Job no: 949931
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Mental Health

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Modbury Hospital – MODBURY SA 5092
Salary/Total Indicative Remuneration: $82,212 - $86,180 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – OPS4
Temporary Part-Time – 22.5 hours per week, up to 2 April 2027

About the Role:
SA Health's Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is seeking a Senior Lived Experience Worker to join the Modbury Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit — a dedicated inpatient service supporting adults on their recovery journey. This is a part-time, fixed-term contract through to 2 April 2027, offering a genuine opportunity to use your own lived experience of mental health recovery to shape care, influence practice, and champion the voices of the people this service exists for.

Your Role at Modbury MHS

Working within the Modbury Adult Mental Health Service, you will bring authenticity and credibility to a multidisciplinary team committed to recovery-oriented practice. Your core responsibilities will include:

Providing peer support and one-to-one mentoring to consumers, drawing on your own lived experience to build connection and trust
Contributing to the development and delivery of recovery-focused group programs within the rehabilitation unit
Acting as a senior voice in the team, mentoring less experienced lived experience workers and supporting their reflective practice
Collaborating with clinical staff to embed consumer perspectives into care planning, service improvement, and discharge preparation

What You Bring

Genuine lived experience of mental health challenges and a sustained personal recovery, which you are willing to share in a purposeful, professional context
Demonstrated experience working in a paid or volunteer peer support or lived experience role within a mental health or community health setting
Understanding of recovery-oriented frameworks and trauma-informed approaches as applied in South Australian mental health services
Ability to maintain professional boundaries while engaging with consumers in emotionally complex situations
Strong communication skills and the confidence to contribute as a senior team member across a multidisciplinary environment
Current or eligible SA employment screening clearances, including a National Police Check

About You:
In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high‑quality health services within modern facilities.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

About Adelaide:
Adelaide is consistently recognised as a city that artfully combines its compact charm and world-class cuisine with picturesque nature escapes. Ranked one of the worlds “Most Liveable Cities” and “Most Beautiful Cities”, Adelaide provides something for everyone combining a wonderful mix of nature with nearby beaches, rolling hills and wildlife and culinary delights with fine dining restaurants, award-winning cafes, bustling food markets and booming boutique bars. Events like the LIV Golf, SANTOS Tour Down Under, Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival add extra appeal to living here.

About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

With over 7,000 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.

Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.

Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.

Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.

Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.

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 vulnerable person-related employment – 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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 949931

Enquiries:
Gemma Ferraretto

Rehabilitation Services Program Manager

Phone: (08) 7321 4455

E-mail: Gemma.Ferraretto@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date:
25 September 2026 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:
For more information about Mental Health vacancies at NALHN visit our Careers in Mental Health page.

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

Advertised: 11 Sep 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 25 Sep 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time

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