Lead Allied Health Professional

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 873888
**Location**: 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Ongoing
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**Central Adelaide Local Health Network**

**Statewide - SA Medical Imaging**
- **Salary: AHP6 - $150,673 (p.a.) + Superannuation & Salary Sacrifice Benefits**:

- **Adelaide SA, 5000**:

- **Full Time, Permanent Role**

**About the role**

The SAMI Allied Health Professional Lead is a member of the SAMI Executive Management Team and is accountable to the Executive Director, SAMI for providing strategic and professional leadership for the Allied Health Professional workforce within SAMI.

The SAMI Allied Health Professional Lead will monitor and evaluate clinical practice and service delivery for SAMI Allied Health practitioners and set policy direction for this workgroup to ensure the advancement and integration of a contemporary Allied Health Professional workforce across SAMI health sites and services.

Develop practice standards for SA Medical Imaging Allied Health Professionals.

Develop and implement systems to support, evaluate and consistently improve SA Medical Imaging AHP practices and healthy work environments.

Ensure strategies and systems are conducive to cost effective delivery of Allied Health Professionals service within SA Medical Imaging.

**About us**
- Statewide Clinical Support Services (SCSS) is a unique public healthcare organisation that serves health consumers and provides specialist clinical services to the health system in South Australia. SCSS encompasses BreastScreen SA, SA Dental, SA Medical Imaging, SA Pathology, and SA Pharmacy. Come and work with us to improve the health and well-being of South Australians, across all age groups and at any time of their life or health need. _

**What we offer**
- Attractive salary packaging available
- Strong community minded culture and values providing world class care to South Australians
- 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)
- Working With Children Check (DHS)
- 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:

- Degree in Medical Radiation and registration as a Medical Radiation Practitioner Diagnostic Radiographer or Nuclear Medicine Technologist with the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (MRPB).

**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: 873888**

**Enquiries to**:
Alison Pollard

Telephone: 08 71172150

**Application Closing Date**

11:55 pm Friday 6th Sept 2024

**Attachments**

***873888 AHP6 Lead Allied Health Professional Role Description.pdf**

**Australian applicant guidelines**

**International applicant guidelines**

**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.