Occupational Therapist - Northern Adelaide Rehabilitation Service

SA Health; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 74,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Relocation assistance

Professional development

Job summary

SA Health’s Northern Adelaide Local Health Network at Modbury Hospital is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join a busy rehabilitation service. The role involves comprehensive assessments, goal‑directed treatment plans, and coordinating discharge planning, including home modifications and equipment prescriptions.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team, support junior staff, and contribute to service improvements while delivering patient‑centred care in a dynamic public health setting.

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy and current AHPRA registration.
• Experience in rehabilitation, acute, or related clinical settings.
• Strong functional assessment and discharge planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive occupational therapy assessments for rehabilitation clients with neurological, orthopaedic, amputee and reconditioning conditions.
• Develop and implement evidence-based, goal-directed treatment plans with patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team.
• Facilitate discharge planning including home assessments, equipment prescription, minor home modifications and community referrals.
• Support junior staff and students within the team and contribute to service improvement initiatives.

Skills

AHPRA registered OT

Rehabilitation experience

Discharge planning

Assessment skills

Education

Bachelor of Occupational Therapy

Job description

Job Details

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Modbury Hospital – MODBURY SA 5092

• Salary: $73,710 - $89,981 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - AHP1
• $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - AHP2
• Ongoing Full-Time

About the Role

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit an Occupational Therapist to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community. The Northern Adelaide Rehabilitation Service at Modbury Hospital is a well-regarded inpatient and community rehabilitation team delivering meaningful outcomes for people across the northern Adelaide region. If you're an Occupational Therapist ready to apply your clinical skills within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, this ongoing full-time role offers exactly that opportunity.

What You'll Be Doing

• Conducting comprehensive occupational therapy assessments for rehabilitation clients representing with neurological, orthopaedic, amputee and reconditioning conditions
• Developing and implementing evidence-based, goal-directed treatment plans in collaboration with patients, carers, and the multidisciplinary team
• Facilitating discharge planning including home assessments, equipment prescription, minor home modifications and community referrals
• Contributing to service improvement initiatives and supporting junior staff and students within the team

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Occupational Therapy and current AHPRA registration
• Demonstrated experience in a rehabilitation, acute, or related clinical setting
• Strong skills in functional assessment, equipment prescription, and discharge planning
• Ability to manage a complex caseload with sound clinical reasoning and prioritisation skills
• Effective communication and a genuine commitment to patient-centred care
• Alignment with NALHN's values of respect, integrity, and accountability in public health delivery

About You

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and 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 priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role. 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.”

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.

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.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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 you 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.

Checks Required

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for 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 Details and Contact

Job Ref: 951890

Enquiries: Office of Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Phone: [phone] E-mail: [emailprotected]

Application Closing Date: 23 October 2026 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information: 951890 - Occupational Therapist, NARS - ACRPC - AHP1 - Role Description.pdf 951890 - Occupational Therapist, NARS - ACRPC - AHP2 - Role Description.pdf