Team Leader Inpatients

**Job no**: 875714
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Barossa
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health
- **Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, Gawler Health Service - Community and Allied Health**:

- **Salary**:AHP3 $104,180 to $111,746 p.a. (Pro-rata)**:

- **Permanent Part time position working 18.75 hours per week**

**Overview**

In the course of fulfilling the duties of Team Leader the AHP at this level, uses their knowledge and experience to provide co-ordination and strategic oversight of multi-disciplinary client care delivered within the BHFLHN Gawler Inpatient Allied Health Team. The Team Leader is responsible for working collaboratively with the other Clinical Leads and Team Leaders for providing direction to the multidisciplinary staff they manage. The role supports the implementation of efficient contemporary models of service provision for a range of AH services within an inpatient setting. The Team Leader is responsible for ensuring compliance with BHFLHN Models of Care, business parameters, program reporting, program evaluation and outcomes for this regional program. This will include working collaboratively with metropolitan and regional hospitals and other referring providers to promote service integration, coordinated client care and develop and lead implementation of strategies to enable the health of clients and communities.

The Team Leader is responsible for ensuring systems and processes are in place for clinical governance and safe quality service provision. The role strategically oversees the monitoring and reporting on activity levels, resource allocation, program outputs, and review of strategies to ensure compliance with performance standards. The Team Leader works closely with the Regional Allied Health inpatient staff to ensure effective management and sustainable development of programs and services.

The Team Leader is required to oversee and report on the financial variances applicable to each program he/she manages. The role will be required to assist in the preparation of budgets and negotiating contractual obligations with funding bodies. As a member of the Community and Allied Health (C&AH) Leadership team, the Team Leader will contribute a program perspective to strategic and business planning for the BHFLHN and C&AH Directorate.

Employees in this role accept accountability for the multidisciplinary outcomes in the community health setting; for addressing inconsistencies between practice and policy; and for developing team performance and a positive work culture in the interest of patient/ client outcomes.

**Qualifications**

Must hold a recognised qualification within a recognised Allied Health profession, and be eligible for (full) membership of the relevant Professional Association. For those professions requiring Registration all requirements to obtain and maintain current registration must be fulfilled. For self regulated professions it is desirable to participate in the professional associations’ accredited CPD program.

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.

In addition to the annual salary package we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, employer superannuation contributions and leave loading.

**Check(s)**
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

**Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)**

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job ref**: 875714**

**Application Closing Date**

**10 September 2024 - 2 week close - 11.55PM**

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**Advertised**: 27 Aug 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 10 Sep 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time