About Us

Adelaide Primary Health Network (Adelaide PHN) is an independent, not for profit, primary health care organisation based in Adelaide. We aim to improve the health and wellbeing of the Adelaide community by coordinating and integrating health and community services and by working in partnership to identify local needs and create strategies in response to keeping people well and out of hospital; improving their experience AND their health outcomes – to deliver on our vision of ‘shaping the health system to deliver better outcomes for vulnerable people, and a healthier Adelaide’.

Why you should come work with us

Adelaide PHN offers a great range of benefits to our employees, including:

• Competitive remuneration and work-life balance.
• Access to generous not for profit salary packaging benefits, including up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meal and entertainment.
• Additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year, in addition to annual leave entitlements.
• Three special leave days with pay each year that can be used for any purpose.
• Support for cultural diversity and employee wellbeing, including up to ten days of cultural leave per year.
• Eight weeks of paid parental leave.
• Option to substitute public holidays.
• Generous allowance toward professional development.
• Family friendly and flexible working arrangements.
• Free Employment Assistance Program.

The Role

The Contact and Capacity Building Coordinator- Preventative Care will work closely with primary healthcare providers, Residential Aged Care providers, key partners and stakeholders across the Adelaide PHN region. The role will ensure engagement regarding immunisation and health screening, and broader preventative care initiatives, within and across the region is current and relevant to primary and aged care.

Key components of the role are to:

• Work with key Adelaide PHN staff to develop local, cost-effective and innovative projects to improve immunisation and screening rates in the region, integrating with current initiatives.
• Monitor and report on current issues in preventative care initiatives, including immunisation and screening, to ensure Adelaide PHN is cognisant of the unique needs of the community and local providers within the region.
• Foster and maintain effective relationships with a broad range of stakeholders delivering immunisation and health screening programs and services.
• Enable engagement, education and communication strategies with key stakeholders to support quality immunisation and health screening programs/services.
• Lead engagement with General Practice and Residential Aged Care Homes to improve population vaccination and screening uptake.
• Support Residential Aged Care Homes to plan and deliver 6 monthly COVID 19/Influenza vaccination clinics, (where low levels of uptake are identified).

This is a rewarding role requiring a person who is passionate about improving health outcomes; has a track record of successful project delivery; enjoys learning and wants to work with like-minded people who contribute to improved health care in the community. If this sounds like your ideal role, then we would like to hear from you.

This position is being offered as full time and is funded until June 2026. Future employment is subject to ongoing funding.

For more information, you can view the position description here (SEEK, Indeed and LinkedIn applicants please go to our website).

About You

The knowledge, skills, experience and qualifications you will need for this role are:

• the primary and aged care (Residential Aged Care) sectors, and
• immunisation and health screening in the context of the Australian primary health care sector.

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in a health-related area and/or experience in health-related project management and delivery.
• Demonstrated ability and skills in project management, including project planning, project documentation, monitoring, discrete activity management and delivery to outcome.
• Analytical, problem solving and planning skills.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written and ability to communicate with a range of stakeholders (internal and external).
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop and maintain strong collaborative partnerships and create harmonious working relationships.
• Ability to be self-directed and demonstrate high-level time management skills.
• Experience in project management of health projects particularly preventative health projects involving multiple stakeholders desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a team, and in cross-portfolio teams and groups.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve competing deadlines and complete several tasks concurrently.
• Experience working in primary care and/or aged care sector desirable.
• Ability to be self-directed and demonstrate high-level time management skills.
• Demonstrated experience in contract management, coordinating all aspects of contract and associated deliverables desirable.
• Knowledge, or ability to rapidly acquire knowledge of:

How to Apply

Apply now by clicking on Apply and include a maximum 2 page cover letter outlining your suitability for the role along with your resume.

Applications will ONLY be considered when received through our careers portal.

To apply, you must have the legal right to work in Australia and your employment will be subject to an acceptable National Police Check.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately and we reserve our right to close this position at any time is a suitable candidate is found.

For further information about this role, please contact Helen Exley on 08 8219 5900 or [email protected].

All enquiries and applications will be handled professionally and with the strictest of confidence.

At Adelaide PHN we believe that our people’s differences are what make us great. We value diversity in culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability status, neurodiversity or any other aspect which makes our people unique. We are on our journey to continuously work to call out inequality and bias and encourage real workplace inclusion and diversity.

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment

Adelaide PHN is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Adelaide PHN vacancies.