Physiotherapist

Make a Real Difference as a Discipline Lead Physiotherapist!

Lead Physiotherapy services across Women’s and Children’s, driving clinical excellence, service improvement and high-quality, evidence-based care for women, children and families.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Allied Health Service Manager, you will provide clinical and operational leadership to the Physiotherapy team within Women’s and Children’s, Allied Health and Child Development Services. You will drive service improvement, support team development and promote evidence-based practice to deliver high-quality care.

Duties for the role will include:

• Lead and oversee Physiotherapy services across Women’s Health and/or Paediatrics.
• Oversee and coordinate day to day team function and workloads of allocated clinical team
• Ensure that service provision and the activities of the Physiotherapy service are person and family centred and professionally and effectively conducted by contributing to the development of an integrated team approach and culture which is highly responsive to the needs of our consumers.
• Engage patients and their families or carers actively in care planning and goal setting to ensure optimal outcomes

About you:

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which give eligibility for full membership of the Physiotherapy Board of Australia
• Extensive experience in Women’s Health and/ or Paediatric Physiotherapy providing input at a senior clinician level.
• Experience in formal evaluation of clinical practices and outcomes.
• Demonstrated leadership, initiative, and ability to supervise, solve problems, and adapt to changing priorities.
• High-level verbal and written communication skills, including timely and accurate report preparation.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Emma Dunning, A/Allied Health Manager, 0422 759 191, Emma.Dunning@sa.gov.au  

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Tuesday 10th of November 2026

Attachments:

• Discipline Lead Physiotherapist Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• 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.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 954383

Advertised: 27 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 10 Nov 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

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