Podiatry Coordinator

Your Community Health; Victoria; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Professional development

Inclusion networks

Salary packaging

Green Hospitals network

Job summary

Your Community Health in Victoria is seeking an experienced podiatrist to step into a leadership role as Podiatry Coordinator. Reporting to Allied Health Manager, this fixed-term 0.8FTE position provides parental leave coverage through 31 December 2027 and is based in our Northern Suburbs offices.

You will lead the podiatry discipline, drive service delivery and quality, oversee workforce management, and maintain a 0.3 FTE caseload while supporting team goals and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Relevant podiatry degree and AHPRA registration.
• Proven leadership and team management experience.
• Minimum of five years’ experience practising as a podiatrist.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience managing budgets, resources, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the podiatry discipline, ensuring safe, high-quality, client-centred care.
• Drive operational excellence, managing systems, processes, and service delivery.
• Oversee workforce management, recruitment, and staff development.
• Maintain a 0.3 FTE caseload while supporting team goals and service integration.
• Champion continuous learning, quality improvement, innovation, and compliance with clinical and organisational standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team management

Problem-solving

Education

Podiatry degree

Job description

At YourCH, we provide a wide range of services, including medical, dental, allied health, social support, Aboriginal Health, and Trans and Gender Diverse healthcare. Our purpose-driven approach focuses on community development and addressing health inequalities.

Job Description

About the Podiatry Coordinator role

An exciting opportunity for an experienced podiatrist to step into a leadership role and further develop their coordination and people skills. The role provides an opportunity to lead and support a collaborative Podiatry team, contribute to service development and quality improvement, and support the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care across a range of community health funding programs.

Reporting to the Allied Health Manager, this is a fixed-term part time role (0.8FTE) providing parental leave coverage through to 31 December 2027. Offices located in the Northern Suburbs.

Your Passion and Commitment will see you:

• Lead the podiatry discipline, ensuring safe, high-quality, and client-centred care
• Drive operational excellence, managing systems, processes, and service delivery
• Oversee workforce management, recruitment, and staff development
• Maintain a 0.3 FTE caseload while supporting team goals and service integration
• Champion continuous learning, quality improvement, innovation, and compliance with clinical and organisational standards

To succeed in this role you will have:

• A relevant degree in podiatry and AHPRA registration
• Proven leadership and team management experience
• A minimum of five years’ experience practising as a podiatrist
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
• Experience managing budgets, resources, and operations

For further information about this role, please refer to the position description (available via the YourCH Careers Hub).

YourCH has fostered an organisation-wide supportive and diverse team that allows staff to bring their whole self to work, both personally and professionally. You'll join a team focused on reflecting the diverse communities we serve and we will work with you to ensure a safe, affirming workplace by addressing any barriers you may experience to full participation. We offer:

• True flexibility in a supportive work environment to be yourself and balance your personal and professional responsibilities.
• Opportunities for development and training to grow your skills and career.
• Access to internal inclusion Networks like our LGBTIQA+ Rainbow Pride Network (and more starting soon).
• Eligibility for not-for-profit Salary Packaging Options including $15,900 annually and $2,650 Meal and Entertainment allowance per FBT year.
• Being an environmentally conscious employer part of the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals network.

Applications will be reviewed and interviews may be conducted as suitable applications are received. The advertisement may close early if a suitable candidate is identified.

If you still have any queries about the role please contact Joyce Lee (She/Her), Podiatry Coordinator, on [e-mail] or 03 8470 1885.

Your Community Health is an Equal Opportunity and Child Safe employer who supports inclusiveness and diversity. We are dedicated to attracting and retaining people from a diverse background, including but not limited to, those identifying as LGBTIQ, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, people from cultural and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, and people with a disability.

For more information, please visit our website - https://www.yourch.org.au/
We are passionate about our work and fostering a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage applications from people in the LGBTIQA+, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, disability and culturally diverse communities, as well as those with lived experience in areas in which we work.

We will work with you to ensure a safe, supportive and affirming workplace and address any barriers you may experience to full participation.