Occupational Therapist

About the role

Mater Private Hospital Bundaberg is currently seeking experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapiststo join the team either a part-time, casual or full-time capacity, including being able to accommodate hours to align with school hours if required.  

You will work closely with Allied Health and Nursing teams to deliver services to a variety of patients including Rehabilitation, Orthopaedic, Medical and Surgical patients.

Mater Private Hospital Bundaberg has been caring for the people of Bundaberg and surrounds since 1946. Our 59-bed facility is dedicated to supporting our community to live happy and healthy lives. The hospital is equipped with four operating theatres, a day surgery unit and offers a full complement of medical specialist services.

Salary range: $37.13 - $56.12 (Health Practitioners Level 3) per hour plus superannuation and salary packaging

What you’ll be doing

Key tasks will include:

• Independently undertake routine clinical practice within established clinical protocols to achieve patient focussed outcomes
• Apply increasing clinical judgement to more complex cases under clinical practice supervision
• Provide delegation, supervision, training and support to less experienced health practitioners, allied health assistants, students, support staff and volunteers in the delivery of clinical services
• Contribute to the development of clinical practices, procedures and protocols within professional and multidisciplinary teams
• Identify, develop and participate in quality and service improvement activities to continually improve clinical services and patient outcomes
• Actively participate in translating research into practice
• Actively participate in professional and multidisciplinary teams, and liaise with patients, their families/carers and external agencies to facilitate patient centred care
• Participate in continuing professional development activities to further develop clinical practice and expertise
• Contribute to the learning and development of the team through clinical education and clinical supervision

About you

To be successful in your application, you will have:

• Bachelor of Occupational Therapy or Master of Occupational Therapy.
• Eligible for registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Eligibility to receive a Medicare provider number.
• Demonstrated knowledge, expertise, and skill in delivering assessment and intervention in the acute clinical area of occupational therapy.
• Demonstrated ability to apply occupational therapy skills to clinical services in the acute hospital environment.
• Demonstrated clinical practice and application of clinical judgement in the provision of high quality, evidence based, patient centred care.

Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

• Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
• Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
• Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
• Access to on-site parking

For further information specific to the position, please contact Julie McGuiness, Allied Health Manager, on (07) 4153 9***.

Applications close on 18th January 2024. Please note, we may contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.

It is now a mandatory requirement of employment at the Mater that you are and remain fully vaccinated against COVID-19.