• Women's & Children's Health Network, Child & Family Health Services (CaFHS) Torrens House, Adelaide 5000
• Classification – MDP4 – Senior Medical Practitioner $426,255 - $713,692 
• Part Time (0.2 FTE) - Term Contract Temp to 14/1/2026 (working Thursdays) 

About the Opportunity

Torrens House is a 9 bed Early Parenting Residential Unit, located on South Tce in Adelaide, supporting parents with infants up to 12 months of age with unresolved parenting challenges including feeding, settling and perinatal mental health. 

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the CaFHS team as a Senior Medical Practitioner where you will be responsible for:

• Provision of advanced quality client centred primary health care services to families admitted to Torrens House for Early Parenting education and support.
• Works autonomously within a multidisciplinary team setting.
• Liaises with other service providers, both internally and externally, who work with infants and their families/carers in relation to their health care, to ensure effective outcomes are achieved in line with the CaFHS Model of Care.
• Undertakes education and research as required and will participate in and encourage/support team work amongst staff for optimal client service outcomes.
• Responsible for providing and/or coordinating effective safety and quality processes.

 

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent, registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner
• Ability to provide specialised services for perinatal care and support, in particular recognising the increasing burden of anxiety related mental health issues impacting on the families admitted to Torrens House.
• Willingness to write health reports in the context of Dept. Child Protection related cases for court
• Ability to respectfully support, communicate and relate to people with diverse value systems, cultural differences and special needs.
• Advanced skills and clinical excellence in clinical practice within a primary health care setting,
• Experienced in assessing the needs and care requirements of infants and their families to help safeguard and promote health, development and wellbeing.
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What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year. Click here more information
• 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 for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

 

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

 

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

 

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

 

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

 

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

 

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

 

Other Important Information

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.

 

Enquiries

Cathryn Symes - Nurse Unit Manager – Torrens House and Parent Helpline, Phone: 0427 501 726

 

Application Closing Date: Wednesday 7^th May 2025 – 11:55pm

 

Useful Links

 MDP4 - Sen Medical Practnr - CaFHS - Role description - 898794.pdf