Senior Coordinator - Child Development Unit

at  SA Health

Job no: 868615
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide CBD

Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Sub-Acute and Allied Health, Child Development Unit – North Adelaide (5006)
• Classification - AHP3 - Allied Health Professional L3 - $102, 641 to $110,094 pro rata
• Full time OR Part Time - Ongoing Permanent

ABOUT US

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.
Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.
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We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Child Development Unit team as a Senior Coordinator (Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Psychologist or Speech Pathologist), where you will be responsible for:

• Functioning as a specialist clinical expert in the coordination and planning of multi-disciplinary clinical assessments for children referred to the Child Development with complex neurodevelopmental concerns.
• Leading the development, coordination, implementation, delivery and evaluation of high quality and evidence-based assessment and management services to children and young people who present with developmental difference in multiple areas of their development.
• Providing advanced clinical services in the assessment of children and adolescents who present with complex neurodevelopmental differences, and their families.
• Providing a developmental perspective within the team to contribute to a holistic understanding of the child’s behaviour and presentation.
• Providing clinical supervision to postgraduate Allied Health Professional students completing a major placement as part of their clinical training requirements as required

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• High level skills in communication (verbal and written), negotiation, conflict resolution and teamwork.
• Minimum of 5 years clinical experience working as a paediatric allied health clinician.
• Demonstrated clinical expertise in a specialised area of practice including skills to teach and supervise a wide range of students at both the under-graduate and post-graduate levels.
• Empathy and understanding of the needs of families with a child with a disability and able to respond in an appropriate manner.
• Knowledge of child development and of the range of services available for children and their families within South Australia that promote child development