Occupational Therapist - Paediatric

Job no: 927133
Work type: Full time
Location: Murray and Mallee
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health
  • Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Murray Bridge
  • AHP2 | Full Time Contract | Ongoing
  • Salary: $91,785 - $106,330 p.a
  • Eligibility: Open to Everyone

 

Join Our Team as an Occupational Therapist – Make a Difference in Community Health

Bring your clinical expertise to a role where you can make a real impact on the health and wellbeing of the local community. This position offers the opportunity to apply and expand your occupational therapy skills, work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, and contribute to high-quality, client-focused services.

About the Role:

This rural generalist Occupational Therapist position has a strong paediatric focus and is ideally suited to someone who is passionate about working with children and has experience delivering paediatric occupational therapy services. You will apply your clinical experience, increasingly generalist and/or specialist knowledge, and professional competence to plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated range of services tailored to the needs of the local community.

Working under reduced clinical direction, you will contribute to the delivery of preventative, early intervention, treatment/therapy and evaluation approaches. You may also support the clinical supervision and development of less experienced allied health professionals, allied health assistants and students.

As a member of a multi-professional team, you will work collaboratively with other health professionals and service providers across sectors to support positive functional outcomes, participation and wellbeing for children and their families.

This position is offered as an ongoing role; however, contract arrangements can be considered for the successful applicant if an ongoing appointment is not preferred.

What We’re Looking For:

  • Must hold a recognised qualification within the Occupational Therapy profession and be eligible for practicing membership of the relevant Professional Association.
  • For those professions requiring Registration, all requirements to obtain and maintain current registration must be fulfilled. For self-regulated professions it is desirable to participate in the professional association accredited continuing professional development program.

About Us

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn. Click here for more information about working for RMCLHN.

  • We will provide support, both personally and professionally giving you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role.
  • Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments.
  • Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety.
  • Offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
  • Provide Relocation Support, where applicable. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.
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  • Join our allied health team at RMCLHN | SA Health (web page)

Applicant Information

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

  • DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
  • DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
  • National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
  • Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 927133

Enquiries

Tayce Morath
Clinical Senior Occupational Therapist
Phone: 0413 012 044
E-mail: Tayce.Morath@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Thursday 5th February 2026 - 11:55 PM

Attachments

927133 AHP2 Role Description

JCS+Occupational+Therapist+final.pdf

About Murray Bridge Workforce Factsheet.pdf

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SA Health

Locations

Country South Australia

Work type

Local Health Network / Business