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• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Older Persons Mental Health Service – Modbury
• Salary: $86,950 - $100,729 p.a. – AHP2 - Ongoing Full-Time

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 in the lives of older people.

You will be passionate about working with older people who are experiencing challenges in mental health and well-being, including people living with dementia. You will align with our commitment to deliver compassionate person and family-centred care, built on values of dignity and respect. You will fully appreciate placing older people at the centre of care, championing their voice, and supporting their autonomy and recovery. 

About the Role:

In this role you will be accountable to the Team Leader of Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) Community Older Persons Mental Health Service (OPMHS). Your role will be to work within the NALHN OPMHS Community Team, providing therapeutic engagement and coordination of care to the range of older people receiving community-based mental health services. You will be comfortable working as a member interdisciplinary team, spending time out and about with consumers living in the community.  

You will also be ready to be part of nurturing the NALHN OPMHS growth culture, built around developing a values-based workforce, facilitating excellence in care, and providing transparent accountability. You will work in partnership with the other team members within an aspirational organisational change process. NALHNs purpose is to deliver exceptional health and well-being services that enhance the quality of life for our community. 

Occupational Therapy 

The community team Occupational Therapist provides comprehensive assessments and interventions for consumers who are experiencing concerns regarding occupational performance. Occupational Therapy adopts a sensory modulation approach to offer insight into an individual’s level of functioning and provide non-pharmacological recommendations for reducing distress, maximising functioning, and enhancing meaningful engagement. 

In addition to this, other benefits of working as an Occupational Therapist in the NALHN Mental Health Division include:

• Regular clinical supervision, allows you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals;
• Professional development opportunities. Staff are eligible for external, funded professional development via the Allied Health Professionals Plus Professional Development Reimbursement Program, to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations; 
• Opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who can work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research; and
• Regular opportunities to meet with Occupational Therapists across the Division of Mental Health to work on shared projects and continuing professional development.

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)

• DHS Aged Care Sector Employment Screening

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: 865861

Enquiries

Suzzanne Porcaro

Principal Occupational Therapist

Phone: 0410 049 288

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

Application Closing Date

24 May 2024 - 11.55PM

Attachments

 865861 - Occupational Therapist - Older Persons Community Mental Health - AHP2 - role description.pdf

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