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Paving the Way to Recovery: Senior OT Position at SALHN's Mental Health Rehab

As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will play a pivotal role in transforming lives and fostering hope within our Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit. Utilising your expertise, you will craft personalised treatment plans that empower individuals on their journey towards independence and resilience. Join our dedicated team and contribute to delivering exceptional, recovery-focused care that makes a lasting impact on the mental health of our community.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Allied Health Manager, this role is responsible for applying specialised expertise to the development, delivery, and continuous improvement of quality rehabilitative intervention and providing discipline specific assessments, interventions and consultancy service to the team. The OT works collaboratively with consumers, their families/carers and liaises closely with a network of government and non-government organisations to assist consumers whose severity of mental disorder and/or level of disability necessitate regular review, follow-up to facilitate improved functioning and community tenure.

Duties for the role will include:

• Delivering non-discriminatory treatment and support that is sensitive to the social and cultural values of the consumer and carers,
• Providing evidence-based mental health OT assessments and interventions to enhance consumer’s living skills, functional and occupational capacity,
• Coordinating, participating in, initiating, and implementing programs, methodologies, projects, and assignments as negotiated with the team and other appropriate senior staff,
• Undertaking bio-psychosocial assessment, mental state examination and risk assessment of consumers

About you:

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles full registration as an Occupational Therapist with The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), 
• Advanced skills in undertaking a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment, including mental state and risk assessments of consumers presenting with high or complex needs, 
• Skills in clinical psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery practices, 
• High level of competence in the provision of a range of mental health occupational therapy assessments, evidence-based therapeutic interventions and skills including individual and group work.
• Extensive clinical experience working with people with complex mental health needs.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Susan Markou, Personal Assistant, 0409 032 963, Susan.Markou@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Wednesday 25 June 2025

Attachments:

• 905525- AHP3 Senior Occupational Therapist Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit NHP- Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• 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 and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 905525