Rural Support Service

30/10/2025

📸 👋 Say hi to Tullie and Talia, two of the wonderful Occupational Therapists (OTs) employed across South Australia’s regional areas as recent graduates. Tullie is an OT for the Eyre and Far North Local Health Network and Talia is an OT within the Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network.

🥳 As part of , we’re celebrating our dedicated OTs, and the amazing work they do across our regional health system.

😀Every day, OTs improve the lives and health outcomes of many children and adults in our regions.

👍 OTs play a valuable role in our healthcare system - primarily helping people to live well and independently in their communities.

🏥 When hospital admission is required, OTs are essential in ensuring a smooth, well-supported discharge process, and coordinating any necessary home modifications.

👏 Thank you to all our OTs, for your passion, collaboration, and persistent commitment to putting , and improving the health and wellbeing of regional South Australians.

27/10/2025

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Eight new grants for regional SA. 🎉

We’re so excited to announce a fresh $268K in funding for eight new projects to boost regional healthcare in South Australia. 👏

The grants will help upskill our rural health workforce and purchase vital equipment for local hospitals, like that used by the hard-working community nursing team in Wallaroo (pictured).

Check out the eight projects 👉 https://thrf.link/pz8

26/10/2025

🌟 It’s OT Week 2025! 🌟

👏 This week, we’re celebrating the amazing Occupational Therapists (OTs) working across South Australia’s regional Local Health Networks — from the Eyre Peninsula to the Limestone Coast and everywhere in between.

🏡✨ Every day, OTs put , helping people live safely, independently, and meaningfully — wherever they call home.

Our OTs make a real difference across our communities by:

👵 supporting older adults,
💪 enhancing recovery,
🧒 helping children achieve their milestones, or
🤝 enabling participation in daily life

🤗 Let’s take a moment to thank and celebrate their dedication, creativity, and care that helps South Australians live their best lives.

📸 Pictured are a wonderful group of regional OTs who gathered last year for an RSS-led professional development event, with the road sign inspired by the theme: 'Navigating our future: Driving innovation, learning and connection'.



Limestone Coast Local Health Network Yorke and Northern Local Health Network Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network Eyre and Far North Local Health Network Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network

16/10/2025

Join us in celebrating Rural Generalists! 💙

Big news: Rural Generalist Medicine has been officially recognised as a new specialist field within General Practice in Australia!

What is a Rural Generalist?
They’re highly skilled GPs who go above and beyond -- providing vital primary and emergency care in community, hospitals, or remote settings, often with advanced training in one or more specialised areas such as emergency medicine, obstetrics, or anaesthetics. Rural Generalists are often the backbone of our rural hospitals, health services and clinics.

Do you know a South Australian Rural Generalist who’s made a difference in your community? Tag them in the comments and share your congratulations on this significant milestone, and your thanks!

We’re proud to support our current and upcoming Rural Generalists through programs and services such as the Rural Generalist Program South Australia, the Single Employer Model, and in partnership with Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network, Limestone Coast Local Health Network, Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, and Yorke and Northern Local Health Network.

Read more at the links in the comments.

12/09/2025

👋 Meet the newest champion for kids’ health across regional SA’s local health networks.

Dr Anthony Chitti (pronounced ‘kitty’) is our new Rural Clinical Advisor in Paediatrics, supporting regional local health networks to provide peer support, professional development, and advice to strengthen links with metro specialists and enhance children’s healthcare in the regions.

He’s a paediatrician at Flinders Medical Centre and Adelaide Paediatrics, and now we’re lucky to have him helping shape services for SA’s country kids too. 💙

Now here’s the fun bit 👇 drop a ‘G’day’ in the comments below and help us give him a warm regional welcome!

07/09/2025

🩺 Tag a nurse who inspired you 💙

Whether it was a colleague, a mentor, or someone who cared for you or your family -- great nurses leave a mark.

As we open applications for the Regional Enrolled Nurse Cadetship Program, we’re celebrating the nurses who inspire others to follow in their footsteps.

💬 Tag a nurse who made a difference in your life -- and tell us why.

Who knows? Your story might be the nudge someone needs to start their own journey into nursing…and if that’s you, we’ll leave the link to apply for our Regional Enrolled Nurse Cadetship Program in the comments below.

17/08/2025

Have you always wondered if nursing is for you? Are you ready to take the next step toward a rewarding career as an Enrolled Nurse?

If you live in regional or rural South Australia and dream of becoming a nurse — this could be your moment.

The Regional Enrolled Nurse Cadetship Program gives you:
✔️ Paid part-time work as an Assistant in Nursing (2 days/week)
✔️ Support to study your Diploma of Nursing at a regional TAFE SA campus (25 hrs/week)
✔️ Hands-on experience at a hospital close to home

Here’s all the important info:
🩺 No prior nursing experience required! To be eligible, applicants must already be studying or be enrolled to study the Diploma of Nursing at a TAFE SA regional campus (Nuriootpa, Mount Barker, Mount Gambier, Port Pirie, Port Lincoln or Whyalla) to commence late January 2026.

🎓 Have you enrolled yet? TAFE SA nursing applications are open now via SATAC. We’ll pop the link in the comments for you!

📅 Cadetship roles open September 2025 via the SA Health Careers website. Check back here for updates.

🖤❤️💛 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply through our targeted rolling recruitment process. We’ll include that link in the comments below, too.

👉 Have questions? Email: health.rssworkforcestrategist@sa.gov.au

14/08/2025

A role that lets you make a difference, without being tied to a traditional schedule? 🙌

We’re hiring a part-time Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Clinician (AHP2) to help rural South Australians recover from cardiac events via telehealth, with the ability to work from home (though some time will be required in our Tonsley office). 🤝

Make a real difference and bring your exercise physiologist or physiotherapist expertise to communities that need it. 💪

Think this is your next move? Apply by 27 August via the link in the comments. 👇

10/08/2025

Looking for a nursing role with the flexibility to work from home? Join us!

We’re recruiting a Chronic Condition Nurse, a temporary (until 31 December 2025) part-time (45 hours per fortnight) position that can be based remotely, with work-from-home arrangements available for the right candidate.

You’ll use virtual care and remote monitoring to support patients across rural South Australia—helping them stay well and out of hospital, while working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Applications close Sunday 17 August.

Apply now:

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06/08/2025

Dr Vienna Tran grew up in Adelaide, but when she started her medical training, she knew she wanted to help people in rural areas.

Now, she’s a GP trainee in the Limestone Coast Local Health Network. Thanks to the Single Employer Model, Dr Tran can focus on her training — and she’s loving giving back to rural communities that welcomed her with open arms.

The Single Employer Model makes it easier for doctors to live and work where they’re needed most in regional South Australia. Read more at the link in the comments, and share Vienna's story with a trainee doctor who might be interested in submitting an Expression of Interest for the Single Employer Model.