• Tax-free benefit: Up to $18,549 of your income tax-free through salary packaging

• Purposeful work: Use your skills and experience to make a meaningful difference
• Professional development: Benefit from opportunities for career growth and skill development
• Permanent full-time position: Enjoy job stability and security with full-time work

About Us

Lutheran Homes Group (LHG) is a leading not-for-profit provider of home and community support, residential care and retirement living services for senior Australians. With over 1,300 dedicated employees and volunteers, we deliver personalised care across South Australia and regional Victoria, empowering older Australians to live with dignity and choice. Committed to quality care, innovation, and staff development, we are proud of our rich history and values, and we continually strive to grow while making a positive impact in the lives of those we support.

About the Role

As Allied Health Team Leader at Lutheran Homes Group (LHG), you will lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary community allied health team across Community Services and Transitional Care programs. Using advanced clinical expertise, you will triage and allocate complex workloads, maintain high standards of evidence-based practice, and role model excellent client care. You will work closely with operational and quality stakeholders to ensure safe, compliant, consumer-centred service delivery that promotes independence, wellbeing and empowerment, while also providing education, coaching and supervision to staff.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing clinical leadership and guidance to Allied Health practitioners (e.g., Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists) on complex care needs to achieve positive consumer outcomes.
• Undertaking comprehensive, holistic assessments at admission and throughout care; develop and review care plans and interventions that enhance independence.
• Delivering direct client care as required, including managing, delegating and organising care for individuals and groups.
• Coordinating and optimising service delivery across sites and programs, setting priorities and allocating resources using sound professional judgement.
• Planning and managing budgets and resources (equipment, staffing), identify equipment needs, coordinate trials, and liaise with procurement on supply and purchasing.
• Driving service excellence and continuous improvement by developing professional capability, implementing improvements, and supporting best-practice allied health delivery.
• Building strong internal and external relationships to enable holistic care, mentoring, and effective discharge planning and care transitions.
• Monitoring, analysing and reporting on client outcomes, service performance and trends; maintain accurate documentation and reporting against KPIs.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, Aged Care Quality Standards, and organisational policies, including completion of required documentation and audit-ready records.
• Leading and supervising staff performance and development, including rosters/leave approvals, supervision of students, recruitment support, and performance management where required.

About You

• Tertiary qualification in an Allied Health discipline (e.g., Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology) with current registration/licensure (AHPRA or relevant).
• Demonstrated leadership experience in healthcare/aged care, including supervision, performance development and roster/resource coordination.
• Advanced clinical assessment and care planning capability, with strong evidence-based practice and professional judgement for complex cases.
• Proven ability to prioritise workloads, allocate resources and manage budgets to deliver efficient, timely services.
• Strong knowledge of Aged Care Quality Standards, accreditation/compliance requirements, and high-quality documentation practices.
• Confident communicator and collaborator; able to mentor, coach and deliver formal/informal training to staff.
• Data-aware and outcomes focused, with experience using metrics/reporting to improve service delivery.
• Current driver’s licence and willingness to travel across sites; able to meet NDIS risk-assessed screening requirements (NDIS Worker Clearance or compliant NPC).

Why Lutheran Homes Group?

At our organisation, you’ll enjoy a supportive team environment with ample opportunities for growth as we continue to expand. We believe in fostering a professional yet fun culture where every team member is valued. If you're looking to make a meaningful impact while growing in your career, this role offers the perfect balance.

To apply or to see a detailed position description, please click ‘Apply Now’ or for further information please contact [email protected]

Applications close 5:00 pm Wednesday 18 March 2026.

Candidates may be shortlisted and interviewed prior to the closing date so apply today!

Please note we are not accepting recruitment agency applications at this time.