Paediatric Triage - Allied Health

Shape First Impressions in Paediatric Care | Allied Health Triage!

Join the paediatric team at Flinders Medical Centre as an Allied Health Triage Clinician, where your clinical assessment skills will directly shape the care journey for children and families across southern Adelaide. Working part time on a fixed-term contract through to October 2027, you'll collaborate with a dedicated multidisciplinary team inside one of SA Health's major teaching hospitals. This is a meaningful opportunity to apply your paediatric expertise in an acute setting where timely, child-centred decision-making makes a real difference.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Allied Health Manager, this role is responsible for proactively managing referrals to ensure children and families receive timely access to appropriate care. This will include screening, assessment, and allocation of referrals to the most appropriate services whilst also ensuring the care providers have adequate information to provide effective and efficient care.

Duties for the role will include:

• Work with allied health triage lead and medical and nursing triage leads to screen, assess and appropriately direct paediatric referrals,
• Engage patients and their families or carers actively in care planning and goal setting to ensure optimal outcomes,
• Apply paediatric allied health knowledge and skills specifically in the field of paediatric and family-based care to provide high-quality care including screening, assessment, and management planning,
• Collaborate closely with the multidisciplinary team, actively participating in huddles, meetings, and case conferences. Provide allied health knowledge to facilitate its integration into broader patient care,
• Providing paediatric allied health triage advice and expertise to educational programs within the division and more broadly SALHN when requested

About you:

• One of the following will apply:
  - Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers;
  - Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia;
  - Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia with an Endorsed Area of Practice in Clinical Psychology;
  - Appropriate degree in Speech Pathology or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia;
  - Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA),
  - Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist,
• Proficient in interpersonal skills, fostering trust, respect, confidence, and cooperation with colleagues, patients, families, and senior staff,
• Experience in providing clinical management and support

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

The attached role description is currently under review and may be adjusted prior to appointment. All applicants will be provided with the finalised role description.

Want To Know More? Contact: Emma Dunning, A/ Allied Health Manager WCD, 0422759191, Emma.Dunning@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 13 September 2026

Attachments:

• AHP2 -Triage - Allied Health 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: 948829