Description
- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Modbury Hospital – Modbury
- Salary: $91,785 - $106,330 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP2
- Temporary Part-Time – working 30 hours per week, up to 7 October 2026
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity awaits to join the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as an Occupational Therapist within the Northern Adelaide Palliative Care Service. This role places you at the centre of a compassionate, highly skilled team committed to supporting people at some of the most important and vulnerable stages of their lives.
As a key member of the service, you will deliver evidencebased, personcentred occupational therapy to individuals requiring palliative care. Your work will focus on promoting independence, comfort and dignity by helping clients manage physical, cognitive and psychosocial challenges. Through comprehensive assessment and tailored intervention planning, you will support people to maintain meaningful participation in daily life and enhance their quality of life.
Working closely with a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to coordinated and holistic care that reflects best practice in palliative care delivery. Your clinical insight and collaborative approach will support seamless care planning and ensure clients and their families feel heard, supported and respected throughout their care.
To be eligible for this position, you must hold an appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
About You:
In this role you will bring strong clinical reasoning skills, excellent communication and welldeveloped interpersonal abilities that allow you to build genuine, therapeutic relationships with clients, families and colleagues. You are committed to delivering highquality, personcentred care and approach your work with empathy, professionalism and integrity. Passionate about continuous learning and open to innovation, you thrive in a collaborative environment and are motivated to contribute to a forwardthinking service that values growth, reflection and ongoing improvement.
Apply today to join NALHN’s Palliative Care Service and be part of a team that delivers care with compassion, purpose and impact.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
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 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)
- National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.
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: 935260
Enquiries:
Beck Obst
Advanced Nurse Unit Manager
Phone: (08) 8161 4115
E-mail: Rebecca.Obst2@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
1 May 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
Applications close: 1 May 2026
For further information and to apply visit www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/careers and search for Job Ref: 935260
