Description

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Mental Health – Salisbury
• Salary (plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits):
• AHP4 $118,887 - $129,427 p.a. (pro rata)
• RN4 $132,177 - $137,771 p.a. (pro rata)
• Temporary Part-Time, up to 12 months
• working 22.5 hours per week (AHP4)
• working 22.8 hours per week (RN4)
  

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity is now available within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network for a passionate and experienced Team Leader to guide our Cultural Healing Team. This role sits at the heart of our commitment to delivering culturally safe, responsive and empowering mental health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

The Cultural Healing Team plays a vital role in supporting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander consumers to access culturally appropriate mental health services. The team provides culturally informed guidance to clinicians, ensures cultural practices are embedded across care pathways, and offers practical support to consumers and their kin. This includes connecting individuals with Aboriginal services, traditional healing pathways and interpreters where appropriate.

As Team Leader, you will oversee the coordination, leadership and line management of this multidisciplinary team. You will ensure continuity and quality of care, guide resource allocation and support the team to deliver culturally grounded, personcentred services. Your leadership will help embed culturally respectful mental health care across NALHN in alignment with the Closing the Gap (CTG) framework and NALHN’s Aboriginal Health Framework and Action Plan.

In addition to team leadership, you will provide direct, holistic support to Aboriginal mental health consumers, families and carers.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for this position and are preferred for this position.

Employees who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander will draw on their cultural knowledge, lived experience and community acceptance to deliver culturally meaningful care.

To be eligible for this position at AHP4 classification, you must hold an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification for one of the following Allied Health disciplines working in the service, specifically:

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with Occupational Therapy Australia; or
• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification recognised by the PsyBA and general registration with PsyBA and endorsed in Clinical Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology, or Forensic Psychology area of practice. Must hold approved supervisor status with the PsyBA at all levels of supervision (primary and secondary); or
• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

To be eligible for this position at RN4 classification, you must be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate, enrolled in an approved Mental Health course or holds a qualification in mental health practice.

About You:

In this role you will bring a strong blend of leadership capability, cultural understanding and mental health expertise, including:

• proven leadership skills with strengths in communication, negotiation, conflict resolution and problemsolving
• confidence contributing to seniorlevel decisionmaking and leading change initiatives
• ability to work autonomously while fostering a collaborative team culture
• experience promoting consumer engagement and culturally respectful practice
• flexibility, creativity and innovation in a health setting
• demonstrated competence in mental health practice and service delivery
• experience in financial and resource management
• understanding of the mental health needs of Aboriginal people, including impacts of intergenerational trauma and family disconnection

If you’re ready to champion culturally respectful mental health care and step into a leadership role with real impact, we look forward to receiving your application.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

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.

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.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

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.

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.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

Check(s):

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.

Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Job Ref: 929881

Enquiries:

Sarah Burden

A/Divisional Director Allied Health & Community Mental Health

Phone: (08) 7425 6300

E-mail: sarah.burden@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date:

13 March 2026 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

929881 - Team Leader - Cultural Healing Team - AHP4 - role description.pdf

929881 - Team Leader - Cultural Healing Team - RN4 - role description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information. 

Applications close: 13 March 2026 

For further information and to apply visit www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/careers and search for Job Ref: 929881