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• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Rehabilitation Medicine
• Total Indicative Remuneration Package: $296,708 - $383,234 MD02 (pro rata) | Multiple Short-Term Positions Available 

Join our Rehabilitation Medicine Team

Flinders Medical Centre is one of South Australia's leading tertiary hospitals, and the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) is known for its commitment to integrated, person-centred care. If you bring specialist rehabilitation expertise and want to make a measurable difference for patients on their recovery journey, this role offers exactly that.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Head of Unit, this role is integral to providing high-quality consultancy across a defined patient caseload, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to deliver evidence-informed rehabilitation programs.

Duties for the role will include:

• Providing inpatient rehabilitation services across wards in Flinders Medical Centre and Repat Health Precinct 
• Providing treatments and assessment for outpatients referred to the Rehabilitation service
• Providing care to Rehabilitation patients at home (home visits and Telerehab)
• Providing clinical supervision to Senior Medical Practitioners, Trainee Medical Officers and Medical Students
• Ensuring effective communication with other care providers to promote continuity of patient care
• Acting as a role model and mentor for medical students, registrars, resident medical officers and interns
• Fostering an environment that encourages staff to set direction for and continually improve services. (Including: attending ward quality meetings, participating in AROC benchmarking, leading one quality assurance activity per year)
• Participating in the training program provided to rehabilitation trainees in Southern Adelaide (expectation is one hour per week is spent with each trainee supervised and in addition attendance at group teaching sessions)

About you:

• Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent. Appropriate Specialist Qualifications and registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration (Rehabilitation Medicine); or another qualification as defined in the SA Medical Officers Award
• Experience with the supervision and teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
• Demonstrated high standard of clinical practice in Rehabilitation Medicine.
• Demonstrated professional integrity, leadership and motivational skills.
• Demonstrated participation in approved continuing medical education since attaining specialist qualification.
• Ability to work independently and exercise a high level of professional judgement and medical competence in a multidisciplinary setting.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Brooke Randall, RAP Medical Admin / TMO Coordinator, (08) 8404 2244, Brooke.Randall@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Tuesday 11th August 2026

Attachments:

• Rehabilitation Consultant - Role Description
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• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• Note: The Indicative Total Remuneration is inclusive of Award salary, Superannuation, and other monetary benefits.  We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• 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 and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 946681