Podiatry Practice and Capability Lead

- Full-Time, Permanent
- Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
- Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?
cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

The Podiatry Practice and Capability Lead contributes to optimal client experience through building discipline specific clinical capability and leading comprehensive quality improvement and clinical governance activities.

The Podiatry Practice and Capability Lead will support practitioners across the Services Network working within a variety of funding streams.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

- Promote and strengthen excellence in clinical practice across the Podiatry service
- Guide, oversee and support the Podiatry team’s professional development
- Implement policies, programs and procedures, and monitor staff compliance




- Facilitate communities of practice and provide clinical supervision

What cohealth offers:

Work alongside a highly skilled team of podiatrists and a broader multidisciplinary care team in a supportive workplace that values staff wellbeing. You will work with clients from diverse and sometimes complex backgrounds, gaining exposure to a wide range of health presentations that will strengthen and expand your clinical skills.

- Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
- Novated Leasing available
- Exciting Parental leave benefits
- cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
- Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
- A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here




- Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
- We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

- Clinical expertise: An experienced podiatrist with strong clinical capability and leadership experience in a community health setting.
- Collaborative leadership: A passionate leader who is motivated by the chance to work with a multidisciplinary care team.
- Quality and governance: A strong commitment to effective clinical governance and continuous improvement.
- Values alignment: A strong personal commitment to cohealth’s values and mission.

Application Process

To apply for this job click on apply now and you will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter.

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

Applications close on the mentioned date at 10.00 PM.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Robyn Wilmshurst on ••••@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

📌 Podiatry Practice and Capability Lead (Kensington)
🏢 Cohealth
📍 Kensington