Occupational Therapist - North East Community Mental Health

Occupational Therapist - North East Community Mental Health Job no: 948915 Work type: Part time Located in: Adelaide Metro Northern Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Mental Health Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Northern Mental Health - MODBURY SA 5092 Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - AHP2 Temporary Part-Time - 18.75 hours per week across 7-day roster, up to 31 January 2027 About the Role: Community mental health in Adelaide's north is meaningful, challenging work - and the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is looking for an Occupational Therapist to join the North East Community Mental Health team at Modbury Adult Service. This is a part-time, fixed-term contract through to 31 January 2027, offering you the opportunity to deliver real impact for adults living with complex mental health needs in their own communities. What You'll Be Doing Embedded within the NALHN Mental Health Service at Modbury, you will work alongside a multidisciplinary team to support adults experiencing acute and ongoing mental health challenges. Your core responsibilities will include: Conducting comprehensive occupational therapy assessments and developing goal-directed care plans in collaboration with consumers and carers Delivering evidence-based individual and group interventions focused on functional recovery and community participation Contributing to multidisciplinary team meetings, clinical reviews, and coordinated discharge planning Maintaining accurate clinical documentation in line with SA Health standards and the Mental Health Act 2009 What You'll Bring Qualification in Occupational Therapy and current AHPRA registration Experience working within mental health settings, ideally in a community or outpatient context Sound understanding of recovery-oriented practice frameworks Ability to manage a complex caseload with clinical supervision support Familiarity with SA Health clinical systems and documentation requirements, or demonstrated ability to adapt quickly A current driver's licence and willingness to travel across the northern Adelaide 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: 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." 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 an 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 develop Click here for more details: https://www.medicaljobsaustralia.com/jobs/2707671/