Service RMO/Registrar - Northern Adelaide Geriatric Service
Agency: 73 - Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
Job no: 939236
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Medical
- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Lyell McEwin Hospital - ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112
- Northern Reablement and Intermediate Care to Return Home (NRICH)
- Salary/Total Indicative Remuneration: $99,707 - $158,523 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - MDP2
- Temporary/Part-Time - 22.5 hours per week, up to 2 August 2029
About the Role:
We are a rehabilitation program for geriatric patients offering a short term (2-3 week) program to enable a safe return to their homes following a hospital stay. We are part of the NALHN Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Division and our site is located at 26 Marks Road, Elizabeth, within the ACH building. NRICH is within 'Wattle House' and consists of 12 beds. We are a multi-disciplinary team, consisting of medical, nursing and allied health staff working together to achieve both rehabilitation and consumer goals.
Geriatric medicine is where clinical complexity meets genuine human connection. If you're building your medical career with an eye toward a specialty that demands both sharp diagnostic thinking and considered, whole-person care, the Northern Adelaide Geriatric Service at Modbury Hospital offers the kind of formative experience that shapes excellent physicians.
What You'll Be DoingWorking within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN), you'll join a dedicated geriatric medicine team delivering inpatient and consultative care to older patients across the northern Adelaide metropolitan region.
- Provide day-to-day clinical assessment and management of geriatric inpatients under consultant supervision
- Contribute to comprehensive geriatric assessments, discharge planning, and multidisciplinary team meetings
- Support the management of patients with complex, multi-system presentations including dementia, delirium, and falls
- Current general or limited registration with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA)
- Eligibility to work within SA Health under the relevant enterprise agreement for Service Registrars/RMOs
- Demonstrated clinical experience in general medicine or a related specialty
- Sound understanding of the principles of frailty, functional decline, and aged care pathways
- Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team environment
To be eligible for this position, you must possess Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent, registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with General Registration.
About You:
You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and highquality health services within modern facilities.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
About Adelaide:
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) 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.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 939236
Enquiries:
Office Aged Care, Rehabilitation & Palliative Care
Phone: (08) 7321 4232
E-mail: [email protected]
Application Closing Date:
31 July 2026 - 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.
Advertised: Jun 19 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Application close: Jul 31 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
