We are looking for a talented and upcoming leader to join our vibrant Durack team in Darwin. Our team provides therapy services for children and families, with a mix of OT, speech pathology, early childhood teachers and allied health assistants, in the Palmerston, rural, and remote areas. Our Durack team is one of the longest established private therapy services in the NT, with a history spanning 15 years. As the largest paediatric provider in the territory, we support children and families with innovative service models, work collaboratively with local organisations, and have many adventures along the way!

If you are looking to grow your career in leadership, with the full support and coaching of experienced allied health leaders, whilst making an incredible difference in the lives of children and families of the NT, this role is for you. 

Join an organisation that prides itself in providing best practice in all aspects of service delivery, where you will have access to

• The support of an experienced leadership team who are ready to set you up for success.
• A generous salary that aligns with your experience and career goals
• Support to run your own team and service, with full support from our back of house teams. Allowing you to focus on building the team and providing exceptional services to clients.  
• Administration teams who take care of booking appointments, invoicing and managing NDIS changes.
• Fantastic training and development and career progression.

About the role:
In this critical role, you will take full accountability to continue to grow our multidisciplinary, high functioning, collaborative team who deliver fun, engaging and meaningful therapy for children and their families. Backed by a highly supportive ESA Corporate team, you will be responsible for all aspects of the business:

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the practice - able to step in, triage and manage the changing requirements on any given day eg rescheduling clients; responding to feedback and complaints; conducting team meetings; managing the budget etc.
• Financial acumen with the ability to analyse financial reports and implement solutions to drive strong performance and financial sustainability.
• Drive performance to meet and exceed business requirements and KPIs, such as client satisfaction; staff satisfaction and service quality.
• Understand, establish and build a strong client base and network of referrers
• Lead a team of multi-disciplinary practitioner, allied health assistants and administration support
• Introduce new service offerings in the team, to meet the needs of the client group
• Support and implement the agreed ESA organisational and practice strategies and operating standards.
• Contribute to the development of organisational strategy and best practice.
• Grow our remote services into communities across the NT.
• Continue to develop and support partnerships with local training organisations, to provide placement opportunities and employment pathways for Allied health students, and Indigenous Allied Health Assistants.
• Manage the service delivery to multiple organisational contracts, including the Education Department and Primary Health network. 

About you:

• As an experienced or upcoming leader of allied health teams, you will use your infectious enthusiasm and love for what you do to support, mentor and develop our team of multidisciplinary therapists and recent graduates
• Able to work autonomously and make decisions, you will be a skilled leader with strength and resilience to manage the complexity of multiple, and often competing tasks and priorities, along with exceptional communication skills to guide your team through change and growth
• Ideally you have worked in a commercial environment - familiar and comfortable with building a client base and working to KPIs
• Experience in working with children and/or people with disability.
• You will have the appropriate professional registrations (AHPRA, SPA, ACA), working with children check, National Police check, First Aid, Driver's Licence & NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Most importantly - You are up for a challenge - you want to be part of something big and with the opportunity to shape and influence the future of Early Start Australia.

What we're about:
Early Start Australia is a growing, national, multidisciplinary organisation committed to delivering evidence-based early intervention and therapy services to children and their families. We employ people who are smart, experienced, empathetic, driven by the desire to help children and like to have some fun. We offer financial security and the benefits that come with being backed by a national company, while placing significant value on building fantastic team culture and environment at our individual clinic.

What next? Apply Now, or contact Vicki at 0447 650 657 for a confidential enquiry.

Early Start Australia places high priority on the principles of respect, equity and diversity. As an employer of choice, we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.