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• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Physiotherapy Department, North Adelaide 5006
• Salary – AHP3, $108,347.00 - $116,216.00 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Part Time (0.5FTE), Ongoing/Permanent

About WCHN
Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We’re shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites).
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.

About the role

The Senior Physiotherapist within the Neurodevelopment/Growth and Development Clinic provides expert neurodevelopmental assessment and intervention for high-risk infants and children, offering specialist consultation, applying standardised tools, and guiding multidisciplinary care and follow-up planning.

Key duties of the role

• Provide expert neurodevelopmental physiotherapy assessment, management and intervention to infants and children as part of a specialist multidisciplinary team. 
• Utilise standardised assessment tools in Neurodevelopmental Physiotherapy.
• Identify babies and children who require further investigation and specialist follow-up.
• Facilitate early diagnosis and detection of neurodevelopmental and neurological conditions, and pathways to registration with NDIS.
• Utilise clinical expertise to develop and provide relevant education sessions to staff.

Skills and Experience

• Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.
• Completion of Basic Prechtl's Method of the Qualitative Assessment of General Movements training.
• Demonstrated expertise in the field of neurodevelopmental physiotherapy.
• Experience in the use of standardised assessment tools used in Neurodevelopmental Physiotherapy.
• Specialised clinical skills in the evidence-based physiotherapy assessment and management of neurodevelopmental conditions for infants and children.

Enquiries can be directed to

Bethany Elder

Senior Physiotherapist - Neurodevelopmental Physiotherapy

8161 7381

Bethany.Elder@sa.gov.au

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To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:

• AHP3 - Senior Physiotherapist, Growth and Development - Role Description - 932851.pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

If you would like further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 19 April 2026 at 11:55pm