Position Details
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Modbury and Lyell McEwin Hospital – MODBURY and ELIZABETH VALE
Salary: $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP3
Temporary Full-Time up to 7 April ****
About the Role
Modbury Hospital is looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join its General Medicine team on a full-time contract through to 7 April ****. If you are an experienced OT ready to apply your clinical expertise within a collaborative acute care environment, this is a role where your contribution will be felt by patients and the broader Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) community every day.
What You'll Be Doing
Conducting comprehensive functional, cognitive, and discharge-readiness assessments for General Medicine inpatients
Developing and implementing evidence-based, patient-centred intervention plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
Providing clinical supervision and support to junior OT staff and students on placement
Contributing to service improvement initiatives, quality activities, and departmental projects within NALHN's Allied Health framework
What You'll Bring
Degree qualification in Occupational Therapy and current AHPRA registration
Demonstrated experience in acute or sub-acute hospital settings, with strong General Medicine or inpatient assessment skills
Proven ability to manage a complex caseload independently and prioritise effectively under pressure
Experience providing clinical supervision or mentoring to less experienced clinicians
Sound understanding of discharge planning processes and community referral pathways within the South Australian health system
Commitment to working within SA Health's safety and quality standards
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.
Benefits of working at NALHN




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.
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 Career 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.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
Checks Required
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
National Police Check (National Police Certificate)
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.
Contact & Application
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Job Ref: ******
Enquiries: Allied Health Facilitator Phone: ************** E-mail: [email protected]
Application Closing Date: 16 October ************PM
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📌 Senior Occupational Therapist - Gen Med (Adelaide)
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