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• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Mental Health – Salisbury
• Salary: AHP1 - $68,478 - $83,594 p.a. / AHP2 - $88,255 - $102,240 p.a.
• Temporary Full-Time, up to 2 March 2025

About the Role:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network is seeking a passionate and skilled Occupational Therapist to make a lasting impact on our community who are experiencing challenges with their mental health.

As an Occupational Therapist in the Northern Community Mental Health Service, you'll play a crucial role in empowering individuals with mental health challenges to regain independence and enhance their overall well-being. Your expertise will be invaluable in developing and implementing individualised treatment plans, facilitating group and individual therapy sessions, and promoting meaningful engagement in daily activities.

This rewarding position offers the chance to work in a collaborative and supportive environment, where you'll collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals. Together, you'll strive to provide comprehensive and person-centred care, ensuring that our clients receive the highest quality of service.

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.

About You:

Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as you'll be interacting with clients, families, and colleagues from diverse backgrounds.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

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.

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

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

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: 880478

Enquiries:

Gemma Ferraretto

A/ Principal Occupational Therapist

Phone: (08) 7485 4300

E-mail: gemma.ferraretto@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date:

18 October 2024 – 11.55PM

Role Description:

 880478 - Occupational Therapist - Northern Community Mental Health - AHP1 - role description.pdf

 880478 - Occupational Therapist - Northern Community Mental Health - AHP2 - role description.pdf

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