Head of Unit, Women's Health Physiotherapy

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 887823
**Location**: 5006 - NORTH ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, Allied Health, Physiotherapy Department, North Adelaide (5006)**:

- **Salary**
- **Classification - AHP3 - Allied Health Professional L3 - $104,180 to $111,746**
- **Part Time (0.4 FTE) - Term Contract (12-months)**

**About the Opportunity**

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the **Physiotherapy** team as the **Head of Unit, Women's Health **where you will:

- Serve as a specialist clinician in the physiotherapy management of obstetric and gynecological patients within the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN).
- Provide day-to-day leadership of the Women’s Health Physiotherapy Unit.
- Develop, coordinate, and implement obstetric and gynecological physiotherapy services for women.
- Ensure the delivery of safe, efficient, and optimal care for patients.

**About You**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification, which entitles registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia
- Experience working within an acute setting in the management of obstetric and gynaecological conditions
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to lead a team and foster good working relationships both internally and externally
- Experience in the coordination of workloads for a team and supervision and teaching of staff and students

**What WCHN Can Offer You**
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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**

**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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

**Enquiries**
- Wee-Ren Kong

Position: Manager, Physiotherapy
Phone: 81617381

**Application Closing Date**: 1/12/2024 - 11:55pm

**Useful Links**

Head of Unit, Women's Health Physiotherapy - Role Description - 887823.pdf

**Flexibility Statement**
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.