Description:
SA HealthJob reference: 878232
Location: 5253 - MURRAY BRIDGE
Job status: Long Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
- Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Murray Bridge
- AHP2 | Full Time Contract | Temporary (up to 30 January 2026)
- Salary: $88,255 - $102,240 p.a
Join Our Team, Make an Impact: Empowering Communities with Compassionate Occupational Therapy!
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to join our dedicated Country Health Connect team at Murray Bridge.
In this role, you will apply clinical experience, increasingly generalist and/or specialist clinical knowledge and professional competence to plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated range of services, appropriate to the needs of the local community.
Working under reduced clinical direction, you contribute to the clinical supervision of less experienced allied health professionals, allied health assistants and students. As a member of a multi-professional team, including health professionals and service providers from other sectors, you will utilise a combination of preventative, early intervention, treatment/therapy and evaluation approaches.
Eligibility
Applicants must hold a recognised qualification within the Occupational Therapy profession and be eligible for practicing membership of the relevant Professional Association. For those professions requiring Registration, all requirements to obtain and maintain current registration must be fulfilled. For self-regulated professions it is desirable to participate in the professional association accredited continuing professional development program.
About Us?
The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn. Click here for more information about working for RMCLHN.
- We will provide support, both personally and professionally
- Give you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role
- Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments
- Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety
- Offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
Provide Relocation Support, where applicable. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support . - Join RMCLHN's Allied Health Team
Important Information
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
- Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A
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 : 878232
Enquiries
Nicole Swan
Clinical Senior Occupational Therapy
Phone: ( 08) 8580 2500
E-mail: Nicole.Swan@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
Thursday 10th April 2025 - 11.55PM
Attachments
878232 AHP2 Role Description.pdf
JCS+Occupational+Therapist+final.pdf
About Murray Bridge Factsheet.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines
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.