Occupational Therapist - SWIFT

About This Role

This part-time contract role is for an Occupational Therapist who thrives in a fast-moving inpatient environment and wants their work to make a direct difference to how patients transition through care. Embedded within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) at Lyell McEwin Health Service, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team focused on early functional assessment and timely, safe discharge planning across acute wards. The role is a fixed-term contract through to 30 June 2027.

Responsibilities

• Conduct timely occupational therapy assessments to support safe and appropriate discharge pathways
• Collaborate with medical, nursing, and allied health colleagues to reduce avoidable length of stay
• Provide recommendations for equipment, home modifications, and community-based supports
• Contribute to patient flow initiatives aligned with NALHN's service improvement goals

Requirements

• Experience in an acute hospital or subacute inpatient setting
• Confidence working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Strong functional assessment and clinical reasoning skills relevant to discharge planning
• Familiarity with SA Health or public hospital documentation and referral processes
• Ability to manage competing priorities across a busy ward caseload
• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships
• Ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities
• Demonstrated resilience within a complex environment
• Satisfactory Criminal History Check
• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for vulnerable person-related employment
• Immunisation Risk Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

Benefits

• Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits
• 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
• Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas
• Professional development opportunities, including high-quality, targeted in-house training