Allied Health Acute Medical Unit Team Coordinator

**Job no**: 918603
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Northern
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Lyell McEwin Hospital - Elizabeth Vale**:

- **Salary: $118,887 - $129,427 p.a.**plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - AHP4**:

- **Temporary Full-Time, up to 30 November 2026**

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit an experienced Allied Health Professional to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community.

**About the Role**:
This role will report professionally and operationally to the Senior Discipline Manager for areas related to professional and operational matters and will also report to the Director of Clinical Operations for team management and service deliverables.

As the Allied Health Acute Medical Unit Coordinator, you will lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver exceptional patient outcomes within the Acute Medical Unit. You will provide expert oversight in complex case coordination and consultative services, supporting integrated assessment, care planning, service delivery and discharge coordination for eligible medical patients.

A key responsibility is to lead and support the team in implementing effective discharge planning aligned with the ‘Return Home First’ philosophy, ensuring patients experience safe and timely transitions back to their home environment. In this role you will foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and patient-centred care, contributing to continuous improvement in service delivery across the AMU Allied Health ward-based team.

To be eligible for this position, you must hold an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification for one of the following Allied Health disciplines working in the service, specifically:

- Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
- Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.
- Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
- Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of Speech Pathology Australia.

**About You**:
To excel in this role, you will have the ability to work in a fast-paced, ward-based team environment. You will possess demonstrated leadership and coordination experience and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team. Your strong clinical reasoning and communication skills are essential.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

**About Us**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.

Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:
“My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care.”

“I feel like I’m part of a growing and developing service.”

“I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support.”

**Benefits of working at NALHN**:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Incremental wage increases in-line with the incremental wage increases in-line with the _Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025_

Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are