Senior Occupational Therapist - Hand Therapy
Job no: 936949
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health
* Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – Elizabeth Vale
* Salary: $108,347 - $116,216 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP3
* Temporary Part-Time – working 18.75 hours per week, up to 3 October 2027
About the Role
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist – Hand Therapy to join our dynamic, expanding and supportive team. This is an opportunity to play a key role in delivering high‐quality, specialist hand therapy services that make a meaningful difference to patients.
This senior clinical role is responsible for the development, coordination, delivery and evaluation of high‐quality occupational therapy services, with a specialised focus on hand therapy. You will provide expert clinical care to patients with a wide range of hand, wrist and upper limb conditions, supporting recovery, functional independence and return to meaningful daily activities.
In this role, you will deliver comprehensive hand therapy services including advanced assessment, treatment planning, rehabilitation and splint fabrication. Working closely with occupational therapy colleagues and a broad multidisciplinary team, you will optimise patient outcomes across acute and inpatient settings, while also providing specialist support to other clinical services as required.
As a highly skilled clinician, you will also provide clinical leadership within acute hospital services. You will support service development, contribute to quality improvement initiatives, and provide supervision and mentorship to less experienced staff, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth within the team.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will bring advanced clinical expertise and a strong commitment to delivering best‐practice care. You will possess extensive experience managing a broad range of hand therapy presentations, including post‐surgical conditions requiring complex assessment, rehabilitation and splint fabrication, supported by comprehensive knowledge of orthopaedic and surgical hand conditions and recovery pathways.
Your success in this role will be underpinned by strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, enabling effective consultation, negotiation, conflict resolution and the preparation of clear, accurate and timely clinical documentation. You are skilled in building and maintaining collaborative partnerships with patients, families, community services and healthcare providers within culturally diverse and multidisciplinary environments.
You also demonstrate strong leadership capability, including supervising and supporting staff, working autonomously and within interdisciplinary teams, managing competing priorities, adapting to changing service demands and contributing to program evaluation, service development and continuous quality improvement. A commitment to ongoing professional development and reflective practice aligns naturally with your approach to care.
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.
* 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 is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed
* Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas
* Professional development opportunities, including a well‐established Allied Health Education unit, a Professional Development Allowance and reimbursement of professional development expenses
* Opportunities to participate in research through the Allied Health Research Chair
* Regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals
Equal Opportunity and Diversity
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
Immunisation Risk
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
Job Ref: 936949
Application Closing Date: 22 May 2026 11.55 PM
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