- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – Elizabeth Vale
- Salary: $108,347 - $$116,216 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP3
- Ongoing Part-Time – 22.5 hours per week
Are you ready to make a real impact in the lives of children and families? The Gordon McKay Child Development Unit (CDU) at Lyell McEwin Hospital is seeking a passionate Senior Intake Coordinator to lead the intake and triage process for children with complex developmental needs. This is your chance to be the first point of connection for families seeking life-changing support and to ensure timely, equitable access to diagnostic services.
Join a multidisciplinary team dedicated to improving outcomes for children with developmental delays and neurodevelopmental disorders. If you thrive in a dynamic environment where leadership, collaboration, and innovation are valued, we want you on our team.
About the Role:
As Senior Intake Coordinator, you will:
- Oversee and coordinate all incoming referrals to the CDU, ensuring efficient triage and prioritisation in line with clinical criteria.
- Manage waitlists proactively, implementing strategies to improve access and reduce delays.
- Liaise with families, schools, and community services to gather essential information and support pre-assessment processes.
- Collaborate with paediatricians, psychologists, speech pathologists, and occupational therapists to facilitate diagnostic assessments.
- Provide leadership in intake processes, mentor staff, and contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
This role is pivotal in shaping the patient journey and ensuring families receive timely, compassionate, and expert care.
About You:
You are an organised, empathetic, and solutions-focused professional who thrives in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment. You bring:
Qualifications: A relevant allied health degree (Psychology, Occupational Therapy, or Speech Pathology) with professional registration.
Experience:
- Expertise in paediatric assessment and management of complex developmental and neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Proven ability to make triage decisions based on risk and acuity.
- Leadership experience in clinical or intake coordination roles.
Skills:
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to engage families and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
- Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities to manage competing priorities.
- Commitment to innovation, continuous improvement, and excellence in patient care.
Desirable: Postgraduate qualifications and experience in service development or research.
Ready to lead the gateway to care?
Apply now and help shape the future of child development services at Lyell McEwin Hospital.
About Us:
The Gordon McKay Child Development Unit at LMH provides a service to assess and support children with developmental concerns. Our team works with children who have challenges in three or more areas of development and who have not yet been formally assessed.
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.
Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:
“My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care.”
“I feel like I’m part of a growing and developing service.”
“I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support.”
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
Lyell McEwin Hospital – The major hospital in the north and north-east for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics and outpatient services.
Modbury Hospital – A general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.
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.
Incremental wage increases in-line with the incremental wage increases in-line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025
Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.
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.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
In addition to this, other benefits of working as a Senior Intake Coordinator 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 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
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 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.
Checks
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: 923637
Enquiries:
Jonathon Loader
Senior Manager, Gordon McKay Child Development Unit
Phone: 0479 187 512
E-mail: Jonathon.Loader@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
2 January 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
923637 - AHP3 - Senior Intake Coordinator - Gordon McKay CDU - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
