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SalaryMater Health is looking for a Team Leader - Occupational Therapy (Rehabilitation) to join the team in a permanent full-time role reporting to the Director - Occupational Therapy
Salary range: $67.84 - $70.74 (HP5) per hour plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900
What you'll be doing
As a member of the Occupational Therapy leadership team, you will clinically and operationally lead the Rehabilitation team. In addition to providing high level clinical services with patients, you will lead the team's performance and coordinate the delivery of quality, innovative and efficient services through building team cohesion, a learning environment, and coordinating quality improvement and research initiatives aligned to departmental strategy. You will achieve this by:
- Clinically lead and coordinate services across the Rehabilitation Occupational Therapy Team
- Deliver specialised clinical and consultancy services with complex and novel clinical presentations in a Rehabilitation clinical specialty
- Drive workforce productivity and planning through the operational and professional management of Occupational Therapy services, staff and resources
- Provide direction and clinical supervision to health practitioners, allied health assistants, students, support staff and volunteers in the delivery of Occupational Therapy clinical services
- Operationally manage financial and staffing resources and day-to-day service delivery of Occupational Therapy services
- Provide strategic direction to the Occupational Therapy team and shape service profile through developing and extending scope of practice, models of care and clinical practices in line with departmental plan
- Take a leadership role in departmental planning and translating organisational and divisional strategy to operational outcomes
- Lead change through initiating and implementing quality and service improvement initiatives
- Develop a research agenda for a clinical area of interest to improve practice standards, models of service delivery and patient outcomes and support team to engage in research
- Provide authoritative counsel to management, colleagues and external stakeholders regarding delivery of Occupational Therapy clinical services
- Foster engagement and alignment of team activity with departmental priorities and influence culture towards a common vision
- Actively promote and advocate for team and profession in multidisciplinary forums
- Drive and champion a learning and development agenda across the Occupational Therapy team
- Monitor and ensure the appropriate application of professional standards, including assessment of clinical competencies, and coordination and provision of professional development opportunities
You will have a Bachelor or Masters of Occupational Therapy, valid AHPRA registration and eligibility to receive a Medicare provider number. A Post graduate qualifications in management and or leadership is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated advanced level clinical expertise and ability to clinically lead and coordinate a team in the delivery of patient centred care
- Demonstrated experience in leading, operationally managing and growing a clinical service in line with departmental plan/strategy
- Demonstrated experience in driving workforce productivity and leading change through in the development of research, quality improvement initiatives and innovative models of care
- Advanced communication and negotiation skills including experience in fostering engagement, influencing outcomes, addressing conflict and advocating with profession and multidisciplinary teams, patients, carers and other stakeholders
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- 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
- Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
- Access to on-site, discounted parking
- Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues
Please contact Ray Kopeshke (Director Occupational Therapy) on 3163 6000 if you have any questions.
Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.
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.
Advertised: 11 Mar 2024 E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 24 Mar 2024 E. Australia Standard Time
