Job Info
Location: Tanunda, SA
Salary: Not Specified
Job Type: Contract position | Casual position
Job Description
MedicalJobsAustralia.com Senior Occupational Therapist
Northern Community Mental Health
Job no: ****** Work type: Full time Located in: Adelaide Metro Northern Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Mental Health Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
Northern Mental Health
Salisbury
Salary: $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits
AHP3
Ongoing
Full-Time
About the Role: This is an exciting opportunity to step into a leadership position within a highly supportive environment as a Senior Occupational Therapist with the Northern Community Mental Health Service.
We value person-centred and recovery-oriented practice and collaboration across disciplines.
Our team is committed to providing a supportive environment where clinicians can develop their skills, contribute ideas, and be part of improving mental health care within the community.
In this role, you will work as a key member of a multidisciplinary team, delivering specialist occupational therapy services to adults living with complex mental health conditions.
Your work will support consumer recovery, enhance functional capacity and promote meaningful participation in community life.
Key Responsibilities: opportunity to play a central role in the implementation of an Individual Placement and Support program, which is an evidence-based approach to secure competitive employment for consumers experiencing mental illness Supporting the clinical management of the Occupational Therapy Clinic, including peer reviewing assessments and reports conduct comprehensive occupational therapy assessments and develop tailored treatment plans in community settings, including NDIS supports provide clinical supervision, guidance and mentorship to junior staff and students work collaboratively with consumers, families, carers and community partners to ensure holistic, person-centred care contribute to service development, innovation and quality improvement initiatives contribute to a positive multidisciplinary team culture and advocacy for the role of Occupational Therapy within the team
To be eligible for this position, you must hold an appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification that entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
About You:



We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Occupational Therapist to work in public mental health.
This role provides a rewarding opportunity to support people experiencing mental health challenges to engage in meaningful activities, to build routines, and to work towards recovery.
As part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will use your occupational therapy skills to promote participation, independence, and well-being in the community.
Join us and take the next step in your career with a team dedicated to delivering exceptional mental health care and strengthening community wellbeing.
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 recent 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 compelling 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 perks of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Incremental wage increases in-line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement **** 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 a Senior 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 Click here for more details: / Click here to Apply now →

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