Team Leader Child Development Service

West Moreton Hospital and Health Service; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

West Moreton Health is seeking a Team Leader for the Child Development Service to provide operational management and allied health clinical leadership across the CDS. You will oversee service delivery, workforce planning, quality improvement and stakeholder engagement to ensure high-quality, family-centred paediatric care.

The position is a temporary part-time role until 30 June 2027, offering a chance to lead a multidisciplinary team within a supportive regional health service.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated high level knowledge of contemporary Community Paediatric service delivery.
• Ability to integrate evidence-based knowledge into practice.
• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team with resource management.
• Excellent oral and written communication with stakeholders.
• Strategic leadership for service planning and improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Child Development Service (CDS) as Team Leader.
• Provide operational management and allied health clinical leadership.
• Oversee service delivery, workforce planning, and quality improvement.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality paediatric care.

Skills

Community paediatric service delivery

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Oral and written communication

Strategic leadership for service

Clinical leadership for professional

Job description

Start a new journey with West Moreton Health!

Lead the Child Development Service (CDS), providing operational management and allied health clinical leadership across West Moreton Health. You will oversee service delivery, workforce management, quality improvement, and stakeholder engagement to ensure high-quality, family-centred paediatric care while fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement.

Temporary Part-time opportunity until 30 June 2027!

About West Moreton Health

West Moreton Health is one of Queensland's most diverse and rapidly evolving health services, delivering health care to over 300,000 people across Ipswich, Boonah, Gatton, Laidley, and Esk.

We provide preventative and primary healthcare services, ambulatory services, acute care, sub-acute care, oral health, mental health and other specialised services, including prison and youth detention health services, and alcohol and other drugs services to the region.

At West Moreton Health, our employees apply our shared values to every aspect of their work. This helps make sure our workplaces are effective, inclusive and empower our employees to reach our goals.

As a Child Safe Organisation, At West Moreton Health

• We prioritise children and young people being seen, heard, and safe in every interaction.
• We create inclusive environments where the voices and needs of children and young people are valued and respected.
• We believe safeguarding is shared responsibility, upheld by every member of our organisation.

Come and join a connected team of over 6,000 professionals delivering compassionate, community-based care across the West Moreton region.

What it's like to work with us | West Moreton Health

About The Role

This position assumes the role of Team Leader for the Child Development Service (CDS) providing operational management and allied health clinical leadership to the Child Development service.

About You

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Demonstrated high level knowledge of contemporary Community Paediatric service delivery with the ability to integrate evidence based knowledge into practice.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a multidisciplinary team utilising the principle of contemporary human, financial and material resource management.
• Demonstrated high level oral and written communication and interpersonal skills to facilitate equitable and effective engagement with staff and internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic leadership for service planning and service improvements for Community Paediatric services across the continuum of care.
• Demonstrated ability to provide clinical leadership for the development of professional standards for Community Paediatric practice in West Moreton Health.

Mandatory Requirements

• Vaccinated against, and remain vaccinated against, certain vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) as outlined in the Health Employment Directive NO. 01/16

Why choose us

• Purposeful work that makes a meaningful impact in one of Queensland's fastest-growing regions.
• Professional development including mentorship, paid study leave, simulation training and research opportunities.
• Career pathways with support to step into senior roles and leadership.
• Wellbeing supports including peer networks, flexible work options, EAP and dedicated mental health programs.
• Competitive benefits including salary packaging and up to 12.75% super.
• A lifestyle you'll love in a region that blends rural charm, natural beauty and city convenience.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for all West Moreton Health vacancies.

Occupational group

Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support