Job Details

- Location: Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Mental Health – Modbury SA 5092
- Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice perks – AHP2
- Contract: Temporary Part-Time – 18.75 hours per week, up to 31 January 2027

About the Role

Community mental health in Adelaide's north is meaningful, challenging work — and the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is looking for an Occupational Therapist to join the North East Community Mental Health team at Modbury Adult Service. This is a part-time, fixed-term contract through to 31 January 2027, offering you the opportunity to deliver real impact for adults living with complex mental health needs in their own communities.

What You'll Be Doing

Embedded within the NALHN Mental Health Service at Modbury, you will work alongside a multidisciplinary team to support adults experiencing acute and ongoing mental health challenges. Your core responsibilities will include:

- Conducting comprehensive occupational therapy assessments and developing goal‑directed care plans in collaboration with consumers and carers
- Delivering evidence‑based individual and group interventions focused on functional recovery and community participation
- Contributing to multidisciplinary team meetings, clinical reviews, and coordinated discharge planning
- Maintaining accurate clinical documentation in line with SA Health standards and the Mental Health Act 2009

What You'll Bring

- Qualification in Occupational Therapy and current AHPRA registration
- Experience working within mental health settings, ideally in a community or outpatient context
- Sound understanding of recovery‑oriented practice frameworks




- Ability to manage a complex caseload with clinical supervision support
- Familiarity with SA Health clinical systems and documentation requirements, or demonstrated ability to adapt quickly
- A current driver's licence and willingness to travel across the northern Adelaide community

Eligibility

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 robust 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.”

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

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