• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – Elizabeth Vale
• Total Indicative Remuneration*: $377,429 - $848,152 per annum – MD2
• Ongoing Full-Time and Ongoing Part-time (multiple positions)

Head of Unit / Consultant – Child Protection Services - Ongoing Full-time

• Champion best-practice, evidence-based forensic medical services for children and families.
• Provide expert advice and consultation to NALHN staff on child protection matters, including suspicious injuries, sexual abuse concerns, neglect, and fabricated illness.
• Lead and support a multidisciplinary team, ensuring best practice standards and effective governance.
• Participate in after-hours on-call rosters for child protection and general paediatrics.
• Contribute to education, training, and research to advance child protection practices.
• Liaise with interagency partners and advocate for improved outcomes for vulnerable children and young people.

Please note: the role of Head of Unit / Consultant is appointable on an ongoing basis, however appointment as Head of Unit is subject to a maximum term of 5 years in accordance with Clause 10 of the SA Health Salaried Medical Officers Enterprise Agreement 2025.

Consultant – Child Protection Service - Ongoing Part-time - 7.5 hours per week (0.2FTE)

• Provide expert forensic paediatric assessments and medical care (inpatient and outpatient).
• Deliver objective, high-quality medico-legal reports for court processes.
• Participate in a multidisciplinary team environment, contributing to case management and service delivery.
• Support education, supervision, and development of junior staff.
• Contribute to continuous quality improvement and research initiatives.
• Participate in on-call rosters within a supportive team structure.

These roles offer the chance to build deep expertise in a highly meaningful subspecialty, while maintaining general paediatric scope.

Why work in our Child Protection Service?

At NALHN, Child Protection is not a side service — it's a critical, visible, and growing priority. You'll work within a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary team delivering specialist forensic medical services to children and young people, with a real opportunity to build and shape medical services for vulnerable children.

Here, your work will:

• directly protect vulnerable children and young people
• inform legal and court processes through expert evidence
• shape integrated responses with SA Police, child protection agencies and health partners
• drive best-practice care, system improvement, and education across the network
• contribute to training, research, and workforce development in a specialist field

You'll be part of a service that is growing, investing, and ready for strong clinical leadership.

Essential qualifications

You're a dedicated medical professional with a strong commitment to child safety and wellbeing. You bring:

• specialist medical qualifications and registration with the Medical Board of Australia
• expertise in forensic paediatric medicine, including conducting examinations and preparing high-quality reports for court processes
• strong leadership skills to guide a multidisciplinary team of social workers, psychologists, paediatricians, and Aboriginal Wellbeing Officers
• exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with internal teams and external agencies such as SA Police and Families SA
• a passion for teaching, mentoring, and contributing to research and quality improvement initiatives
• resilience, adaptability, and a commitment to trauma-informed care
  

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Contact: Adriana Rotaru, Medical Management Facilitator
Phone: (08) 8182 9042 | International: +61 8 8182 9042
Email: adriana.rotaru@sa.gov.au

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