AddressEmployment Type: Temporary Full Time (Until 18/10/2024)
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3
Location: Community Mental Health Windsor
Remuneration: $2,081.21 - $2,148.65 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ441145
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.
What we can offer you (for eligible employees):
· Accrued Day Off (ADO) (for full time employees)
· Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
· Novated Leasing
· Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
· Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
· Fitness Passport
What you'll be doing:
The Senior Occupational Therapist will provide recovery oriented, evidence based occupational assessments and interventions focused on occupational participation, occupational performance, community connectedness and occupational roles, to clients of the Windsor Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). As a senior Occupational Therapist, you will provide; clinical supervision for Level 1 – 2 Occupational Therapists, support for the Mental Health Professional Lead Occupational Therapist (Level 5), and clinical expertise, consultation and education to other health professionals in the multidisciplinary team.
If you are a experienced Occupational Therapist looking for the next step in your career, look no further and apply today!
An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
About us:
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District will drive innovation and excellence in health service delivery that provides safe, equitable, high quality, accessible, timely and efficient services that are responsive to the needs of patients and the community.
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. In the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Mental Health Service, we value and strive for a diverse and inclusive workplace. We aim to enrich our working environment and deliver excellent care to all consumers, their families and carers, no matter their background or needs. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of Mental Health concerns and people of mature age.
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.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
Selection criteria to be addressed:
- Degree in occupational therapy with current occupational therapy registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Substantial post graduate clinical experience in a Mental Health service setting. Demonstrated capabilities for recovery- oriented practice and high level of knowledge, skills and clinical expertise for occupational therapy service provision in a Mental Health setting.
- Demonstrated experience in leadership, provision of clinical supervision, and experience in the supervision of undergraduate occupational therapy students.
- Demonstrated organisational skills and ability to manage a complex caseload with competing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement innovative, evidence- based individual and group interventions to support people with persistent and severe Mental Health problems.
- Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills and effective time management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Current unrestricted class C NSW driver’s licence (P2 acceptable) and willingness to use same for work purposes
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For role related queries or questions contact Michael Collina on ***************@health.nsw.gov.au
