Occupational Therapist Level 3 - Hospital In The Home

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time Until January 2025
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3
Remuneration: $54.57 - $56.54 Per Hour + Allowances + 11% Super + Salary Packaging
Hours Per Week: 20
Requisition ID: REQ458032
Applications Close: Wednesday, 31st January 2024
Occupational Therapist - Hospital in the Home
The Maitland Hospital
About the role:
The Level 3Occupational Therapist will provide short term care in the community to help facilitate early discharge from hospital. This may involve functional assessment and retraining, as well as prescription of minor modifications and basic equipment.
Our successful candidate will work daily alongside other members of the Hospital in the Home Team (Nursing & Allied Health).
A typical day requires the Occupational Therapist to complete home visits - often at short notice, and continually reprioritise workload to meet the demands of any new and urgent referrals. The Occupational Therapist will need to establish good working relationships with inpatient Occupational Therapists (frequent referrers) and local Community Occupational Therapists (to whom they refer for any long-term Occupational Therapy needs that can not be addressed as part of the short term/time limited HITH OT intervention).
Our successful candidate will be supported by members of the Hospital in the Home team, the HITH Nurse Unit Manager (for line management matters) and the Community Occupational Therapy Site Senior (for professional matters.) The successful applicant will receive regular clinical supervision within the role. They will also have access to a supportive network of Occupational Therapists working across the Lower Hunter. Education and training opportunities will be identified and agreed as part of performance development discussions.
Where you'll be working:

• This position is based at the new state of the art Maitland Hospital. The successful candidate will be working with the Hospital in the Home Team – providing Occupational Therapy input to people within their own home to help facilitate early discharge from hospital.

is set in an idyllic location in the Lower Hunter Valley within a picturesque riverine landscape and historic buildings. It has lots of choice of affordable housing and excellent local public and private schools. Maitland is well connected by road, rail and air, is located less than two hours north of Sydney, only 15 minutes from Hunter Valley Wine Country and 30 minutes from Newcastle. * See what Maitland has to offer
About you:

• You are a personable, dedicated professional who has a strong commitment to providing excellent patient focused care.
• Your outstanding interpersonal and communication skills will be key to working with patients and their families facing difficulties with activities of daily living as they transition from the hospital environment.

Benefits:

• Four weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time employees)
• Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees)
• Superannuation contributions 11%

- Up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing.
Requirements:

• Occupational Therapist with current Authority to Practice with AHPRA

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Information for Applicants:
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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
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). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
An eligibility list will be created for future temporary part time vacancies.
To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.
Salary Packaging: is beneficial to most HNELHD employees and may increase your take-home pay! Salary package a range of personal expenses including novated motor vehicle leases, relocation expenses, and HECS/HELP debt. Find out more by contacting via or 1300 40 25 23.
HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.
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