Director of Staff Wellbeing

Job no: 909239
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide CBD
Categories: Medical

  • Central Adelaide Local Health Network
  • Salary: $365,798 - $713,692 p.a pro rata Total Indicative Remuneration Salary (subject to private practice agreement)
  • Adelaide SA, 5000
  • Part Time, Contracted Role working 18.75 hours per week up to 3 years

About the Role

As the Director of Staff Wellbeing (DSW), you will lead the development and implementation of CALHN’s Staff Wellbeing Strategy and Framework, ensuring a holistic and sustainable approach to supporting our workforce. Reporting directly to the CEO through senior executives, this pivotal role will oversee, evaluate and promote initiatives designed to reduce staff burnout, enhance quality of care and strengthen patient-clinician relationships. You will provide high-level strategic advice to key governance committees and chair the Staff Wellbeing Committee, fostering a culture of care and resilience across CALHN and Statewide Clinical Support Services.

This role requires exceptional leadership to build collaborations with local, national and international organisations driving innovation in staff wellbeing. With a strong focus on organisational health, you will design and deliver proactive strategies that support individual and team wellbeing, while shaping work environments that prioritise physical and mental health. Your expertise will be critical in responding to organisational challenges, ensuring CALHN remains a workplace where staff are valued, supported, and equipped to thrive.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will be an accomplished medical leader with specialist registration and a strong commitment to advancing staff wellbeing in complex healthcare environments. You bring a strategic mindset and the ability to embed innovative wellbeing programs into organisational culture, fostering resilience and engagement across multidisciplinary teams.

Key requirements:

  • Qualifications and Registration: MBBS or equivalent with appropriate specialist qualifications, registered as a Medical Practitioner with the Medical Board of Australia.

  • Leadership and Strategic Skills: Proven ability to lead complex change initiatives, implement innovative systems, and integrate wellbeing programs within organisational missions.

  • Interpersonal and Analytical Strengths: High-level communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills; adept at managing priorities, analysing options, and achieving outcomes in dynamic environments.

  • Expertise and Knowledge: Deep understanding of contemporary healthcare, staff wellbeing challenges, evidence-based interventions, and relevant legislation and standards.

About CALHN

At Central Adelaide (CALHN), we’re shaping the future of health through excellence in clinical care, research, and innovation.  As South Australia’s largest health network, we deliver exceptional, safe and connected healthcare—for our patients, our community, and our people.

With more than 17,000 dedicated employees, every day at CALHN presents an opportunity to make a real impact—not because it’s expected, but because our values guide us to be our best.

Join us and be part of a team that’s driven by a commitment to a seamless safe and connected experience for all.

Find out more about our stories , our network, and the opportunities to be part of CALHN.

Benefit of Joining CALHN

At CALHN, we're dedicated to your career satisfaction and wellbeing, offering tailored benefits for healthcare professionals, including:

  • Salary Attractions: Flexible options for salary packaging covering living expenses, meal and entertainment allowances, and novated leasing.
  • Professional Development: Opportunity to apply for reimbursement of eligible professional development activities, and access to dedicated leave for ongoing learning.
  • Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
  • Flexible Work Arrangements: 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.
  • Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families. 
  • Career Opportunities: Explore career growth within the SA Health system with opportunities for skill development and movement across various metropolitan and regional sites. 
  • Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services are available via our Employee Assistance Program.

Join CALHN for a fulfilling career bolstered by comprehensive benefits and unwavering commitment to your success.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

CALHN is an Equal Opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community.

Application Information:

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position.

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Enquiries to:

Colin Anderson

E-mail: colin.anderson@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

11:55 pm Monday 21st July 2025

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information

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Categories

SA Health

Locations

Metropolitan South Australia

Work type

Local Health Network / Business