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SalaryEmployment Type: Permanent Full Time/Part time (Job share considered)
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Lvl 3
Remuneration: $105,093 - $108,612 per annum plus Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ356949
Do you have a passion for working in Spinal Cord Injuries and/or complex seating?
Want to work in a highly specialised team where there is always someone to collaborate with as well as autonomously manage your own caseload? Be part of an LHD that promotes and shares opportunities for clinical excellence and learning.
Where you'll be working
The Occupational Therapy department at Prince of Wales Hospital employs up to 36 therapists across acute, rehabilitation and outpatient caseloads. This position is part of the Outpatient Spinal / Seating Clinic and provides expert advice and intervention in the area of wheeled mobility as well as complex pressure injury management. You will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to offer novel solutions to this complex group of clients.
The Occupational Therapy department supports clinicians through:
- Driving innovation and learning
- Prioritising self-care and wellbeing
- Clear communication & feedback
- Valuing teamwork & collaboration
About Allied Health in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District :
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘Exceptional Care, Healthier Lives’. We strive for a workplace culture with a foundation that promotes person centred care approaches and staff wellbeing. We connect our Allied Health staff with opportunities for learning, development and clinical supervision, and have established partnerships with universities that promote cutting edge research in wellbeing, education and teaching.
Some programs and learning opportunities for Senior SESLHD Allied Health staff include:
- The Safety and Quality Essentials Pathway
- Accelerated Implementation Methodology (AIM)
- Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) for full time employees every month, on top of your 4 weeks annual leave
- Salary Packaging Scheme - lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - a professional counselling and coaching service that offers confidential, short-term support for work-related and personal issues, which you and your immediate family can access
- Fitness Passport - permanent employees and their immediate family members can sign-up to this external service provider which offers access to an extensive range of gyms, pools and fitness services from multiple providers across NSW
- Staff Wellbeing ambassadors across the district managing wellbeing initiatives for staff
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
- Study Leave
- Support for breastfeeding employees
- Disability Employment
- Child Care (some sites)
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). Additionally, Category A workers are required to receive a booster dose three months after completing the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (IM011 immunisation medical exemption form) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.
Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to:
Selection Criteria * Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award and Current Registration with AHPRA.
- Extensive post graduate clinical experience in Spinal Cord Injuries and/or complex seating.
- Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels.
- Ability to provide in-depth advice and education to enhance service delivery and to guide and support others in providing service excellence, with the capacity to provide clinical supervision to other staff.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature.
- Ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff.
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning.
- Current Class C Drivers Licence.
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For role related queries or questions contact Kelly Drowley on Kelly.Drowley@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 8 December 2022
