Senior Occupational Therapist - Acute Medical Unit (AMU)

Job no:
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112
- Salary: $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP3

- Temporary Full-Time up till 30 June 2027

About the Role

Lyell McEwin Hospital is one of South Australia's busiest acute public hospitals, serving a diverse and growing community across Adelaide's north. If you're an experienced Occupational Therapist who thrives in a fast-moving acute environment and wants to make a measurable difference to patient outcomes, this ongoing full time role in the Acute Medical Unit is worth your attention.

What You’ll Be Doing

Embedded in the Acute Medical Unit, you’ll carry a complex caseload that demands sharp clinical reasoning and confident decision-making. Your day-to-day will include:

- Conducting functional and cognitive assessments to support safe and timely discharge planning
- Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team – medical, nursing, allied health and social work – to coordinate goal-directed care
- Providing clinical supervision and mentoring to junior OT staff and students
- Contributing to service improvement initiatives within the AMU and broader NALHN Allied Health structure

What You’ll Bring

- Current AHPRA registration as an Occupational Therapist
- Demonstrated experience in an acute hospital or acute medical setting
- Strong skills in functional assessment, cognitive screening and discharge planning
- Proven ability to manage a high-volume, time-sensitive caseload with clinical independence
- Experience providing supervision or support to less experienced clinicians
- Familiarity with SA Health clinical frameworks or comparable public health systems





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.

Benefits of working at NALHN

- 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.
- 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 has 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 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.

Check(s)

- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for vulnerable person-related employment 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.

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:

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📌 Senior Occupational Therapist - Acute Medical Unit (AMU) (Australia)
🏢 Sa Health
📍 Australia