At a Glance
- Tasks: Partner with teams to improve healthcare services and solve complex challenges.
- Company: Join CALHN, the largest health network in South Australia, dedicated to community wellbeing.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, salary packaging, flexible work options, and career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace encouraging diverse applicants and offering excellent wellbeing support.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on healthcare while developing your skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Strong problem-solving skills and experience in improvement science preferred.
The predicted salary is between 125490 - 125490 $ per year.
Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) is shaping the future of health through excellence in clinical care, research and innovation. As the largest health network in South Australia, CALHN plays a leading role in improving the health and wellbeing of our community by delivering safe, connected and high-quality healthcare.
About the Role
Help shape the future of healthcare by partnering with leaders and frontline teams to embed Safe and Connected across CALHN and help solve complex service challenges, strengthen improvement capability and deliver meaningful, sustainable improvement. As a Senior Improvement Partner, you will work shoulder-to-shoulder with teams to understand the problems they are trying to solve, use data and structured problem-solving to identify opportunities for improvement, and coach and facilitate teams through the improvement process.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with leaders and teams to embed Safe and Connected in everyday ways of working
- Lead improvement across diverse and complex services
- Work alongside teams to understand and solve service challenges
- Coach teams through structured improvement and problem-solving
- Facilitate workshops and improvement activities
- Use data to understand performance and guide improvement
- Build improvement capability and ownership within teams
- Apply improvement methods and tools to support sustainable improvement
- Share learning and insights to strengthen continuous improvement and the ongoing evolution of Safe and Connected
About You
You’re passionate about improving how services work and making things better for patients, staff and teams. You bring curiosity, strong problem-solving skills and structured thinking, with the ability to build trusted relationships and work effectively alongside others. You’re comfortable working through complex and sometimes ambiguous challenges, bringing people together and using data and insights to identify practical opportunities for improvement.
To succeed in this role, you’ll bring the ability to:
- Lead and support improvement across complex service environments
- Apply improvement principles, methods and tools appropriate to the problem and context
- Use structured problem-solving to understand problems and identify opportunities for improvement
- Build trusted partnerships and influence at different levels
- Coach and support teams to build improvement capability and ownership
- Use data to understand performance, guide decisions and measure improvement
- Facilitate groups through complex challenges and improvement activity
- Work effectively across different services, disciplines and organisational contexts
Knowledge and experience in improvement science and/or applying recognised improvement approaches, such as Lean, Lean Six Sigma, the Model for Improvement or other improvement science approaches, will be highly regarded.
Diversity and Inclusion
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, and supported. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities, culturally diverse backgrounds, and LGBTQIA+ communities.
Applications close: 11.55 pm Wednesday 11 November 2026
Senior Improvement Partner employer: SA Health - Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Join the Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) as a Senior Social Worker and be part of a dynamic team dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare in a supportive and innovative environment. With a strong focus on professional development, flexible work options, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, CALHN offers a rewarding career where you can make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients across South Australia. Enjoy competitive salary packages, health and fitness perks, and the opportunity to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in a values-driven organisation that prioritises people and future-focused care.
Contact Details:
SA Health - Central Adelaide Local Health Network Recruitment Team
