Leisure & Lifestyle Assistant - Northgate House

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northgate Neuro Behavioural Unit – NORTHGATE SA  5085
• Salary: $67,979.00 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHA2
• Ongoing Part-Time – 30 hours per week

*This role attracts a fixed allowance that ensures a minimum salary equivalent to AHA2 (third increment) pro-rated, based on the Undertaking as within the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025.

At Northgate Neuro Behavioural Unit, part of the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network's Older Persons Mental Health Service, every day is an opportunity to make a genuine difference in the lives of older people living with complex dementia with BPSD. If you find meaning in connection and creativity, this part-time, ongoing role could be exactly what you're looking for.

As a Leisure & Lifestyle Assistant, you'll design and deliver meaningful recreational and lifestyle activities that support the wellbeing, independence, and dignity of residents at Northgate Neuro Behavioural Unit. Working closely with a dedicated multidisciplinary team, your day-to-day will include:

• →Planning and facilitating individual and group activities tailored to residents' interests, abilities, and therapeutic goals
• →Contributing to lifestyle assessments and care planning in collaboration with nursing and allied health staff
• →Building genuine relationships with residents, families, and carers to understand what brings each person joy and purpose
• →Maintaining accurate documentation of activity participation and resident responses in line with SA Health standards

• A qualification in Leisure and Health, Community Services, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Experience delivering lifestyle programs in an aged care, mental health, or community setting
• An understanding of person-centred care and the specific needs of older people living with mental illness
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to engage people across varying levels of ability and cognition
• Willingness to work within SA Health's values framework and comply with relevant legislative requirements
• Current or ability to obtain a National Police Clearance and DCSI Aged Care Sector screening

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.

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

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.

Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.

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

At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.

Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:

“My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care.”

“I feel like I’m part of a growing and developing service.”

“I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support.”

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.

• 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.

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: 948720

Cathryn Williams

Nurse Consultant

Phone: 0466 635 343

E-mail: Cathryn.Williams@sa.gov.au

16 October 2026 – 11.55PM

 948720 - Leisure & Lifestyle Assistant - OPMH - AHA2 - Role Description.pdf

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

Advertised: 02 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 16 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

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