Professional Lead -Occupational Therapist Older Adult Mental Healt (Grade 4)

Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

The Role: Grade 4 Occupational Therapist Professional Leader -Older Adult Mental Health Program including the Specialist Older Adults Consultation Service (SOACS)

Ongoing part time, 48 hours per fortnight

We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapy Leader to join our expanding specialist Older Adult Mental Health program. Northern Health Mental Health Division is one of the largest Mental health care providers in Melbourne. This role offers the best of both worlds, the opportunity to support a growing occupational therapy workforce, contribute and drive quality improvement activities as well as maintain small clinical load.

Working across Northern Health Bundoora and Broadmeadows sites, The Gr 4 Occupational Professional leader will drive high quality service provision, quality improvement, staff performance, wellbeing, and professional development.

The incumbent will be responsible for the development and maintenance of professional standards and knowledge brokerage in occupational therapy, and contribute to recruitment and retention processes. This includes the provision of clinical and Professional Leadership in the SOACS and older Adult Mental Health Inpatient Programs and ensuring that appropriate supervision and support is provided to Occupational therapists in line with professional and network standards.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Mental Health
• Experience in leading Occupational Therapy services and staff across multiple sites
• Demonstrated commitment to recovery-oriented practice and evidenced based occupation therapy interventions in the Mental Health care of Older Adults
• Demonstrated ability to provide Professional Leadership including the provision of supervision and consultation to staff of a Mental Health service
• Experience in service improvement and innovation with an appreciation of interdisciplinary practice
• Good working knowledge of NDIS and My Aged Care options, processes and requirements
• High level leadership, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Possesses highly developed self-management skills including the ability to meet tight timelines and prioritise competing demands
• Able to interpret information, data and evidence to inform decision making and planning
• Understands the governance and legislative responsibilities of an Occupational Therapy Leader and is able to work with the Director of Allied Health, Mental health and SOACS Manager to achieve these requirements

For full details please refer to our Position Description here

Next Steps . . .

If you are ready to explore how we can help you take the next step in your nursing career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details please contact John Belanti our Director of Allied Health - Mental Health via ************@nh.org.au or contact: Lynette Stephens SOACS Manager via ***************@nh.org.au

Applications close on 28th April 2024.

We offer:

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

· Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive' program

· Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support

· An inclusive and culturally safe space

· State of the art facilities and campus partnerships

· A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs'

· Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

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Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid-19.