- 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
- Temporary Part-Time – Up to 22.5 hours per week, up to 21 February 2027
Are you ready to make a real difference in the lives of critically ill patients? Join our dedicated team at Lyell McEwin Hospital and play a vital role in supporting patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This is your opportunity to work in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment where your expertise will help optimise patient recovery and outcomes.
This part-time temporary role is available working fixed days of the week; either 15 hours per week (Thursday and Friday) or 22.5 hours per week (Thursday, Friday and one weekend day).
About the Role:
As a Senior Physiotherapist – ICU, you will provide high-quality physiotherapy services for patients in the Intensive Care Unit. You’ll work closely with other health professionals to provide evidence-based care that maximises functional and health outcomes for some of our most vulnerable patients.
Key responsibilities include:
- Delivering advanced clinical physiotherapy services in ICU and surgical settings.
- Leading service development, quality improvement initiatives, and research projects.
- Providing clinical leadership, mentoring, and supervision to junior staff and students.
- Collaborating within multidisciplinary teams to ensure patient-centred care and safe discharge planning.
This role offers the chance to influence best practice, contribute to innovation, and support the growth of physiotherapy services within NALHN.
About You:
You are a highly skilled and compassionate clinician with:
- Extensive experience in acute care physiotherapy, particularly ICU and/or HDU settings.
- Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities, with a passion for developing others.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
- A commitment to continuous learning, quality improvement, and patient-centred care.
- An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment
Essential qualifications:
- An appropriate degree in Physiotherapy (or equivalent) which entitles registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.
Desirable:
- Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field and experience in research activities.
This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture, and provides an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
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 Physiotherapist 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 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: 924590
Enquiries:
Allied Health Facilitator Allied Health Facilitator
Phone: (08) 8182 9379
E-mail: Health.AlliedHealthFacilitator@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
9 January 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
924590 - AHP3 - Senior Physiotherapist - ICU - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
