Position Title Acute Occupational Therapist
Employment Type Permanent Part Time
Location Box Hill Hospital
Award Classification Health Professionals (77) (Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement 2021 - 2024) - O/T Gr2 Y1
Hours (per fortnight) 64Applications from Recruitment agencies will not be accepted
The successful applicant to this position will be required to undergo a pre-employment Police Check.
Position SummaryMental Health Occupational Therapist
- Perm Part Time | Maintain a good work-life balance
- Box Hill | Close to public transport and cafes
- Acute Inpatient | Develop your skills with a leading health care provider
- Registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia, Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency.
- A minimum of seven years post graduate experience as a registered Occupational Therapist. Experience, knowledge & skills
- Demonstrated skills in providing reflective professional supervision.
- Demonstrated ability to provide clinical leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to lead innovation and continuous improvement.
- Relevant theoretical knowledge, experience and skills in the provision of evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions in a mental health setting.
- Comprehensive understanding of, and experience in delivering, recovery oriented mental health practice.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation, policies, plans and strategic directions of public mental health services
- Demonstrated ability to skilfully engage consumers in the development and implementation of individualised plans designed to promote, foster and sustain personal recovery.
- Demonstrated experience and skills in supporting consumers to engage in, structure and access meaningful daily activity and occupation.
- A commitment to working with consumers from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds and to providing services that are family and gender sensitive.
- Knowledge of the mental health sector, including roles and workings of mental health teams and relevant community resources and services to support people with mental illness.
- Knowledge of the NDIS, including understanding the NDIS access process and an ability to support NDIS plan reviews and planning meetings.
- Proven ability and commitment to work collaboratively with consumers, carers, the multidisciplinary team and external agencies.
- Commitment to supervised and reflective practice, lifelong learning and further development.
- Computer literacy and embracing of health technologies and informatics.
- High level of self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
- Demonstrated ability to provide clinical leadership within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience in supervision of clinical practice of junior staff and students.
- Demonstrated high level inter personal skills with consumers, their families and all health care professionals including effective conflict resolution and negotiation
- Hold a current Victorian driver’s licence.
- Membership to Occupational Therapy Australia.
- Demonstrated ability and skill in working with consumers diagnosed with a dual diagnosis.
- Experience using sensory modulation in a mental health setting.
- Experience in group service delivery.
- Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) trained.
- Evaluation of Social Interaction (ESI) trained.
- Diverse and engaging career opportunities
- Friendly & supportive team
- Flexible working hours
- Salary packaging options
- Career progression in our teaching hospitals
- All applications must be submitted online via E-Mercury
- All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Fit2Work Check, where preferred candidates will be required to complete a Criminal History Check at the expense of Eastern Health.
- You must have Australian work rights to apply for this position.
- Recruitment agency applications will not be accepted.
Contact Number (04) 0310 4891
Alternate Contact Person Rachael Starbuck
Alternate Contact Number (04) 1111 4770
Closing Date 19/05/2024
Position Description Occupational Therapist Grade 2 PD - 2023- 07 (2).pdfApplication Guide
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Please ensure your application is added before this time as we do not accept late applications.