Hasds Podiatry

**Job no**: 842509
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide CBD
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health

**Central Adelaide Local Health Network**
- **Salary: AHP2 - $85,665 - $99,241(p.a.)+ Superannuation & Salary Sacrifice Benefits**:

- **Sefton Park SA, 5083**:

- **Part Time, Contracted Role working 15 hours pw up to 12 months**

**About the role**

The level 2 Podiatrist provides advanced services for clients that can have their needs met in the Intermediate Care setting.

The Podiatrist position provides direct clinical care with the aim of preventing unnecessary hospital admissions by providing early intervention. This position ensures compliance with safety and quality standards within this high risk clinical area due to the complexity of this client group.

Intermediate Care provides services directly, particularly to specific target groups such as Indigenous people, newly arrived refugees, women, and people with complex co morbidities and chronic conditions and other vulnerable groups such as the homeless.

Embrace and embed service innovations and new technologies into practice, including virtual care initiatives.

The role is responsible for the planning, development, coordination, implementation and evaluation of podiatry services by:
Undertake all phases of intervention processes/projects and coordinating interventions as a member of an intervention team
- Select, adapt and develop new and innovative methods within the scope and objectives of the podiatry service and accept personal professional responsibility for the completeness and adequacy of activities
- Developing, implementing and reviewing podiatry service goals, objectives, policies and procedures
- The podiatrist will be required to respond to organisational requests for professional advice and/or supervision and provide professional consultancy to management, staff and other agency employees.

Identify, participate in and promote service improvement initiatives including quality assurance evaluation, team-based improvement projects, consumer engagement and research.

**About CALHN**

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South’s Australia’s major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.

We’re looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.

**What we offer**
- Attractive salary packaging available
- 17.5 per cent Leave loading applied to your annual leave
- Strong community minded culture and values providing world class care to South Australians
- Onsite Gym and Day Care facilities available to staff at TQEH and RAH.
- Opportunity for movement across the SA Health system: There are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites.

**Essential Requirements**:

- Current National Police Clearance (NPC)
- 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.

**Educational/Vocational Qualifications**
- Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration with the Podiatry Board of Australia.

**Diversity and inclusion**:
Statewide 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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

**Application Information**:

- 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._ _

**Job ref: 842509**

**Enquiries to**:
Tiffany Dewick

Telephone: 83428600

**Application Closing Date**

11:55 pm Friday 15th September 2023

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**Advertised**: 01 Sep 2023 Cen. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 15 Sep 2023 Cen. Australia Standard Time