- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Allied Health – Lyell McEwin Hospital
- Salary: $118,887 - $129,427 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP4 – Ongoing Full-Time
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit a passionate healthcare leader for the role of Physiotherapy Acute Clinical Service Coordinator to provide leadership for our dynamic, growing and supportive acute care team, and to help us deliver exceptional care to our community.
About the Role:
This role reports to the Director of Physiotherapy for clinical, professional, and operational matters and to deliver on team management and service outcomes.
The Physiotherapy Acute Clinical Service Coordinator provides strategic and clinical leadership for the acute hospital Physiotherapist and Physiotherapy Assistant teams of Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals. The role provides leadership, supervision, training and support for Senior Physiotherapists and other Physiotherapy team members to ensure delivery of a patient centred high quality acute hospital Physiotherapy service that values team member wellbeing and professional growth. The Physiotherapy Acute Clinical Service Coordinator fosters a culture of collaboration and innovation, contributing to continuous improvement in service delivery across the Physiotherapy and broader Allied Health acute hospital teams.
The Physiotherapy Acute Clinical Service Coordinator provides clinical services in a fast-paced, ward-based team environment. They act as a resource in complex discharge management and Physiotherapy care for bariatric patients across the acute setting They will collaborate closely with Senior Physiotherapists, Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health teams to optimise patient outcomes, support recovery, prevent functional decline, facilitate safe discharge and enhance service efficiency. They will contribute strong clinical reasoning, communication, and leadership skills, and they play a critical role in ensuring high-quality, evidence-based care for patients with acute hospital Physiotherapy clinical needs.
To be eligible for this position, you must an Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.
About You:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Physiotherapist with experience in acute care and leadership, looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.
About Us:
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 Physiotherapy Acute Clinical Service 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 via the Allied Health Professionals Plus Professional Development Reimbursement Program, 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.
Check(s):
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: 924531
Enquiries:
Allied Health Facilitator Allied Health Facilitator
Phone: (08) 8182 9379
E-mail: Health.AlliedHealthFacilitator@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
23 January 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
924531 - AHP4 - Physiotherapy Acute Clinical Service Coordinator - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
