous quality improvement.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re seeking experienced and highly competent health professionals with strong leadership skills, clinical expertise, and a commitment to improving community aged care services. Each classification level (RN/M3, ASO6, AHP3) has its own essential minimum requirements for educational/vocational qualifications and professional experience. To see the specific requirements for each classification, please refer to the detailed role descriptions.

You’ll have demonstrated experience in managing teams, delivering client-focused programs, and ensuring high standards of care and service quality. Excellent communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills are essential, along with a commitment to collaboration, professional development, and leading a positive workplace culture.

About Yorke and Northern Local Health Network

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

The YNLHN offers our employees access to salary sacrifice arrangements through Smart Salary (watch a short video about what salary packaging is click here) and some areas have access to a remote zone allowance. For information about the eligibility for the Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found here.

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

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.

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

Check(s)

• 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 B

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: 921362

Enquiries

Joanne Hall
Position: PA Operations Manager
Phone: 8842 6500
E-mail: joanne.hall@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Tuesday 16th December 2025 - 11.55PM

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information

Attachments

921362 ASO6 Role Description.pdf

921362 AHP3 Role Description.pdf

921362 RN/M3 Role Description.pdf

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