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SalaryEmployment Type: Permanent Part time, 19 hours per week
Location: Camden Hospital
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 1/2
Remuneration: $35.77 - $51.04 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ473662
Application Close Date: 17/03/2024
Interview Date Range: 20/03/2024 - 27/03/2024
Contact Details: Kylie Stewart – 0418 206 619 |
Do you like working with young people and adolescents and making a difference in their lives?
Are you hardworking and enthusiastic?
About the Opportunity
Camden Hospital's Mental Health Inpatient Unit is seeking a dedicated Occupational Therapist to become an integral team member to assist the team in delivering high quality care to patients and their families.
This position demands a commitment to providing a high-calibre occupational therapy service that ensures optimal health outcomes for clients. Balancing clinical and administrative responsibilities, the therapist will work within a multi-disciplinary team and undertake assessment, treatment planning, implementation, evaluation, and patient/client transition processes.
The job entails the application of evidence-based practices across diverse clinical scenarios within specified time frames, emphasising a proactive approach to prioritise and manage various demands effectively.
Collaboration within a multidisciplinary team is pivotal, requiring both independent work and seamless integration within the group.
The ideal candidate showcases a dedication to ongoing professional development, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement, leveraging strong communication skills—both written and verbal—to interact proficiently with patients.
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist with a demonstrated background in Mental Health and an ability to navigate the complexities of this specialised field, ensuring a high standard of care for those in need.
Life at South Western Sydney Local Health District is rewarding, progressive and diverse and is always focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, Healthier Communities.
What You'll be Doing
Provide a high quality occupational therapy service to clients and their families/carers to ensure the provision of optimal health outcomes for the clients of the service. This encompasses ensuring effective and efficient entry, assessment, treatment planning, treatment implementation, evaluation and separation of patients/clients in a multi-disciplinary setting. The Occupational Therapist is also responsible for undertaking designated administrative tasks necessary to support service delivery.
Where You'll Be Working
Be a part of a healthcare provider which is responsive to the needs of its consumers and shape the future of the community in which you live!
Campbelltown Hospital is one of NSW’s newest most progressive hospitals which services the community in which you live. This is an incredible opportunity to become part of the team which is dedicated to providing the best possible patient care to the Macarthur community and beyond. With state of the art facilities, the hospital is an exciting hub of diverse presentations and clinical experiences.
The management team focus on being approachable, innovative and being responsive to the feedback provided by the staff who make our hospital thrive. The team are forward thinkers who are looking to drive a sociable, friendly and vibrant environment where patient experience is at the forefront of every interaction.
We recognise value and are looking to ensure the highest quality team.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria as thoroughly as possible. * Recognised Degree in Occupational Therapy or other qualification deemed appropriate by the employer, with registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Evidence of knowledge and commitment to the application of quality improvement and evidence based practice.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and computer literacy in a range of programs
- Demonstrated commitment to continuing professional education.
- Demonstrated clinical experience in Mental Health.
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Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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 certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
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