SA Medical Imaging at Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide is seeking a Senior Clinical Educator Nuclear Medicine Technologist to lead specialist imaging education and training. You will work with the department manager and multidisciplinary colleagues to develop education programs, quality systems and research activity while maintaining radiation safety and accreditation standards.

The successful candidate will hold a Medical Radiation (Nuclear Medicine) degree or equivalent, ANZSNM accreditation

Job no: 951226

Work type: Part time

Location: Adelaide Metro Northern

Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Lyell McEwin Hospital - ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112
• Salary: $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - AHP3
• Opportunity to access additional allowances, including an Endorsed Area of Practice allowance of up to $11,565 p.a. (pro rata), where eligibility requirements are met
• Temporary Part-Time - 22.5 hours per week, up to 30 April 2027

About the Role Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and families? The Gordon McKay Child Development Unit at Lyell McEwin Hospital is seeking a dedicated Senior Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary team. This is your opportunity to work at the forefront of neurodevelopmental assessment and intervention, collaborating with paediatricians, speech pathologists, and occupational therapists to deliver holistic, evidence-based care.

If you thrive in a dynamic environment where innovation, collaboration, and quality improvement are valued, we want to hear from you. Help us shape a brighter future for children with complex developmental needs in Northern Adelaide.

About the Role As Senior Psychologist, you will play a pivotal role in assessing and diagnosing complex developmental delays and neurodevelopmental disorders, including ASD and FASD. You will:

• Provide expert psychological assessments and prepare clear, evidence-based diagnostic reports.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to optimise outcomes for children and families.
• Offer consultancy and advice to allied health and medical professionals.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and research initiatives.
• Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to staff and students.

This is an opportunity to work in an innovative environment focused on improving access and quality for our youngest consumers.

About You You are a highly skilled and passionate psychologist who thrives in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. You bring:

Qualifications

• A degree in Psychology with current registration through the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Approved supervisor status at all levels (primary and secondary).

Experience

• A strong background in paediatric psychology and play based therapy.
• Previous experience assessing and managing children with developmental and neurodevelopmental disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorder and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, would be advantageous; however, applicants without this experience are encouraged to apply

Skills & Attributes

• Advanced clinical expertise in child development and neuropsychology.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage families and work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Leadership capability, including mentoring and supervising staff and students.
• Strong organisational skills to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualifications in clinical, educational/developmental, or neuropsychology.
• Experience administering ASD diagnostic tools (e.g., ADOS-2).

Ready to make an impact?

About Us The Gordon McKay Child Development Unit at LMH provides a service to assess and support children with developmental concerns. Our team works with children who have challenges in three or more areas of development and who have not yet been formally assessed.

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.

NALHNserves over400,000 peoplein northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal,paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.

Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:

'My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care.'

'I feel like I'm part of a growing and developing service.'

'I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support.'

Our Local Health Network Sites and Services NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide's north and north-east suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.

Lyell McEwin Hospital - the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital - a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health Services - adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.

Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services - provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.

Primary Health Care Services - including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.

Benefits of working at NALHN From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Incremental wage increases in-line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025

Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

In addition to this, other benefits of working as a Senior Psychologist in NALHN include:

• professional development opportunities. We have a well-established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and under the current enterprise agreement staff are also eligible for a Professional Development Allowance and entitled to claim reimbursement of eligible professional development expenses to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations
• opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research
• regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

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.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate)for vulnerable person-related employment - apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.

Senior Clinical Educator Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Job no: 952200

Work type: Full time

Location: Adelaide Metro Northern, Adelaide CBD

Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Medical

Statewide Clinical Support Services - Senior Clinical Educator Nuclear Medicine Technologist

• SA Medical Imaging - Lyell McEwin Hospital, Elizabeth Vale SA 5112
• AHP3 - $112,139 to $120,284 p.a. + super + salary packaging
• Permanent - Full Time

About the role

Join SA Medical Imaging as a Senior Clinical Educator Nuclear Medicine Technologist at Lyell McEwin Hospital. Bring specialist clinical knowledge to support safe nuclear medicine services, staff learning and high standards of practice.

Work with the department manager and multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver specialist imaging services. Help develop education and training, quality systems and research activity, while maintaining radiation safety and accreditation standards.

About You To be successful in this role you will:

• Hold a Medical Radiation (Nuclear Medicine) degree or equivalent
• Hold ANZSNM nuclear medicine accreditation and an SA licence
• Bring postgraduate imaging qualifications and clinical expertise
• Show experience in staff development and quality improvement

About us

Statewide Clinical Support Services (SCSS) is a unique public healthcare organisation that serves health consumers and provides specialist clinical services to the health system in South Australia. SCSS encompasses BreastScreen SA, SA Dental, SA Medical Imaging, SA Pathology, and SA Pharmacy. Come and work with us to improve the health and well-being of South Australians, across all age groups and at any time of their life or health need.

What we offer

• Salary Benefits: Enjoy flexible salary packaging options , including up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (such as mortgage, rent, utilities and groceries) plus an additional $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses.
• Professional Development: Opportunity to apply for reimbursement of eligible professional development activities, and access to dedicated leave for ongoing learning.
• Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program for you and your family, plus an annual voluntary flu vaccination to support your wellbeing.
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.

Diversity and inclusion

Statewide supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Information

• Please refer to the role description for all essential qualifications and requirements.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position.

Job ref: 952200

Enquiries to:

Jagi Sandhu

Telephone:

Email:

Application closing date: 11:55 pm Thursday 22 October 2026

Attachments

952200 - RD for Senior Clinician Nuclear Medicine Technologist.pdf

• Australian applicant guidelines
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The Gordon McKay Child Development Unit at Lyell McEwin Hospital is seeking a Senior Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary team. You will assess and diagnose complex developmental delays and neurodevelopmental disorders, including ASD and FASD, providing expert reports and guidance to families and professionals.

You will lead clinical supervision, contribute to research, and help shape service development in a dynamic, child-focused environment within the Northern Adelaide Local Health