Occupational Therapist - Ahp2

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Jamie Larcombe Centre - Mental Health Services
• Salary $86,950 - $100,729 p.a. (pro rata) AHP2 | Part Time, 7.5 hours p.w. until 31 January 2025

Join our dynamic team as a Occupational Therapist - AHP2 in Mental Health Services and help us provide comprehensive care and support Veterans' mental health.

The Jamie Larcombe Centre is looking for a Occupational Therapist - AHP2 to join their Veterans' Mental Health Services team. Located within the Glenside Health Service Campus, the Unit provides treatment for a range of specialist mental health issues including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression for Veterans. The Centre offers 24 single rooms, a gymnasium, sensory garden, research spaces, and tele-psychiatry services. 

Learn more about the Jamie Larcombe Centre here. 

Working as a part of a multi-disciplinary team, the Occupational Therapist - AHP2 undertakes complex Occupational Therapy and mental health specific service provision. Service provision aims to enhance the mental health and functional independence of consumers of the Veteran Mental Health Service. 

Your role responsibilities will include:  

• Develop personalised treatment plans, 
• Provide trauma-informed care and interventions, 
• Supervise and mentor Allied Health Assistants and support staff, 
• Educating and enabling consumers to develop the necessary skills for successful community living in their environment. 

To be successful in this role, you will have: 

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia,
• Extensive experience in mental health occupational therapy, preferably with a focus on veterans or trauma-affected populations,
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, 
• Competent in the provision of a range of occupational therapy assessments, evidence-based therapeutic interventions, and skills including individual and group work. 

The Occupational Therapist may be required to work within both Ambulatory (co- located at The Jamie Larcombe Centre) and inpatient settings.

For full details, please see the attached Role Description.  

Benefits of Working at SALHN:

In addition to your salary the following generous benefits are on offer to the suitable candidates:

• Having access to professional development opportunities during work hours, plus apply for the Allied Health Professionals + Professional Development Reimbursement Program (AHP+PDR) for reasonable financial reimbursement of professional development activity up to a capped amount per financial year,
• Access to endorsed supervisors with extensive clinical and mental health experience, during work hours,
• Leave Entitlements including paid Sick Leave, Carers Leave, Recreational Leave, Long Service Leave, Parental leave, and others,
• Access to Salary Packaging, with the ability to pay for things such as rent or your mortgage before tax, increasing your take home pay,
• An incremental wage increases in-line with the SA Public Sector Enterprise Agreement: Salaried (2021),
• Flexible working arrangements,
• Access to experienced Occupational Therapists across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations,
• Working collaboratively across a multi-disciplinary team of likeminded professionals, with access and support from team-based decision and Clinical Governance,
• Opportunity to work across multiple sites in Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN),
• Opportunity to be supported to conduct research projects, during work hours, pertaining to your role, with exciting funding opportunities present within SALHN.
• Permanent ongoing position.

Want to Know More? Contact: Louise Hellon, Nurse Unit Manager on 0423 607 *** or *************@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 10th March 2024

Attachments:

• 859292 - JLC Occupational Therapist Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• 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 and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 859292