Senior Clinician - Complex Transitional Care

• Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
  
  
• Social Workers and Occupational Therapists
  
  
• Location: Various/Negotiable including Mount Barker, Gawler and Victor Harbor
  
  
• Salary: AHP3 $112,139 - $120, 284 per annum (adjusted to actual hours worked) + Benefits
  
  
• Multiple Positions Available with Flexible FTE
  
  
• Permanent/Ongoing, Full-Time and Part -Time Options available

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

Join our Complex Transitional Care Team (CTC) and play a vital role in improving outcomes for patients with complex care needs across the Barossa, Hills and Fleurieu region. As a Senior Clinician (Occupational Therapist or Social Worker), you will provide expert clinical leadership, work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, and help patients navigate safe and effective transitions between hospital, community, aged care and disability services.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine specialist clinical practice, service improvement, and professional leadership in a role that makes a real difference to the lives of patients, families and communities.

WHO ARE WE?

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK

These positions will support service delivery across the Barossa Hills Fleurieu region. As regional roles, they require travel throughout the network to engage with consumers, providers, and key stakeholders. Working primarily from one of our regional offices across the network, flexible work arrangements are available, including opportunities to work from home. This flexibility supports a positive work-life balance while ensuring you remain connected to your team, stakeholders, and the communities you serve across the region. You'll be part of a supportive and collaborative environment that values professional growth, innovation and work-life balance.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• An experienced and highly skilled Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with a passion for supporting people with complex health, disability and aged care needs.
• A confident clinician who can provide clinical leadership, mentoring and professional support to multidisciplinary teams.
• A collaborative professional who builds strong relationships with patients, carers, colleagues and external service providers to achieve the best outcomes.
• A proactive problem-solver with the ability to navigate complex systems, coordinate services and overcome barriers to safe and timely discharge.
• A clinician committed to person-centred, evidence-based and culturally safe practice, with a focus on continuous improvement and quality care.

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

• Lead the coordination and management of complex patient journeys, supporting safe transitions between hospital, community, aged care and disability services.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments and develop tailored care plans that promote independence, wellbeing and timely access to supports and funding pathways, including NDIS and My Aged Care.
• Provide expert clinical advice, leadership and supervision to allied health professionals and multidisciplinary teams across the network.
• Foster strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to improve care coordination, service integration and patient outcomes.
• Contribute to service improvement, workforce development and innovative models of care that enhance quality, safety and continuity of care across BHFLHN.

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways: 

• 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 Click here more information 
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to be immunised. Please contact the Enquiries Person for this position if you have any queries. Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy. Further information is in the application for to help guide you. 
• You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you. 

NEED TO RELOCATE?

Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/

HELP IS HERE!

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 940645), or reach out to Chrissie Isaksson, Project Manager, Demand Management, on Phone: 0481 475 806 or via E-mail: Christina.Isaksson@sa.gov.au 

To find out what you need to apply, and what is required to be offered a role, please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines

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DON’T HESITATE!  Applications Close on Wednesday 4th November, 2026 at 11:55PM

 Eligibility:  Open to Everyone

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Advertised: 21 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 04 Nov 2026 11:55 PM Cen. Australia Daylight Time

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