Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Children & Families Salisbury SALISBURY DOWNS 5108 & Gilles Plains GP+ Super Clinic HILLCREST 5186

Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP2

Temporary Part time – 22.5 hours per week, up to 31 July 2026

About the Role:

Children and Families Service at Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit a Paediatric Occupational Therapist to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care and early intervention to our community. Children thrive when the right support reaches them early. As an Occupational Therapist (AHP2) within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) Children & Families Service, you'll be part of a dedicated team delivering early intervention to children and families across Adelaide's northern suburbs — making a genuine difference in the lives of the communities who need it most.

What You'll Be Doing:

- Provide evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and early intervention to children and their families within the NALHN Children & Families Service.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement client-centred care plans that support children's development and functional independence
- Engage with families, carers, and community services to coordinate care pathways and achieve meaningful outcomes
- Contribute to service improvement initiatives and maintain accurate clinical documentation in line with SA Health standards

What You'll Bring:

- Demonstrated experience in paediatric or children's community health settings
- Robust skills in family-centred practice and working with culturally diverse populations




- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary primary health care team, consistent with NALHN's integrated care model
- Sound clinical reasoning and the ability to manage an independent caseload
- Current driver's licence and willingness to travel across the northern Adelaide metropolitan area

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.

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.”

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

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