AHP1 Occupational Therapist 0.8FTE - Ashton House

I Work For Sa; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 74,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrifice benefits

Pro rata salary

Job summary

SA Health’s Ashton House in Oakden (NALHN) is seeking an AHP1 Occupational Therapist for a 0.8FTE, temporary contract. You will assess and treat forensic mental health consumers, delivering individual and group programs to support functional recovery and community participation.

Join a multidisciplinary team within the Forensic Mental Health division and contribute to discharge planning and transition pathways back to the community.

Qualifications

• Eligible for registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
• Interest or experience in forensic mental health settings.
• Ability to work in a 0.8 FTE, temporary contract arrangement.

Responsibilities

• Conduct occupational therapy assessments and develop goal-directed intervention plans for forensic mental health consumers.
• Deliver individual and group-based therapeutic programs focusing on functional recovery and community participation.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including psychiatry, nursing, psychology and social work.
• Contribute to discharge planning and supported transition pathways for consumers returning to the community.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Mental health understanding

Communication with consumers

Education

OT registration with Australia OT Board

Job description

AHP1 Occupational Therapist 0.8FTE - Ashton House

SA Health
Job reference: 952903
Location: 5086 - OAKDEN
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Forensic Mental Health, Ashton House – OAKDEN SA 5086
• Salary: $73,710 - $89,981 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP1
• Temporary Part-Time – 30 hours per week, up to 24 months

About the Role:

Forensic mental health is one of the most specialised and rewarding areas of Occupational Therapy practice. If you're an early-career OT ready to build deep clinical expertise alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team, Ashton House within the Division of Forensic Mental Health, NALHN, offers a fantastic opporunity.

Your Role at Ashton House

Working 0.8FTE, you will deliver occupational therapy assessment and rehabilitation interventions to consumers within Ashton House - a step-down rehabilitation service within Forensic Mental Health. This setting sits at the intersection of mental health, justice, and community reintegration. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Conducting occupational therapy assessments and developing goal-directed intervention plans for forensic mental health consumers
• Delivering individual and group-based therapeutic programs focused on functional recovery and community participation
• Collaborating within a multidisciplinary team including psychiatry, nursing, psychology, and social work
• Contributing to discharge planning and supported transition pathways for consumers returning to community settings

What You’ll Bring

• Foundational understanding of mental health recovery frameworks and person-centred practice
• Effective communication skills for working with consumers, carers, and clinical colleagues
• Capacity to work within a structured, security-conscious environment with professionalism and care
• Commitment to culturally safe and inclusive practice, consistent with SA Health values
• Ability to manage competing priorities across a complex caseload with appropriate supervision support

To be eligible for this position, you must have an appropriate degree of equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia

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.

NALHNserves over400,000 peoplein northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal,paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative life 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.
• 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 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.

Immunisation Risk for this position is

– Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Job Ref: 952903

Role Description and Further Information:

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

Flexibility Statement

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.