- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital - Elizabeth Vale
- Salary: $132,440 - $144,852 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP5
- Temporary Full-Time to 1 February 2027
About the Role:
Join SA Health's Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as Director of Occupational Therapy at Lyell McEwin Health Service, Northern Adelaide Local Health Network. This newly created full-time leadership position offers an exceptional opportunity to drive occupational therapy services across Adelaide's northern metropolitan region until February 2027.
Located within one of South Australia's largest health networks, you will work alongside dedicated healthcare professionals committed to providing exceptional patient care to our diverse community. The Lyell McEwin Hospital serves as a major teaching hospital, offering opportunities for professional development and clinical education.
Key Responsibilities
Lead a dedicated team of occupational therapists delivering comprehensive rehabilitation and community health services. You'll oversee clinical governance, service development, and strategic planning while ensuring the highest standards of patient care across our growing network. Key focus areas are:
- Provision of clinical and operational leadership for occupational therapy services
- Developing and implementing evidence-based practice frameworks
- Managing budgets, resources, and workforce planning
- Foster partnerships with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders
- Champion professional development and education initiatives
- Contribute to quality improvement initiatives and clinical governance activities
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.
You will demonstrate:
- A high standard of clinical practice and professional integrity;
- The ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment;
- Commitment to mentoring, professional development and continuous improvement;
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships; and
- An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment
You will be part of a growing Local Health Network (LHN) that provides an expanding suite of treatment modalities in contemporary, modern facilities.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.
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.
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
Lyell McEwin Hospital – The major hospital in the north and north-east for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetrics, 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.
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.
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.
Checks:
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: 926959
Enquiries:
Allied Health Facilitator
Phone: (08) 8182 9379
E-mail: Health.AlliedHealthFacilitator@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
30 January 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
926959 - Director Occupational Therapy - AHP5 - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information
