• Central Adelaide Local Health Network
• Salary: AHP4- $118,887.00 - $129,427.00 p.a.  + Superannuation & Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Sefton Park SA, 5083
• Full Time, Contracted Role up to 8 Mar 2027

About the Role

The Senior Manager Quality and Innovation plays an exciting, new and pivotal leadership role in shaping the delivery of high-quality, efficient Integrated Care services to achieve optimal outcomes for patients. Accountable for formulating and implementing strategic directions across Integrated Care, including but not limited to allied health, this role drives service excellence by identifying opportunities for innovation, strengthening models of care and ensuring alignment with organisational priorities. You will provide oversight of quality improvement initiatives, research development and service optimisation activities that enhance patient experience and system performance.

Working collaboratively across sites and agencies, you will lead coordinated allied health approaches within Integrated Care by partnering closely with clinicians, managers and key stakeholders. This position contributes to the development, coordination and implementation of strategic and operational priorities, ensuring services remain contemporary, evidence-informed and outcome-focused. It is an opportunity to influence system-wide improvement while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability and continuous quality enhancement.

About You

You are a strategic and influential Allied Health leader with the qualifications, experience and drive to lead quality and innovation across Integrated Care. You bring extensive discipline expertise, strong stakeholder engagement capability and a demonstrated ability to deliver complex clinical and system-level change. With a commitment to continuous quality improvement and practical application of research into practice, you are confident working across multidisciplinary environments and building trusted partnerships across CALHN, SA Health and external organisations.

• Qualifications & Professional Standing – An appropriate Allied Health degree (or equivalent) that enables registration with the relevant discipline board, or recognised professional association membership where registration does not exist.

• Leadership, Change & Project Expertise – Proven experience delivering significant clinical practice change, leading innovative service delivery initiatives and managing complex projects with minimal supervision, including change management and resource oversight.

• Strategic Analysis, Quality & Research Capability – Demonstrated ability to identify service gaps, analyse and validate information, use data to inform decisions, and initiate and support quality improvement and research activities, including planning, documentation and reporting.

• Stakeholder Engagement & System Knowledge – Extensive experience in multidisciplinary collaboration, building effective clinical partnerships, preparing organisational briefings and correspondence, and applying detailed knowledge of Integrated Care clinical practice, health service management, relevant legislation and contemporary healthcare trends.

About CALHN

At Central Adelaide (CALHN), we’re shaping the future of health through excellence in clinical care, research, and innovation. As South Australia’s largest health network, we deliver exceptional, safe and connected healthcare—for our patients, our community, and our people.

With more than 17,000 dedicated employees, every day at CALHN presents an opportunity to make a real impact—not because it’s expected, but because our values guide us to be our best.

Join us and be part of a team that’s driven by a commitment to a seamless safe and connected experience for all.

Find out more about our stories , our network, and the opportunities to be part of CALHN.

Benefit of Joining CALHN

At CALHN, we're dedicated to your career satisfaction and wellbeing, offering tailored benefits for healthcare professionals, including:

• Salary Benefits: Enjoy flexible salary packaging options, including up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (such as mortgage, rent, utilities and groceries) plus an additional $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses.
• Professional Development: Opportunity to apply for reimbursement of eligible professional development activities, and access to dedicated leave for ongoing learning.
• Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program for you and your family, plus an annual voluntary flu vaccination to support your wellbeing.
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Flexible Work Arrangements: 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.
• Employee Recognition: Join a workplace where our people are celebrated through awards for innovation, collaboration, and outstanding contributions to health.
• Career Opportunities: Explore career growth within the SA Health system with opportunities for skill development and movement across various metropolitan and regional sites.

Join CALHN for a fulfilling career bolstered by comprehensive benefits and unwavering commitment to your success.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

CALHN is an Equal Opportunities employer 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, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community.                                                                                                                                         

Application Information:

• Please refer to the role description for essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position.

Job ref: 929116

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Application Closing Date

11:55 pm Friday 13th March 2026

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information

 929116 AHP4 Snr Manager Quality and Innovation_.pdf

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