Job no: 949852
Work type: Full time, Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital & Modbury Hospital – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112 & MODBURY SA 5092
- Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP2
- Temporary Full-Time - up until 30 November 2027

About the Role:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is expanding its Allied Health team at Lyell McEwin Health Service, and we're looking for skilled Occupational Therapists ready to grow their clinical practice across a genuinely varied acute and community environment.

Where You'll Make a Difference

These AHP2 positions sit within NALHN's rotating OT program, giving you exposure across multiple clinical areas within Lyell McEwin Health Service and the broader northern Adelaide metro region.

- Deliver high-quality occupational therapy assessment, intervention, and discharge planning across rotating clinical areas
- Collaborate within multidisciplinary teams to support patient-centred care and safe transitions
- Contribute to service improvement, student supervision, and peer learning within the OT team
- Maintain accurate clinical documentation in line with SA Health standards and professional guidelines

What You'll Bring

- Degree qualification in Occupational Therapy and current AHPRA registration
- Demonstrated clinical reasoning and assessment skills applicable to an acute or sub-acute hospital setting
- Ability to manage a complex caseload and prioritise effectively within a busy health service
- Transparent, confident communication with patients, families, and multidisciplinary colleagues
- Familiarity with SA Health clinical frameworks or willingness to quickly build that knowledge
- Commitment to culturally safe, person-centred practice aligned with NALHN's community

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 solid commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and career development, and career progression pathways.

Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:

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