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• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Physiotherapy Department, North Adelaide 5006
• Salary – AHP3, $108,347.00 - $116,216.00 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full Time, Ongoing/Permanent

About WCHN
Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We’re shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites).
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.

About the role

The Head of Unit leads specialised respiratory physiotherapy services, managing a clinical caseload while providing expert care for acute and chronic respiratory and neuromuscular conditions. The Head of Unit oversees service delivery, staff supervision, workload coordination, education, and multidisciplinary collaboration to ensure safe, efficient, high‑quality care.

Key duties of the role

• Act as a clinical expert of physiotherapy management in the fields of chronic and acute respiratory conditions, neuromuscular conditions, and functional neurological disorder.
• Provide high quality assessment, management, and advice in physiotherapy care of patients.
• Provide clinical leadership, professional supervision, and support to physiotherapists within the team.
• Allocate daily workloads, coordinate staffing across a seven-day service and ensure safe cover and handover processes.

Skills and Experience

• Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia
• Extensive experience in physiotherapy management in paediatric respiratory conditions.
• High level knowledge of paediatric respiratory conditions and the Physiotherapy management of these conditions including chronic and acute respiratory conditions, neuromuscular conditions and functional neurological disorder.
• Experience in the coordination of workloads for a team.
• Ability to lead a team and foster good working relationships.

Enquiries can be directed to

Wee-Ren Kong

Manager, Physiotherapy

8161 7381

WeeRen.Kong@sa.gov.au

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To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:

• AHP3 - Head of Unit - Respiratory Physiotherapy - Role Description - 931641.pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

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. Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Tuesday 17 March 2026 at 11:55pm