- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Mental Health - Salisbury
- Salary: $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP3
- Ongoing - Full-Time
About the Role:
This is an exciting opportunity to step into a leadership position within a highly supportive environment as a Senior Occupational Therapist with the Northern Community Mental Health Service.
We value person-centred and recovery-oriented practice and collaboration across disciplines. Our team is committed to providing a supportive environment where clinicians can develop their skills, contribute ideas, and be part of improving mental health care within the community.
In this role, you will work as a key member of a multidisciplinary team, delivering specialist occupational therapy services to adults living with complex mental health conditions. Your work will support consumer recovery, enhance functional capacity and promote meaningful participation in community life.
Key Responsibilities:
- opportunity to play a central role in the implementation of an Individual Placement and Support program, which is an evidence-based approach to secure competitive employment for consumers experiencing mental illness
- Supporting the clinical management of the Occupational Therapy Clinic, including peer reviewing assessments and reports
- conduct comprehensive occupational therapy assessments and develop tailored treatment plans in community settings, including NDIS supports
- provide clinical supervision, guidance and mentorship to junior staff and students
- work collaboratively with consumers, families, carers and community partners to ensure holistic, person‑centred care
- contribute to service development, innovation and quality improvement initiatives
- contribute to a positive multidisciplinary team culture and advocacy for the role of Occupational Therapy within the team
To be eligible for this position, you must hold an appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification that entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
About You:
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Occupational Therapist to work in public mental health. This role provides a rewarding opportunity to support people experiencing mental health challenges to engage in meaningful activities, to build routines, and to work towards recovery. As part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will use your occupational therapy skills to promote participation, independence, and well-being in the community.
Join us and take the next step in your career with a team dedicated to delivering exceptional mental health care and strengthening community wellbeing.
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.”
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 health, and GP services.
Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.
Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.
Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.
Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.
Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.
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 saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
In addition to this, other benefits of working as a Senior Occupational Therapist in NALHN include:
- professional development opportunities. We have a well-established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and under the current enterprise agreement staff are also eligible for a Professional Development Allowance and entitled to claim reimbursement of eligible professional development expenses to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations
- opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research
- regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals
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 including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
Check(s):
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
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: 944428
Enquiries:
Suzzanne Porcaro
Principal Occupational Therapist
Phone: 0410049288
E-mail: suzzanne.porcaro@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
31 July 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
944428 - Senior Occupational Therapist - Northern Community MH - AHP3 - MH - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
