Description:
Extraordinary Podiatry Opportunity at SA Health
As an AHP2 Podiatrist at SALHN, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional foot and lower limb care. Collaborating with a dedicated team of healthcare professionals, you'll assess, diagnose, and treat a wide range of conditions, tailoring comprehensive treatment plans to each patient's unique needs.
About the role:
Reporting to the Podiatry Manager, this role is responsible for the development, coordination, implementation and management of high-risk foot services for in-patients and outpatients. The podiatrist is a clinical and educational training resource within the Podiatry Department to ensure positive outcomes in the management of patients with vascular, neurological and/or biomechanical complications and assists with podiatry departmental planning and integrating evidence-based approaches into a clinical setting.
Duties for the role will include:
- Utilising specialised knowledge, skills and judgement to demonstrate clinical competency in the effective management of patients with complex clinical issues,
- Initiating, developing and providing high risk foot podiatry services to in line with the strategic directions and values of the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network,
- Provision of clinical supervision and support for AHP-1 podiatrists,
- Planning, developing and evaluating assessment and therapeutic intervention strategies that are appropriate for the service and its
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About you:
- Bachelor of Podiatry or equivalent,
- Eligible for registration to practice with the AHPRA Podiatry Board,
- Demonstrated advanced clinical competencies in the high-risk foot and wound management,
- Demonstrated competent and innovative clinical skills in an acute hospital/outpatient service setting and ability to work independently
Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.
Want To Know More? Contact: Darcie Jonas, Acting Podiatry Manager/High Risk Foot Coordinator, (08) 8204 4***, ************@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Wednesday 5 July 2025
Attachments:
- 908594 AHP2 Podiatrist- 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: 908594