AddressJob reference: 866265
Location: 5211 - VICTOR HARBOR
Job status: Long Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
- Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, Southern Fleurieu Health Service - Community and Allied Health, Victor Harbor
- Salary: $86,950 - $100,729 p.a. (pro rata) - AHP2
- Temporary Part-time position working 22.5 hours per week up to 30 August 2024
Overview
You will provide a broad range of occupational therapy services within the Southern Fleurieu Health Service across acute, outpatient and community settings. As a member of a multidisciplinary team including health professionals and service providers from other sectors, you will utilise a combination of preventative, early intervention, treatment/therapy and evaluation approaches. This will include applying Primary Health Care and community participation principles to ensure services are responsive to changing community needs and improve health outcomes. You will provide individual, group and population health services that target at-risk and priority clients within the community, in accordance with service eligibility, prioritisation criteria and episodic care. Working under reduced clinical direction, you may have the opportunity to contribute to the clinical supervision of less experienced allied health professionals, allied health assistants and students.
Holding an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy, you will be eligible for registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia. You will have experience in providing a broad range of clinical and consultative services across a range of service settings, including one-on-one, group based and health promotion activities. Capable of managing and prioritising your personal work load, you will be willing to support others in developing workload management plans and allocating team resources. Demonstrating strong interpersonal and communication skills, you will bring the ability to engage with Aboriginal communities and consumers in a culturally appropriate manner and be willing to undertake further training in this manner.
In addition to the annual salary package we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, employer superannuation contributions and leave loading.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
Check(s)
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B (indirect 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.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 866265
Application Closing Date
4 June 2024 - 2 week close - 11.55PM
Attachments
866265 - Occupational Therapist.pdf
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Flexibility Statement
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.
