- 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 – working 30 hours per week, up to 30 June 2027
About the Role:
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit an experienced Physiotherapist to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community.
As a Senior Physiotherapist – Acute Care Navigator (SWIFT), you will lead the development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of high‑quality physiotherapy services to assist in progression of care for acute inpatients. Working from Thursday to Sunday, you will collaborate with other members of the Supportive Weekend Interprofessional Flow Team (SWIFT) and multidisciplinary partners across medical, nursing, and allied health services. You will play a pivotal role in optimising care progression, supporting discharge planning, and improving overall patient flow.
As a highly skilled clinician, you will deliver advanced physiotherapy assessment, treatment, and care‑navigator services, ensuring timely identification of patients suitable for proactive care planning and barrier resolution. You will also provide clinical leadership within the acute hospital environment, offering guidance, support, and supervision to junior staff while contributing to ongoing service improvement.
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:
Success in this role requires a clinician who demonstrates:
- high-level competency in acute hospital physiotherapy, including comprehensive assessment, discharge planning and treatment techniques
- strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to negotiate, consult, and resolve conflict effectively
- proven ability to build productive relationships with patients, families, community agencies, and multidisciplinary teams
- leadership capability, including staff supervision, workload prioritisation, adaptability, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- experience in service development, policy implementation, and evaluation within an acute care setting
- commitment to continuous professional learning aligned with NALHN objectives
Step into a role where your expertise makes a real difference - apply today and help us advance high‑quality acute care for our community.
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.”
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 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 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):
- 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: 933310
Enquiries:
Allied Health Facilitator
Phone: (08) 8182 9379
E-mail: Health.AlliedHealthFacilitator@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
17 April 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
933310 - Senior Physiotherapist - Acute Care Navigator (SWIFT) - AHP3 - role description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
