- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112
- Northern Reablement and Intermediate Care to Return Home (NRICH)
- Salary/Total Indicative Remuneration: $99,707 - $158,523 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – MDP2
- Temporary/Part-Time – 22.5 hours per week, up to 2 August 2029
About the Role:
We are a rehabilitation program for geriatric patients offering a short term (2-3 week) program to enable a safe return to their homes following a hospital stay. We are part of the NALHN Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Division and our site is located at 26 Marks Road, Elizabeth, within the ACH building. NRICH is within ‘Wattle House’ and consists of 12 beds. We are a multi-disciplinary team, consisting of medical, nursing and allied health staff working together to achieve both rehabilitation and consumer goals.
Geriatric medicine is where clinical complexity meets genuine human connection. If you're building your medical career with an eye toward a specialty that demands both sharp diagnostic thinking and considered, whole-person care, the Northern Adelaide Geriatric Service at Modbury Hospital offers the kind of formative experience that shapes excellent physicians.
What You'll Be Doing
Working within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN), you'll join a dedicated geriatric medicine team delivering inpatient and consultative care to older patients across the northern Adelaide metropolitan region.
- Provide day-to-day clinical assessment and management of geriatric inpatients under consultant supervision
- Contribute to comprehensive geriatric assessments, discharge planning, and multidisciplinary team meetings
- Support the management of patients with complex, multi-system presentations including dementia, delirium, and falls
What You'll Bring
- Current general or limited registration with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA)
- Eligibility to work within SA Health under the relevant enterprise agreement for Service Registrars/RMOs
- Demonstrated clinical experience in general medicine or a related specialty
- Sound understanding of the principles of frailty, functional decline, and aged care pathways
- Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team environment
To be eligible for this position, you must possess Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent, registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with General Registration.
As per the SA Health Salaried Medical Officers Enterprise Agreement 2025, the total term of employment with SA Health will be 3 years. Rotations following the initial 12 month allocation as Medical Practitioner will be determined in line with your training and SA Health’s requirements. This may include transfer to other SA Health locations to perform work appropriate to classification, skills and capabilities.
The Total Indicative Remuneration figure is calculated taking into account base salary, leave loading and superannuation as well as managerial allowances, professional development or any other allowances where appropriate.
About You:
In this role you will have 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. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.
You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high‑quality health services within modern facilities.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
About Adelaide:
Adelaide is consistently recognised as a city that artfully combines its compact charm and world-class cuisine with picturesque nature escapes. Ranked one of the worlds “Most Liveable Cities” and “Most Beautiful Cities”, Adelaide provides something for everyone combining a wonderful mix of nature with nearby beaches, rolling hills and wildlife and culinary delights with fine dining restaurants, award-winning cafes, bustling food markets and booming boutique bars. Events like the LIV Golf, SANTOS Tour Down Under, Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival add extra appeal to living here.
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.
With over 7,000 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:
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.
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 you 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):
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: 939236
Enquiries:
Office Aged Care, Rehabilitation & Palliative Care
Phone: (08) 7321 4232
E-mail: Health.NALHNACRPCRecruitment@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
31 July 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
939236 - Medical Practitioner - Aged Care Rehabilitation & Palliative Care - MDP2 - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
