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

About the Role:

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist to bring clinical depth, collaborative instincts, and genuine commitment to older adult care across the Northern Adelaide community.

This role offers an opportunity to work within two unique services:

- The Northern Reablement and Intermediate Care to Return Home (NRICH) Service. This state-first hospital substitution service is delivered in partnership with ACH Group, at the HEALTHIA Residential Aged Care Home in Elizabeth South. Together, the ACH Group and NALHN, provide specialist multidisciplinary aged care support for NRICH patients across 24 hours a day, seven days per week. The team provide medical oversight, care coordination and an individualised reablement program to optimise functional independence in a home-based setting to support safe discharge to home.
- The temporary Older Adults Supportive Interim Stay (OASIS) Unit is a 20-bed service that provides short-term person-centred care to Older People who are medically and behaviourally stable and awaiting transition to their next care environment. The OASIS Unit provides a care environment that is more home like when compared to that of a traditional acute or sub-acute ward. It is designed to maximise wellbeing, preserve physical function, support behavioural stability and facilitate timely access to longer term care within a RACH.

What You'll Be Leading

Working within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN),



you will deliver expert occupational therapy assessment and intervention to geriatric inpatients and outpatients, while contributing to a multidisciplinary team dedicated to complex geriatric care. Your core responsibilities will include:

- Conducting comprehensive functional assessments, discharge planning, and home environment evaluations for older patients with complex needs
- Providing clinical supervision, mentoring, and career development support to junior OT staff and students
- Contributing to service improvement initiatives, clinical audits, and evidence-based practice development within the Geriatric Service
- Collaborating with medical, nursing, and allied health colleagues to deliver coordinated, patient-centred care across the care continuum

What You Bring

- Demonstrated senior-level clinical experience in aged care, geriatrics, or acute hospital settings
- Strong skills in functional and cognitive assessment, including standardised geriatric assessment tools
- Proven capacity to provide clinical supervision and contribute to a positive learning setting
- Sound understanding of discharge planning within SA Health's model of care frameworks
- Effective communication and interprofessional collaboration skills in complex, multidisciplinary environments

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.

📌 Senior Occupational Therapist (Adelaide)
🏢 NBSTSA
📍 Adelaide