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Cochlear Implant Clinical Lead!

As the Clinical Lead for SA's Adult Public Cochlear Implant Program, you'll oversee a specialised end-to-end service — from candidacy through to long-term rehabilitation — that gives South Australian adults access to life-changing hearing technology through the public system. Based at Flinders Medical Centre within SALHN, this part-time ongoing role blends program leadership with hands-on clinical work, including general audiology and outreach clinics across the metropolitan Adelaide region.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Audiology Manager, this role is responsible for the coordination of the South Australian Adult Public Cochlear Implant (CI) Program and the provision of audiological services resulting from referrals within and external to Flinders Medical Centre.

Duties for the role will include:

• Must be able to provide high-quality care across multiple areas within Acute Audiology services which will include (but not limited to): Adult CI, ENT, Ototoxicity and General Paediatric and Adult Audiology. Assume primary responsibility for the organisation and leadership of the South Australian Adult Public CI Program, including management of the patient waiting list, prioritisation of candidates, and oversight of policy and procedure development within the program,
• Provide specialist knowledge and expertise in the assessment, counselling, candidacy evaluation, fitting, and rehabilitation of CI candidates, implantees and their significant others,
• Lead staff supervision, CI service planning, development and evaluation, and driving continuous quality improvement and adoption of new techniques where evidence supports their use,
• Maintain comprehensive professional reports in the FMC medical record and interpret and disseminate audiology results for CI and non-CI patients,
• While the role is predominantly focussed on running the program, provision of general audiological services will also be required,
• Some travel to offsite clinics will be required

About you:

• Post or Undergraduate Graduate Qualification in Audiology or an appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for Association membership with Audiology Australia,
  Obtain a minimum of 20 hours of relevant professional development/education every 12 months,
• Demonstrated ability to provide high level clinical advice regarding clinical service delivery and improvement opportunities,
  Demonstrated ability to practice contemporary leadership and management strategies to build and develop a well-functioning team,
  Demonstrated work within the field of cochlear implantation,
  Demonstrated flexibility, adaptability, problem-solving, resourcefulness and innovation in a changing workplace,
• Experience providing pre- and post-implant rehabilitation, mapping, and long-term clinical follow-up for cochlear implant recipients,
• Broad & varied experience in a full range of audiological clinical procedures at a senior level, including the management of patients affected by hearing and communication disorders

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Rebecca Daebeler, Acting Acute Allied Health Director, Resource Manager, (08) 8204 5721 Rebecca.Daebeler@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 6 September 2026

Attachments:

• Audiology Clinical Lead - Cochlear Implant 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: 947206