Occupational Therapist - Inpatients

SA Health; The Barossa Council; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $9,010 FBT year

Meal Entertainment expenses $2,650 FBT

Professional development opportunities

Employee Assistance Program

Health and Fitness Benefits

Job summary

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist for a part-time role based in Gawler, serving inpatient and outpatient settings. You will join a supportive allied health team to deliver high-quality OT services across acute, community and home-based care, focusing on independence and positive outcomes.

You will manage a diverse caseload, apply your clinical expertise, and work with a multidisciplinary team to develop coordinated care plans.

Qualifications

• Qualified Occupational Therapist with experience across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.
• Strong clinical assessment, care planning and intervention skills.
• Commitment to person-centred care and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality Occupational Therapy services to support hospital avoidance and early discharge.
• Manage a complex caseload across inpatient and community settings.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop coordinated care plans.
• Contribute to clinical protocols and service evaluations.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and supervision to junior staff and students.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Care planning

Intervention

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Patient-centred care

Education

Bachelor of Occupational Therapy

Job description

Occupational Therapist - Inpatients/Outpatients

• Job no: 951043
• Work type: Part time
• Location: Barossa
• Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

• Gawler
• Salary: AHP2 $94,997 – $110,052 per annum (adjusted to actual hours worked) + Super + Benefits
• Multiple Positions and FTE Available Across Inpatients and Outpatients
• Temporary – to 24 th September 2027

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

Join a supportive and collaborative allied health team where you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across both inpatient and outpatient settings. Based in Gawler, this role offers a diverse caseload, professional development opportunities, and the chance to work across acute, community and home-based care environments. You'll enjoy working within a multidisciplinary team, applying your clinical expertise to deliver high-quality occupational therapy services while contributing to the wellbeing and independence of people across the local community. Flexible and rewarding, this is an excellent opportunity to broaden your experience and grow your career in a dynamic healthcare setting.

WHO ARE WE?

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK

From heritage streets to riverside walks, boutique shopping and relaxed café moments, Gawler invites you to slow down, wander a little further, stay a little longer and discover the stories around every corner. Just 43 km north of Adelaide and on the edge of the renowned Barossa Valley, Gawler blends historic charm with vibrant local culture. Planned in 1839 by William Light, the town is rich in character, with grand stone buildings, historic pubs and beautifully preserved streets. Visit Gawler here.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Are you a qualified Occupational Therapist with experience managing a diverse and complex caseload across community, outpatient and/or inpatient settings?
• Do you have strong clinical assessment, care planning and intervention skills, with the ability to work independently while drawing on multidisciplinary support when required?
• Are you passionate about delivering person-centred care that promotes independence, self-management and positive health outcomes for clients and their carers?
• Can you build effective relationships with clients, families, community partners and multidisciplinary team members to deliver coordinated care?
• Do you have a commitment to continuous professional development, quality improvement, culturally safe practice and supporting the growth of students or less experienced staff?

IF YOU HAVE ANSWERED YES TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS - THEN READ ON…

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

• Deliver high-quality Occupational Therapy services through assessment, intervention, care planning and review to support hospital avoidance, early discharge and improved client outcomes.
• Manage and prioritise a complex caseload while contributing to the effective utilisation of team resources and service delivery across the community.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, service providers, clients and carers to develop coordinated, holistic and goal-focused care plans.
• Support service improvement initiatives by contributing to clinical protocols, quality activities, service evaluations and innovative models of care.
• Provide professional leadership through knowledge sharing, mentoring, supervision and supporting students, allied health assistants and less experienced clinicians.

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utilitybillsand groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, adiscounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to undergo employment screening, what yourequireis also on the front page of the Role Description.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 951043), or reach out to Shaveta Gupta, Team Leader Allied Health Inpatient North, on Phone: [phone] or via E-mail: [e-mail]

Applications Close on Tuesday 20 th Octoberat 11.55PM.

Advertised: 06 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

Applications close: 20 Oct 2026 11:55 PM Cen. Australia Daylight Time