- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112 and MODBURY SA 5092
- Salary: $73,710 - $110,052 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP1 and AHP2
- Ongoing Full-Time (Multiple Positions)
About the Role:
At the Lyell McEwin Health Service, social work is central to delivering care that goes beyond the clinical. As part of the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN), you'll join a team committed to the health and wellbeing of one of South Australia's most diverse and growing communities — where your practice will make a tangible difference every single day.
Your Role in the acute hospitals social work team Lyell McEwin & Modbury Hospital
This full-time, ongoing position (AHP1/2 level) sits within an acute hospital environment where no two days look the same. You will work alongside multidisciplinary teams to support patients and families through some of their most challenging moments. Key responsibilities include:
- Conducting comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments to inform care planning and discharge decisions
- Providing brief crisis counselling, advocacy, and direct support to patients and carers across acute and sub-acute settings
- Coordinating complex discharges in collaboration with consumers, carers, medical, nursing, and community-based services
- Contributing to NALHN's commitment to culturally & person-centred practice safe practice, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
What You'll Bring
- A recognised finalised qualification in Social Work and eligibility for AASW membership
- Current eligibility to work in Australia
- AHP 2 a minimum of 3 years demonstrated tertiary hospital experience and supervising staff experience
- Ability to build on confidence & professional practice navigating complex, time-sensitive discharge planning processes
- Strong clear verbal & written communication skills for engaging with patients, families, and clinical teams
- An awareness and ability to have conversations about the management of Domestic & Family Violence, Child /Elder Protection, grief and loss including relevant legislations such as the Mental Health Act and Guardianship frameworks in South Australia
- Ability to work within teams, receive constructive feedback & effectively within SA Health's values of integrity, respect, and care
About You:
In this role you will have strong interpersonal and verbal, written 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 clinical priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role. Must be prepared to work across a 7-day roster working some weekend and public holiday shifts.
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, 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 a Social Worker 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):
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: 939438
Enquiries:
Allied Health Facilitator
Phone: (08) 8182 9379
E-mail: Health.AlliedHealthFacilitator@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
19 June 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
939438 - Social Worker - Allied Health - AHP1 Role Description.pdf
939438 - Social Worker - Allied Health - AHP2 - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
