Advanced Clinical Lead - Prevention & Response to Violence, Abuse & Neglect

SA Health; South Australia; Hybrid; AUD 123,000 - 134,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary package benefits

Professional development

Employee Assistance Program

Health & fitness benefits

Job summary

SA Health is seeking an Advanced Clinical Lead to drive Prevention & Response to Violence, Abuse & Neglect across regional South Australia in a part-time, negotiable-location role.

You will provide expert clinical leadership, build partnerships with LHNs and agencies, and lead quality improvement and workforce development to improve safety and outcomes for vulnerable children, women, and families.

Qualifications

• Extensive clinical expertise in Child Protection, Family and Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault.
• Experience leading complex service reform, quality improvement, or workforce development initiatives across multiple services, regions, or stakeholder groups.
• Experience providing expert clinical advice and consultancy to senior leaders, clinicians, and external partners on vulnerable children, families, and at-risk populations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and influence regional Child Protection, Family and Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault reform initiatives, ensuring services are evidence-based, trauma-informed, and aligned with legislative and policy requirements.
• Provide expert clinical leadership, consultation, and advice to clinicians, managers, and executives to support the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children, women, families, and communities.
• Develop and strengthen partnerships with regional LHNs, government and non-government agencies, Aboriginal communities, and key stakeholders to improve service integration and consumer outcomes.
• Drive quality improvement, risk management, service evaluation, and workforce development activities to enhance safety, compliance, and service excellence across regional health services.
• Champion best practice, professional capability, and system-wide improvements through strategic leadership, education, mentoring, and advocacy for vulnerable consumers.

Skills

Child Protection

Family & Domestic Violence

Sexual Assault

Job description

Advanced Clinical Lead - Prevention & Response to Violence, Abuse & Neglect

Job no: 946839
Work type: Part time
Location: Country SA - Location negotiable
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

• Rural Support Service
• Salary: AHP4 $123,048 to $133,957 per annum – adjusted to hours worked
• Part-time (0.9 FTE), Temporary – up to 30 June 2027

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

Join a purpose-driven leadership role where you can make a meaningful impact on the safety and wellbeing of children, women, and families across rural South Australia. We offer the opportunity to lead state-wide reform initiatives, influence clinical practice and policy, collaborate with senior stakeholders, and drive trauma-informed, person-centred care across regional health services. You'll be part of a supportive and highly skilled network, with opportunities for professional growth, strategic leadership, workforce development, and sector-wide influence while advocating for vulnerable communities and improving health outcomes across regional South Australia.

WHO ARE WE?

The RSS is a directorate of the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, that delivers a range of enabling services, such as workforce planning and recruitment, digital health, finance, infrastructure, procurement, and clinical governance support. Our purpose is to strengthen and sustain healthcare delivery in rural and regional areas by providing consistent, efficient, and specialist support functions to the six regional local health networks (LHNs) across South Australia. We work across 37 regional, rural and remote SA locations, as well as 3 Adelaide offices.

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK

Many RSS staff enjoy working from home or remotely, or may choose to work from our central Adelaide offices, allowing our employees to benefit from the work-life balance this provides. They enjoy the freedom to further their career while remaining part of their local community and contributing to health care right across regional South Australia.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Can you demonstrate extensive clinical expertise in Child Protection, Family and Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault, and how have you applied this knowledge to improve service delivery or clinical practice?
• How have you successfully led complex service reform, quality improvement, or workforce development initiatives across multiple services, regions, or stakeholder groups?
• Describe your experience providing expert clinical advice and consultancy to senior leaders, clinicians, and external partners on matters relating to vulnerable children, families, and at-risk populations.
• How have you built effective partnerships and influenced key stakeholders to achieve strategic outcomes, improve compliance, or implement organisational change?
• What experience do you have leading, mentoring, and supporting multidisciplinary teams while fostering a culture of learning, continuous improvement, and trauma-informed practice?

IF YOU ANSWERED YES, PLEASE READ ON...

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

• Lead and influence regional Child Protection, Family and Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault reform initiatives, ensuring services are evidence-based, trauma-informed, and aligned with legislative and policy requirements.
• Provide expert clinical leadership, consultation, and advice to clinicians, managers, and executives to support the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children, women, families, and communities.
• Develop and strengthen partnerships with regional LHNs, government and non-government agencies, Aboriginal communities, and key stakeholders to improve service integration and consumer outcomes.
• Drive quality improvement, risk management, service evaluation, and workforce development activities to enhance safety, compliance, and service excellence across regional health services.
• Champion best practice, professional capability, and system-wide improvements through strategic leadership, education, mentoring, and advocacy for vulnerable consumers.

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and Fitness Benefits:Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
• Relevant qualifications assigned to this role as detailed on attached Role Description.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref:946839), or reach out to Jo Lawson, Principal Consultant Allied Health - RSS on Phone: [phone] or via E-mail: [e-mail]

DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on Monday 9 th November 2026 at 11:55PM

Advertised: 26 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 09 Nov 2026 11:55 PM Cen. Australia Daylight Time