AddressPosition Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3
Location: Nepean Campus & Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospitals
Remuneration: $108,595.00 - $112,114.00 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ450041
Applications Close: 4/02/2024
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.
What we can offer you (for eligible employees):
· Accrued Day Off (ADO) (for full time employees)
· Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
· Novated Leasing
· Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
· Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
· Fitness Passport
What you'll be doing:
Apply today to be a part of the dynamic Inpatient Allied Health team in a permanent full time roll. This position will be located between Nepean & Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospitals.
The Senior Occupational Therapist will provide specialist occupational assessments and interventions focused on occupational participation, community connectedness and occupational roles, to inpatients of the Blue Mountains Mental Health Unit and Nepean Hospital Mental Health Unit as service needs.
As a Senior Occupational Therapist, your role will provide:
- Specialist occupational therapy service, including providing consultancy across NBMLHD mental health services.
- Clinical supervision for Level 1 – 2 Occupational Therapists
- Support for the Mental Health Professional Lead Occupational Therapist (Level 5)
- Clinical expertise, consultation and education to other health professionals in the multidisciplinary team
- Work autonomously with minimal direct supervision and using independent professional judgement
An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
About us:
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.
NBMLHD: Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District will drive innovation and excellence in health service delivery that provides safe, equitable, high quality, accessible, timely and efficient services that are responsive to the needs of patients and the community.
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. In the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Mental Health Service, we value and strive for a diverse and inclusive workplace.
We aim to enrich our working environment and deliver excellent care to all consumers, their families and carers, no matter their background or needs. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course (2 doses) of a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine (except for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine which is approved by the TGA as a single dose primary course). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW. A NSW Health agency may require further information about the medical contraindication (including but not limited to an Immunisation Medical Exemption form – IM011 form).
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
Selection criteria to be addressed:
- Degree in occupational therapy with current occupational therapy registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Substantial post graduate clinical experience providing occupational therapy services to adults with persistent and severe mental health problems. Demonstrated capabilities for recovery- oriented practice and high level of knowledge, skills, and clinical expertise for occupational therapy service provision in a mental health setting.
- Demonstrated experience in leadership, provision of clinical supervision, and experience in the supervision of undergraduate occupational therapy students.
- Demonstrated organisational skills and ability to manage a complex caseload with competing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement innovative, evidence- based individual and group interventions to support consumers with persistent and severe mental health problems.
- Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills and effective time management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Current Driver’s Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel
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For role related queries or questions contact Julie Bohan on ***********@health.nsw.gov.au
