Occupational Therapist - Aged Care, Rehabilitation And Palliative Care (Multiple Positions)

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Modbury Hospital – Modbury
• Salary: AHP1 - $$67,466 - $82,359 p.a. (pro rata) / AHP2 - $86,950 - $100,729 p.a. (pro rata)
• Ongoing and Temporary, up until 30 June 2024 (Multiple Positions)
• Full-Time and Part-Time

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.

With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.

Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.

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.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

About You:

Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as an Occupational Therapist within the Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Division.

We are recruiting to multiple ongoing and temporary positions across the expanding Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care (ACRPC) Division. Within Geriatric Services, there are opportunities across the Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) Unit, Geriatrics In The Home (GITH), and the Community Geriatric Evaluation and Management team (CGEM). Rehabilitation Services holds opportunities across Inpatient Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation In The Home, and the Day Rehabilitation Service.

As an Occupational Therapist you will be accountable to the Senior Manager, Clinical Manager or Nurse Unit Manager for the provision of assessment and treatment services for inpatients, community and outpatients of NALHN which aims to optimise health outcomes. In this role you will have the opportunity to gain experience across a variety of clinical services within ACRPC.

The Occupational Therapist (AHP1) applies clinical experience, clinical knowledge and professional competence to plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive and integrated services to the needs of clients of the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network. The Occupational Therapist (AHP1) works under direct clinical supervision and may provide direction and support to allied health assistants and students.

The Occupational Therapist (AHP2) applies clinical experience, increasing clinical knowledge and professional competence to plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive and integrated services to the needs of clients of NALHN. The Occupational Therapist (AHP2) will work under limited direct clinical supervision and may provide direction and support to less experience therapists, allied health assistants and students.

As an Occupational Therapist you will work collaboratively with the Allied Health multi-disciplinary team and liaise directly with medical, nursing staff of NALHN and with other community agencies.

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.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• DHS Aged Care Sector Employment Screening

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: 858757

Enquiries

Megan Dundon

Senior Manager, Northern Adelaide Geriatrics Service

Phone: (08) 7321 4***

E-mail: ************@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

15 March 2024 - 11.55PM

Attachments

 858757 - Occupational Therapist - Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care (Multiple Positions) - AHP1 - role description.pdf

 858757 - Occupational Therapist - Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care (Multiple Positions) - AHP2 - role description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.

Flexibility Statement
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.