AddressPosition Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3
Remuneration: $108,595 - $112,114 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ480044
Where you'll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is responsible for providing primary and secondary health care for people living in the Auburn, Blacktown, and The Hills Shire, Holroyd and Parramatta Local Government Areas (LGAs) and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region. We are committed to our vision of 'better health services for the people of western Sydney and beyond' and to the delivery of health care or related services in line with our core values of collaboration, openness, respect and empowerment.
What you'll be doing
To provide specialised Occupational Therapy services to the inpatient programme of the Westmead Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service.
This is an Occupational Therapy position within a specialised Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service which requires the incumbent to have high levels of clinical expertise and knowledge to enable her/him to provide effective occupational therapy services to patients with brain injuries and their families and the skills to work autonomously with minimal clinical supervision on a day-to-day basis. The senior clinician in this position requires advanced occupational therapy practice skills, advanced professional reasoning, reflection and problem solving skills, and advanced skills in applying independent professional knowledge and judgement when providing assessment and treatment to individual patients and their families, particularly given the complex and varied nature of the impact of brain injuries. High levels of initiative and self-direction are also required. Advanced skills are essential in gathering, analyzing and synthesizing evidence from research, patients, their families and other sources to provide high quality patient focused evidence based, goal focused, culturally sensitive treatment within a collaborative multi-professional team approach.
Contributions and informed decision making are also required for service development and its overall effective and efficient functioning.
Benefits of working for Western Sydney Local Health District
- Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) every month, in addition to your annual leave (For full time staff)
- Salary Packaging - lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees) http://wslhdintranet.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/salary-packaging-with-smartsalary
- Meal entertainment lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees) http://wslhdintranet.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/salary-packaging-with-smartsalary
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 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
- Managers Support - Employee Assistance Program (EAP) professional consultative service for all managers, HR or senior staff that is confidential and unlimited for people management support
- Fitness Passport - permanent employees and their immediate family members can sign-up for this affordable membership which allows access to an extensive range of gyms, pools and fitness services from multiple providers across NSW
- Generous leave conditions in accordance with NSW Health (State) awards
- Recognition of prior relevant service may be considered toward commencing salary
- Leave may be transferrable from other public sector agencies in accordance with leave mobility provisions
People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.
Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
Westmead hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Westmead Hospital. This does not apply for staff with disability.
Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
Essential Requirement:
Qualifications: Recognised tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy and current AHPRA registration
Selection Criteria:
- Recognised tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy and current AHPRA registration.
- Eligibility for membership of OT Australia.
- Clinical expertise and knowledge in the specialty of ABI rehabilitation which includes cognitive functioning assessment and retraining, biomechanical management involving spasticity, wheelchair seating plus orthotics, assistive technology, complex home mods, discharge planning, attendant care and family training.
- Demonstrated high level communication skills within the multi-disciplinary team and with clients, families and external services.
- Advanced documentation skills for medical records, funding applications and report writing.
- Advanced clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills.
- Experience in staff supervision and management
- Commitment to continuing education and continuous quality improvement & Current Drivers Licence valid within Australia.
