- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Division - Urgent Care Hub Playford
- Salary: $108,347 - $116,216 p.a. (pro rata) AHP3
- Ongoing Part-Time – 7.5 hours per week (Fridays)
Shape the future of urgent care – and make a real difference every day.
Join our passionate team at NALHN and bring your expertise to a role that transforms lives. As a Senior Physiotherapist, you’ll lead innovative, patient-centred care within the Urgent Care Hub, helping people receive timely and individualised care when they need it most.
The Urgent Care Hub Playford is a service that supports older people requiring urgent comprehensive geriatric assessment and treatment in an alternative environment to an Emergency Department. You'll be part of a highly collaborative multidisciplinary team led by geriatricians, providing essential physiotherapy services to patients requiring immediate care and intervention.
About the Role:
As a Senior Physiotherapist, you'll assess, treat and support older adults presenting with diverse clinical conditions as a part of a multidisciplinary team within our Urgent Care Hub at Playford.
Within the role of the Senior Physiotherapist you will:
- Conduct comprehensive interdisicplinary and physiotherapy assessments in the urgent care setting
- Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to achieve optimal patient outcomes and avoid hospital admissions where appropriate
- Identifying and implementing strategies, equipment and supports to facilitate safe discharge home
- Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to junior therapists across the Northern Adelaide Geriatric Service
- Contribute to quality improvement initiatives and service development
As part of SA Health, South Australia's largest employer, you will contribute to our commitment to providing exceptional healthcare services to communities across the state. Our organisation values innovation, excellence, and professional development, ensuring every team member can make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes.
To be eligible for this position, you must hold 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 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.
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.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
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.
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.
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):
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.
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: 925729
Enquiries:
Office - Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care
Phone: (08) 7321 1232
E-mail: Health.NALHNACRPCRecruitment@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
23 January 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
925729 Senior Clinician - Physiotherapy AHP3 Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information
