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• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Mental Health – Various Locations
• Salary: AHP1 - $34.48 - $42.10 per hour + 25% loading / AHP2 - $44.44 - $51.49 per hour + 25% loading
• Casual up to 30 June 2025

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.

With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.

Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

About You:

We are looking for a compassionate and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our team, with the shared purpose of making a difference.

You will be passionate about working with people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges. You will align with our commitment to deliver compassionate person-centred care, built on values of dignity and respect. You will fully appreciate placing people at the centre of care, championing their voice, and supporting their autonomy and recovery. 

You will work in partnership with the other team members to deliver exceptional health and well-being services that enhance the quality of life for our community. 

This position will offer professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as an Occupational Therapist within Northern Mental Health.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will be accountable for the provision of assessment and treatment services for clients of Northern Mental Health, which aims to optimise health outcomes.

Occupational Therapists apply clinical experience, clinical knowledge and professional competence to plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive and integrated services to the needs of clients of the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

In this role, you will work collaboratively with the Allied Health multi-disciplinary team and liaise directly with medical, and nursing staff of NALHN and with other community agencies.

To be eligible for this position, you must hold an appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

Check(s)

• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job Ref: 864259

Enquiries

Suzzanne Porcaro

Principal Occupational Therapist

Phone: 0410 049 288

E-mail: suzzanne.porcaro@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

27 June 2025 - 11.55PM

Attachments

 864259 - Occupational Therapist - Casual Pool, Northern Mental Health - AHP1 - role description.pdf

 864259 - Occupational Therapist - Casual Pool, Northern Mental Health - AHP2 - role description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.