Brighter Beginnings Preschool Health and Development Checks Client Flow Coordinator
Join us as a key member of the Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks in Preschools Service Team, part of the Northern Sydney Local Health District Child, Youth, and Family Community Health Service. You’ll work alongside experienced colleagues, playing an essential role in delivering the NSW First 2000 Days Policy to support preschool-aged children and their families in early childhood education settings.
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until 30 June 2026 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Dependent on qualification
Hours Per Week: 32
Requisition ID: REQ535991
Salary per hour:
Allied Health Professional Level 3: $54.77 - $56.54 per hour
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination, and racism.
Royal North Shore (RNS) Community Health Centre
What you'll be doing
The Client Flow Coordinator is a key member of the interdisciplinary Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks (BBHDC) in Preschools Service Team, part of the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Community Health Service. Reporting operationally to the Brighter Beginnings Preschool Program Manager and professionally to the respective Allied Health Lead, this position oversees the operational aspects of BBHDC, including scheduling preschool visits, preparing documentation, and supporting stakeholder communication.
The BBHDC program, a collaborative initiative between NSW Health, the NSW Department of Early Education, and preschools, aims to deliver health and development checks for preschool-aged children. This service identifies children with health and development concerns, enhancing access to early intervention support for them and their families before they start primary school.
Working with the Brighter Beginnings Program Manager, the role supports the onboarding of preschools participating in the program, enhances service integration in line with the NSW First 2000 Days Policy Framework, and assists with data collection and reporting for service monitoring and evaluation.
The role also facilitates client intake, triage, case reviews, and clinician allocation for children needing follow-up based on screening results and supports vulnerable families in accessing community-based health services when necessary.
The role requires extensive experience and specialist knowledge in working with preschool-aged children with developmental support needs and their families, enabling accurate triaging of needs. The incumbent is expected to work autonomously, applying high-level clinical reasoning skills to coordinate, prioritise, and review health and development check results, identifying children requiring early intervention and follow-up support. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are required to assist the manager with process design, client journey and protocol development.
The role works with the multidisciplinary Brighter Beginnings Team and other CYF community-based health services. Establishing and maintaining formal partnerships with various services requires high-level interpersonal skills and active participation in meetings, case conferences, and clinical handovers. This is a district-wide position. The role may be required to provide services in community health centres and early childhood education centres throughout NSLHD.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Qualification recognised for registration with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia. Occupational Therapist must have experience as a Level 2 clinician. A bachelor or post graduate degree in Speech Pathology and eligibility for membership of Speech Pathology Australia. Evidence of extensive clinical experience, inclusive of experience as a Level 2 Speech Pathologist Allied Health paediatric role working with children who have developmental support needs.
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete, and share quality improvement activities or service evaluation processes, with experience in clinical case review and reporting.
- Demonstrate proficiency in working autonomously with limited supervision. Ability to prioritise work, manage a demanding workload, apply high-level reasoning skills, and use independent professional judgement.
- Proficiency in using advanced computer applications. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to establish rapport with children, parents, caregivers, and stakeholders. Strong written and verbal communication skills for documentation. Ability to contribute to team professional development and capacity-building.
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For role related queries or questions contact Apichaya Bushell on fay.bushell@health.nsw.gov.au
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 5 December 2024
