Senior Occupational Therapist

Job no: 915434

Work type: Full time

Location: Adelaide Metro Northern

Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin & Modbury Hospitals – Elizabeth Vale & Modbury
• Salary: $108,347 - $116,216 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP3
• Temporary Full-Time, up to 30 September 2026

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community.

About the Role:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.

The Supportive Weekend Interprofessional Flow Team (SWIFT) are integral in assisting NALHN to achieve maximum patient discharges, particularly over the weekend periods. SWIFT is a multi-disciplinary team who identify patients who are ready for, or nearing discharge, to ensure all requirements for discharge are completed, with the goal of eliminating or reducing preventable delays to discharge across 7 days.

As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you'll provide specialist occupational therapy services to patients requiring rapid assessment and intervention. This position combines the fast-paced environment of acute care with the satisfaction of helping patients achieve optimal functional outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• conduct comprehensive occupational therapy assessments for acute patients
• develop and implement evidence-based treatment plans
• collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless patient care
• provide clinical supervision and mentoring to junior staff
• contribute to quality improvement initiatives and service development

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:

Your strong clinical reasoning, communication and leadership skills will be essential for success in this position.

Apply now and make a meaningful difference in patients' lives while advancing your career with NALHN.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (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.

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:

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.

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 staff are also eligible for external, funded professional development via the Allied Health Professionals Plus Professional Development Reimbursement Program, 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

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: 915434

Enquiries:

Allied Health Facilitator

Phone:

E-mail:

Application Closing Date:

3 October 2025 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

• Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.

Advertised: 19 Sep 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time

Applications close: 03 Oct 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time