- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals – Elizabeth Vale and Modbury
- Salary: $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP3
- Temporary Part-Time - working 30 hours per week, up to 9 May 2027
About the Role:
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is seeking a highly experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic, growing and supportive team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the delivery of exceptional, patient-centred care within our community.
In this senior role, you will lead the provision of advanced clinical services in the areas of Aged Care and/or Disability, as well as the coordination and oversight of Occupational Therapy practice across General Medical inpatient units. You will draw on your expertise to support patients presenting with cognitive impairments such as dementia and delirium, alongside individuals living with disability, including those supported through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
This role will be supported with additional training, supervision and mentoring for those applicants who are developing their specialised skills in Aged Care and/or Disability.
Working collaboratively with Occupational Therapy colleagues and the broader multidisciplinary team, you will play a pivotal role in optimising patient functional outcomes and overall health status. Your ability to deliver evidence-based, person-centred care will be complemented by your clinical leadership within the acute hospital setting, ensuring high standards of practice and continuous improvement.
Opportunities to increase working hours may be available, subject to service needs, departmental requirements and applicant capacity.
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:
To thrive in this role, you will bring advanced clinical expertise and a strong commitment to delivering best-practice care. You will have extensive experience managing a diverse range of occupational therapy presentations, with particular strength in supporting patients with cognitive impairment and individuals accessing NDIS supports.
In addition, your well-developed communication skills will enable you to engage effectively across all levels. You will be confident in consultation, negotiation, and conflict resolution, and capable of producing clear, accurate, and timely clinical documentation. Building and maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with patients, families, community services, and healthcare professionals will be central to your approach, particularly within culturally diverse and multidisciplinary environments.
Equally important is your demonstrated leadership capability. You will be skilled in supervising and mentoring staff, working both autonomously and as part of interdisciplinary teams, and managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Your adaptability, initiative, and commitment to service development will support ongoing program evaluation, innovation, and continuous quality improvement.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your occupational therapy career and apply your specialist skills in a role where you can make a genuine impact, we encourage you to apply.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.
With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.
Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.
Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:
“My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care.”
“I feel like I’m part of a growing and developing service.”
“I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support.”
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.
Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.
Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.
Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.
Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.
Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.
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.
Incremental wage increases in-line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025
Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.
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.
In addition to this, other benefits of working as an Occupational Therapist in NALHN include:
- professional development opportunities. We have a well-established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and under the current enterprise agreement staff are also eligible for a Professional Development Allowance and entitled to claim reimbursement of eligible professional development expenses to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations
- opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research
- regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
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 Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.
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: 920260
Enquiries:
Allied Health Facilitator
Phone: (08) 8182 9379
E-mail: Health.AlliedHealthFacilitator@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
12 June 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
920260 - Senior Occupational Therapist (Aged Care and Disability) - AHP3 - role description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
