- Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
- Community Health Service, Gawler East
- Salary: AHP3 $112,139 - $120,284 p.a (adjusted to actual hours worked)
- Ongoing, Part Time 0.5 FTE, 7-day roster
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
This Clinical Senior Occupational Therapist role provides the opportunity to lead high-quality occupational therapy services within the Emergency Department. You will ensure patients receive appropriate assessment of functional and environmental needs related to their current presentation, supporting safe and timely discharge. The role combines advanced clinical practice with leadership responsibilities, including mentoring and supervising staff, fostering continuous learning, contributing to innovative care models and workforce strategies, and supporting quality improvement and research initiatives.
You will work collaboratively with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals, ensuring occupational therapy services are integrated into broader healthcare strategies across the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, while also undertaking non-consumer facing responsibilities that enhance social work practices across the Network.
WHO ARE WE?
The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas (position based in Gawler East). We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.
WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK
Located in Gawler East, Gawler Health Service serves a growing community at the gateway to the Barossa Valley. The area offers strong community connections, convenient access to Adelaide, and a blend of regional living with metropolitan accessibility. With schools, services, and public transport nearby, Gawler East provides a practical and welcoming location for health professionals.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist ready to provide clinical leadership in the Emergency Department?
- Do you excel in time-sensitive functional assessment, intervention, and discharge planning?
- Are you passionate about mentoring staff and contributing to innovative care models and workforce strategies?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…
HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?
- Deliver high-quality, patient-centred care including functional screens, interventions, and collaborative discharge planning.
- Assess the impact of illness or injury on daily activities and implement supports to improve safety and function prior to discharge.
- Facilitate safe transitions from hospital to home, minimising risk of readmission.
- Provide leadership, mentoring, and supervision to occupational therapy and allied health staff.
- Promote evidence-based practice and contribute to quality improvement, research, and innovative workforce strategies.
WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?
At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
- Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?
Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:
- You will need to be immunised. Please contact the Enquiries Person for this position if you have any queries. Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy. Further information is in the application for to help guide you.
- You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
- You must hold a recognised qualification within the Occupational Therapy profession and be eligible for (full) membership of the Occupational Therapist Professional Association.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.
NEED TO RELOCATE?
Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/
HELP IS HERE!
Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 927272), or reach out to Jane Jolly, Team Leader - Allied Health North on Phone: 8521 2080 or via E-mail: [email protected]
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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on 22 July 2026 at 11:55PM
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
927272 AHP3 Role Description
