AHP3 Senior Clinical Practitioner SA Health Bedford Park, SA, AU

- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Child Protection Service
- Salary $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. (Pro Rata) AHP3| Full time Position Until February 2027

Lead, Mentor & Deliver – Senior Clinical Role at SALHN!

This is a senior allied health opportunity based at Flinders Medical Centre within the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, offered as a full-time fixed-term contract. As an AHP3 Senior Clinical Practitioner, you will manage a complex clinical caseload, mentor junior staff, and contribute to service improvement within a leading tertiary hospital environment. If you bring senior-level allied health expertise and a commitment to high-quality, person-centred care, this role offers both professional depth and genuine community impact in the southern Adelaide metro region.

About the role:

Reporting to the Director, the senior clinical practitioner works as a specialist member of the multidisciplinary team, providing a direct clinical service which includes assessments of infants, children and young people and their families' following allegations of abuse and neglect

Duties for the role will include:

- Providing a specialist clinical service which includes parenting, forensic and/or therapeutic assessment of children and their parents where allegations of abuse and neglect have been raised,
- Constructing high-quality comprehensive written reports for completed assessments for the Department of Child Protection and South Australian Police,




- Offering other assessment and therapeutic services where appropriate,
- Liaising with Emergency Department, Paediatric and Neonatal services in a hospital setting,
- Providing clinical supervision and quality assurance in relation to APH2 staff assessments, report writing and therapeutic interventions,
- Providing information to the management team about evidence based clinical interventions,
- Assist in evaluating service effectiveness through monitoring, analysing and overviewing current systems, with responsibility for a specific clinical portfolio,
- Observing and promoting CPS administrative and clinical protocols and work instructions

About you:

- For an appointment as a Social Worker an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers,
- For appointment as a psychologist an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia,
- For appointment as a Clinical Psychologist an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia within an Endorsed Areas of Practice,




- Demonstrated ability to independently carry out assessments and therapeutic interventions of a complex nature with vulnerable infants, children, adolescents and their families, using a wide range of best-practice models and approaches
- Experience in working with infants, children and young people and their families following child abuse and neglect,
- Demonstrated clinical experience in child protection assessments and other therapeutic interventions, including evidential/forensic interviewing (3-7-year-olds); assessments of high risk/vulnerable infants (0-24months); attachment relationship assessments and therapeutic interventions particularly with young children (0-5years)

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Application Closing Date:

11.55 pm Sunday 20 September 2026

Attachments:

- AHP3 Senior Clinical Practitioner- Role Description
- Australian applicant guidelines
- International applicant guidelines
- 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:

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📌 Ahp3 Senior Clinical Practitioner (Adelaide)
🏢 Sa Health
📍 Adelaide