Rotating Occupational Therapist - AHP2

SA Health; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Relocation assistance

Professional development

Clinical supervision

Research opportunities

Job summary

SA Health’s Northern Adelaide Local Health Network is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join Lyell McEwin Health Service and Modbury Hospital on a temporary Full-Time basis, pro rata salary of $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. plus superannuation, up to 30 November 2027.

You will deliver OT assessments, interventions and discharge planning across acute and sub-acute settings, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and contributing to service improvement and education.

Qualifications

• Registered Occupational Therapist with AHPRA.
• Clinical reasoning and assessment skills for acute/sub-acute hospital settings.
• Ability to manage a complex caseload in a busy health service.
• Clear communication with patients, families and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Familiarity with SA Health frameworks or willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Deliver OT assessment, intervention and discharge planning across rotating clinical areas.
• Collaborate within multidisciplinary teams to support patient-centred care and safe transitions.
• Contribute to service improvement, student supervision and peer learning within the OT team.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation in line with SA Health standards.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Assessment skills

Communication

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital & Modbury Hospital – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112 & MODBURY SA 5092. Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP2. Temporary Full-Time - up until 30 November 2027.

About the Role

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is expanding its Allied Health team at Lyell McEwin Health Service, and we're looking for skilled Occupational Therapists ready to grow their clinical practice across a genuinely varied acute and community environment.

Where You'll Make a Difference

• Deliver high-quality occupational therapy assessment, intervention, and discharge planning across rotating clinical areas
• Collaborate within multidisciplinary teams to support patient-centred care and safe transitions
• Contribute to service improvement, student supervision, and peer learning within the OT team
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation in line with SA Health standards and professional guidelines

What You'll Bring

• Degree qualification in Occupational Therapy and current AHPRA registration
• Demonstrated clinical reasoning and assessment skills applicable to an acute or sub-acute hospital setting
• Ability to manage a complex caseload and prioritise effectively within a busy health service
• Clear, confident communication with patients, families, and multidisciplinary colleagues
• Familiarity with SA Health clinical frameworks or willingness to quickly build that knowledge
• Commitment to culturally safe, person-centred practice aligned with NALHN's community

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

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.

Local Health Network Sites and Services

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

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. 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

Diversity, Equality & 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 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.

• 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

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.

Application Closing Date

Application Closing Date: 13 November 2026 – 11.55PM

Job Reference and Enquiries

Job Ref: 949852 Enquiries: Allied Health Facilitator Phone: [phone] E-mail: [emailprotected]

Role Description and Further Information

Role Description and Further Information: 949852 - Occupational Therapist - Allied Health - AHP2 - Role Description.pdf