• Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network,
• Position based across Mount Barker and Strathalbyn
• Salary: AHP3 $104,180 - $111,746 p.a (pro rata) + Superannuation + Leave Loading + Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Temporary part time contract working 67.5 hours per fortnight up to 24 July 2026

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

We are looking for a dedicated Allied Health Team Leader to provide strong leadership and coordination of the multidisciplinary client care service within the BHFLHN Mount Barker Inpatient Allied Health Team. In this role, you will also support our team at the Strathalbyn site, ensuring consistent, high-quality care across locations.

To excel in this role and deliver exceptional patient outcomes, you will collaborate closely with Clinical Leads and the broader team to provide contemporary, evidence-based allied health services in an inpatient setting. You will uphold and drive compliance with quality standards aligned to our Models of Care, actively leading continuous improvement initiatives and reporting on service performance.

Your advanced interpersonal skills will be key to building and nurturing seamless service integration with metropolitan and regional health providers, fostering a patient-centred approach at every step.

This is a pivotal leadership position where you will also contribute to strategic and business planning processes, helping to shape sustainable growth and improve client and patient experiences.

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 (this position is based across Mount Barker and Strathalbyn).  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.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Are you ready to take the next step in your career in this exciting Team Leader role?
• Are you keen to develop your clinical skills by working alongside the community in a rural setting?
• Are you a strategic thinker, inspired to lead others, using your experience in mentoring, educating and leading other clinicians in best practice clinical service?
• Are you always looking for ways to enhance practice through quality improvement and undertaking research activities?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then read on....

WHAT DO WE STAND FOR?

At BHFLHN our values underpin everything we do and the way we behave every day.  We also look for people who align to our values and we believe that our passion must be yours to be a success, our values are Trust, Respect, Integrity, Collaboration and Kindness.

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:

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• 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. 

WHERE AND HOW WILL YOU WORK?

The Fleurieu Peninsula is just one hour from the city of Adelaide.  It covers the stunning areas and towns of McLaren Vale, through to Strathalbyn, Goolwa, Victor Harbor and Aldinga Beach where you can spend days off experiencing the wineries and award winning restaurants of the southern vales.  Of if you like the sea, enjoy our stunning coastline from Cape Jervis and Rapid Bay up to Aldinga and Sellicks Beach, whilst only being just over an hour from Adelaide’s CBD.  Catch a glimpse here.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR YOUR 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, and do vary depending on what is required in the role, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to be immunised.  The policy on immunisation is very detailed, so please contact the Enquiries Person for this position if you have any queries.  Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy
• You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
• You will be required to hold registration with AHPRA to practice as a Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional within our organisation

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND 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?

At Barossa Hills Fleurieu we offer you financial support to relocate if you need to move.  See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health

HELP IS HERE!

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 908429) or reach out to Lisa Sears, Business Support Manager, on Phone: 0403107202 or via Email: Lisa.sears@sa.gov.au 

More information is offered via our Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf.  Please also click here for our Australian applicant guideline 

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DON'T MISS OUT! Applications Close 8 October 2025, 11:55PM

908429 Allied Health Team Leader Inpatients Hills and Strathalbyn - Role Description.pdf