Clinical Senior Occupational Therapist

• Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
  
  
• Choose From Multiple Locations Gawler Mount Barker and Victor Harbor
  
  
• Salary: AHP3 - $112139 - $120284 p.a (adjusted to actual hours worked)
  
  
• Multiple Full-time and Part-time Positions Available
  
  
• Temporary - up to 1 October 2027 / 17 September 2027 / 13 November 2026

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING

We have a number of exciting opportunities for experienced clinicians to step into a senior Occupational Therapy role where your expertise genuinely shapes how care is delivered across the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network (BHFLHN).

Senior Occupational Therapists Gawler or Victor Harbor Locations: These leadership roles offer a unique opportunity to step into a high-impact position shaping and delivering complex clinical and consultancy services across the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network. Working with a high degree of professional autonomy you will apply advanced clinical expertise and strategic insight to support service delivery guide practice development and contribute to system-wide improvements. You will play a key role in advising leadership on service redesign establishing clinical protocols and ensuring services are responsive to community needs with a strong focus on culturally safe person-centred care.

The Victor Harbor position will work across Inpatients and Outpatients as well as within the CHSP Team and is being offered on a part-time temporary basis of 30 hours per week until 1^st October 2027. The Gawler position is being offered on a part-time temporary basis of 30 hours per week until 17th September 2027.

Senior Occupational Therapist Geriatric Outreach - Various Locations: As a valued member of the Complex Transitional Care team this role offers an exciting opportunity to lead the implementation and expansion of the Geriatric Outreach Service across the network. You will play a key role in advancing dementia care building workforce capability and developing innovative person-centred models. Responsibilities include delivering individualised non-pharmacological interventions and providing specialist dementia education and guidance to staff. You will support best practice optimise care environments and facilitate safe transitions between acute and residential care settings. This role services locations region wide including Gawler Mount Barker and Victor Harbor and is being offered on a Temporary basis full-time until 13th November 2026.

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 (current positions available in Mount Barker Gawler and Victor Harbor). 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.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

• Are you confident applying advanced clinical expertise to complex cases while working with a high level of independence
• Can you lead and influence service improvement shaping how Occupational Therapy is delivered across a network
• Do you actively support and develop others through mentoring supervision and education
• Are you driven to identify opportunities for innovation using research and evaluation to improve patient outcomes
• Can you build strong relationships and work collaboratively with stakeholders to deliver responsive patient-centred care

If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE

You will.

• Lead the delivery of complex Occupational Therapy services across Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network providing expert clinical care and consultancy.
• Shape and improve services by contributing to clinical protocols service design and strategic planning.
• Provide clinical leadership supervision and mentoring to Occupational Therapists and support workforce development.
• Coordinate student placements contribute to education and support research and quality improvement initiatives.
• Partner with stakeholders to strengthen service integration enhance patient outcomes and drive continuous improvement.

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK

From heritage streets to riverside walks boutique shopping and relaxed café moments Gawler invites you to slow down and enjoy the small things in life. Just 43 km north of Adelaide and on the edge of the renowned Barossa Valley Gawler blends historic charm with vibrant local culture. Planned in 1839 by William Light the town is rich in character with grand stone buildings historic pubs and beautifully preserved streets. Visit Gawler here.

Mount Barker located 30 minutes from Adelaide is a well serviced township in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. Offering great work-life balance in a vibrant and scenic environment its a perfect blend of natural beauty local heritage gourmet food and community feel. Key highlights include hiking the panoramic Mount Barker Summit exploring the picturesque Laratinga Wetlands and visiting local wineries and farmers Mt Baker here.

Victor Harbor offers a coastal lifestyle like no other combining ocean views outdoor living and a welcoming community. With a strong local services hub and a relaxed pace of life its an ideal location for those seeking meaningful work alongside a change of scenery. For more informationDiscover Victor Harbor.

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 $9010 each FBT year $2650 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.

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.

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: IS HERE!

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 944113 for Clinical Senior Occupational Therapist - Gawler or 944080 for Clinical Senior Occupational Therapist - CHSP - Victor Harbor or 937545 - Senior Occupational Therapist - Geriatric Outreach - Mt Barker) or reach out to Jane Jolly - Allied Health Team Leader North on phone:or email: .

To find out what you need to apply and what is required to be offered a role please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant . Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines

DONT HESITATE! Applications Close on Wednesday 12th August 2026 at 11.55 PM. Please specify which location you are applying for on the application form.

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

BHFLHN RD AHP3 P60603 OP Senior Occupational

BHFLHN RD AHP3 P60605 CHSP Senior Occupational

Role Description - P61024 - AHP3 - Senior Occupational Therapist - Geriatric