AHP1 Occupational Therapist 0.8FTE - Ashton House

Job no: 952903
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Mental Health

- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Forensic Mental Health, Ashton House – OAKDEN SA 5086
- Salary: $73,710 - $89,981 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP1
- Temporary Part-Time – 30 hours per week, up to 24 months

About the Role:

Forensic mental health is one of the most specialised and rewarding areas of Occupational Therapy practice. If you're an early-career OT ready to build deep clinical expertise alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team, Ashton House within the Division of Forensic Mental Health, NALHN, offers a fantastic opportunity.

Your Role at Ashton House

Working 0.8FTE, you will deliver occupational therapy assessment and rehabilitation interventions to consumers within Ashton House - a step-down rehabilitation service within Forensic Mental Health. This setting sits at the intersection of mental health, justice, and community reintegration. Your core responsibilities will include:

- Conducting occupational therapy assessments and developing goal-directed intervention plans for forensic mental health consumers
- Delivering individual and group-based therapeutic programs focused on functional recovery and community participation
- Collaborating within a multidisciplinary team including psychiatry, nursing, psychology, and social work
- Contributing to discharge planning and supported transition pathways for consumers returning to community settings

What You'll Bring

- Foundational understanding of mental health recovery frameworks and person-centred practice




- Effective communication skills for working with consumers, carers, and clinical colleagues
- Capacity to work within a structured, security-conscious environment with professionalism and care
- Commitment to culturally safe and inclusive practice, consistent with SA Health values
- Ability to manage competing priorities across a complex caseload with appropriate supervision support

To be eligible for this position, you must have an appropriate degree of 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.





NALHNserves over400,000 peoplein 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 career 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."

Our 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

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