AddressAbout the role:
Commencing 24th June 2024, this role is a 12-month full-time locum as a Senior Acute Occupational Therapist. This role will see you working a 7-day roster, with the occasional Saturday required. You will have clinical responsibility to the Intensive Care (ICU) and Coronary Care Units (CCU), as well as our outpatient Cardiac Rehab program.
You will be responsible for supervising our Level 1 Acute Service Occupational Therapist as well as undergraduate supervision. Consideration of Level 1/2 Occupational Therapist will be made for someone with demonstrated relevant experience.
To help you thrive in the role, you will be offered a face-to-face handover from our current Senior Acute Occupational Therapist in first week of employment. Ongoing support and supervision will also be provided from a senior therapist within the department. We strongly encourage and support professional development.
Where you’ll be working:
Located in the picturesque city of Tamworth, the Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital services the local New England community. The city is well known for being family friendly - offering a broad range of sport, lifestyle and cultural experiences.
Our Occupational Therapy Department is a small cohesive team with a strong inclusive, welcoming and supportive culture.
About you:
We are seeking someone who is:
- Experienced in acute services with some understanding of coronary care.
- Experienced with specific clinical caseload, or else has a keen willingness to learn.
- Experienced with complex clients and knowledge of NDIS and ENABLE processes.
- Experienced with supervising peers and undergraduate students.
- Able to implement and complete quality projects.
- Willing to aid other acute clinical areas within the hospital when required.
- Willing to provided occasional weekend service to the acute units when appropriately orientated to organisation.
Benefits:
- Superannuation contributions 11%
- Four (4) weeks annual leave for temporary and permanent employees
- Salary packaging - Up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing.
- Fitness Passport.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals
- Working for a highly regarded public health facility, where supporting the local community is at the forefront
Additional Information:
- An eligibility list will be created for future temporary full or part time vacancies.
- This position is full time. However, job share and/or part time arrangements will be considered.
- We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.
- To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
Need more information?
2) Find out more about applying for this positionFor role related queries or questions contact Trudy Wheeldon on **************@health.nsw.gov.au
Information for Applicants:
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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
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 (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
