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• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Murray Bridge
• AHP4 | Full Time Contract | Ongoing
• Salary: $118,887 - $129,427 p.a 
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Lead the Future of Community Aged Care Services

Drive innovation, strengthen clinical excellence, and shape the delivery of allied health services supporting older people to live safely and independently at home.

About the Role:

The Support at Home Aged Care Lead is responsible to the Support at Home Director for facilitating ongoing service development and providing strong clinical leadership in the foundation, implementation, and expansion of allied health services within community aged care settings across Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network.

As an experienced and highly competent clinician, you will provide professional and clinical leadership to allied health professionals working in community aged care. You will contribute to improvements in quality, safety, and community needs-based service distribution across the network, while leading model of care development and workforce initiatives in collaboration with managers and key stakeholders.

What We’re Looking For:

• Must hold a recognised qualification within the relevant Allied Health profession and be eligible for (full) membership of the relevant Professional Association.
• Apply specialist expertise to deliver complex clinical and consultancy services across the network.
• Work with a high level of professional independence, clinical competence and reflective practice.
• Utilise in-depth knowledge of strategic priorities, service delivery and workforce issues to manage complex responsibilities.
• Provide expert advice to management on service development, redesign and practice improvement aligned to client needs.

About Us

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn. Click here for more information about working for RMCLHN.

• We will provide support, both personally and professionally giving you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role.
• Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments.
• Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety.
• Offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
• Provide Relocation Support, where applicable. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.
• Join RMCLHN's Allied Health Team – Allied Health team video
• Join our allied health team at RMCLHN | SA Health (web page)

Applicant Information

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:

• 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 A

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: 929346

Enquiries

Karen Montgomery
A/EA Exec Director Comm & Allied Health
Phone: 8535 6815
E-mail: karen.montgomery@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Tuesday 10th March 2026 - 11:55 PM

Attachments

929346 AHP4 Role Description

About Murray Bridge Workforce Factsheet.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines

International applicant guidelines