MedicalJobsAustralia.com Occupational Therapist - Older Persons Mental Health

Job no: 950905

Work type: Full time

Located in: Adelaide Metro Northern

Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Modbury Hospital - MODBURY SA 5092 Salary: $73,710 - $89,981 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - AHP1 Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - AHP2

Temporary Full-Time - up to 8 January 2027

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) as an Occupational Therapist within our Older Persons Mental Health Service Community Team. Join the Older Persons Mental Health Service on a full-time, short-term contract through to 8 January 2027, and make a genuine difference for older people and their families across Adelaide's northern metro region.

Your Role in the Service

Working within the NALHN Older Persons Mental Health Service, you will provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention to older adults presenting with complex mental health needs. Your day-to-day will include:

Conducting assessments to inform individualised treatment planning

Delivering therapeutic interventions that support independence, safety, and wellbeing in the community

Collaborating within a multidisciplinary team to coordinate care and support transitions across service pathways

Contributing to planning and liaising with community supports, carers, and families

What You Bring

Degree qualification in Occupational Therapy and current AHPRA registration

Demonstrated experience or interest in working in mental health and working with Older People

Sound understanding of the occupational and functional impacts of mental illness in older adults

Confidence working within a multidisciplinary team and across complex care environments

Familiarity with SA Health clinical documentation systems and care frameworks is highly regarded

Strong communication skills with older adults, families, and diverse care teams 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.

Appointment at the AHP1 or the AHP2 level will be dependent on the level of skill, knowledge and experience demonstrated by each applicant.



Please refer to the relevant Role Description for more information about the requirements at each classification level.

About You

Are you a dedicated, compassionate and experienced Occupational Therapist looking for an chance to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high-quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

This rewarding position offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of older persons living in the community.

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 current 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."

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 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

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