Graduate Occupational Therapist 2027

Graduate Occupational Therapist 2027 Job no: 951247 Work type: Full time Located in: Adelaide Metro Northern Categories: Allied and Scientific Health Northern Adelaide Local Health Network -Lyell McEwin Hospital - ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112 Salary: $73,710.00 - $89,981.00 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - AHP1 Temporary Full-Time - up to 31 December 2028 About the Role: Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit Graduate Occupational Therapists to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community. Starting your occupational therapy career is a significant step - where you begin shapes the clinician you become. NALHN's Graduate Occupational Therapist Program at Lyell McEwin Health Service offers a structured, supported entry into a busy metropolitan health service where your contribution to patient outcomes will be felt from day one. This role enables you access to the NALHN Allied Health Professional Graduate Program which is an 11-month interprofessional learning opportunity developed to support the integration and development of AHP1 clinicians early in their career, into the Allied Health team and the wider NALHN organisation. Your Role at Lyell McEwin This is a full-time, fixed-term contract role running through to 31 December 2028, embedded within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network. You'll work across clinical areas delivering occupational therapy assessment and intervention to a genuinely diverse patient population in Adelaide's northern suburbs. Key responsibilities include: Conducting occupational therapy assessments and developing goal-directed intervention plans under clinical supervision Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to support safe and timely patient discharge Maintaining accurate clinical documentation in line with SA Health standards Participating in the NALHN graduate support program, including regular supervision and professional development activities What You'll Bring Current AHPRA registration (or eligibility to register) as an Occupational Therapist A foundational understanding of evidence-based OT practice in an acute or subacute context Clear written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to work respectfully within a team Commitment to SA Health's values of respect, integrity, accountability, and being patient-centred 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 Click here for more details: https://www.medicaljobsaustralia.com/jobs/2710789/