Occupational Therapist

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Allied Health - Children and Families – Various
• Salary: $91,785 - $106,330 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP2
• Temporary Part-Time – 30 hours per week, up to 30 June 2026

Are you passionate about helping children reach their full potential? Do you want a role that offers work-life balance while making a real impact on families in your community? Join the Children and Families Service within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) and be part of a team that values care, excellence, and innovation.

You will work across multiple sites within NALHN, including Lyell McEwin Hospital, GP Plus Health Care Centres, and community settings.

This role offers part-time flexibility, giving you the balance you need while contributing to a service that truly matters.

About the Role

Join our Children and Families Service and make a real difference in the lives of children and their families. As a Paediatric Occupational Therapist, you'll provide high-quality assessment and intervention services that help children reach their full potential. You'll work collaboratively with families, carers, and a multidisciplinary team to deliver care that is innovative, evidence-based, and family-centred.

• Provide assessment, treatment, and discharge planning for children with developmental needs
• Collaborate with families and other health professionals to create tailored care plans.
• Support students and junior staff through supervision and mentoring
• Participate in service development, policy review, and quality improvement activities.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated care
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation

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.

We're looking for someone who is:

• Qualified and registered as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
• Experienced in paediatric therapy, including managing complex cases.
• Skilled in communication, teamwork, and problem-solving.
• Committed to family-centred care and continuous improvement.

This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

About Us:

The Children and Families Service provides outpatient-based services to children presenting with developmental delay. The service has an early intervention focus, with most children accessing the service aged between 1 and 4 years of age. Services are provided alongside parent/carer skill development programs with the aim of supporting children's healthy development and relationships.

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.

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.

You will have access to professional development opportunities during work hours, plus ability to apply for the Allied Health Professionals + Professional Development Reimbursement Program (AHP+PDR) for financial reimbursement of professional development activity up to a capped amount per financial year.

Incremental wage increases in-line with the 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 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.

Checks:

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for vulnerable person-related employment – 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: 921808

Enquiries:

Natasha Schilling

A/ Senior Manager - Children and Families Service

Phone:

E-mail:

Application Closing Date:

19 December 2025 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

AHP2 - Paediatric Occupational Therapist - C&F - Role

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