Occupational Therapist - Health Professional Level 3

Canberra Health Services; Canberra; On-site; AUD 112,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay rates and excellent/‘’

Salary Packaging with many options

Flexible working conditions

12.5% Superannuation

Employee Assistance Program

Onsite Physiotherapists

Job summary

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to lead inpatient OT services within the CHIC portfolio, across acute geriatrics and rehabilitation wards. The role includes clinical leadership, supervision, and independent clinical decision-making in managing a diverse caseload.

You will coordinate workflows, contribute to service development, and engage with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centred care across CHS locations.

Qualifications

• Senior Occupational Therapist is a clinical leadership role responsible for the coordination and delivery of high-quality occupational therapy services within a designated clinical area.
• The role operates with limited supervision and exercises independent professional judgement in managing a complex clinical caseload.
• The Senior Occupational Therapist contributes to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and engages with multidisciplinary stakeholders to support safe, effective, and patient-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and support to HP1/2 staff, Allied Health Assistants, and students.
• Prioritise and coordinate workflows to support service delivery.
• Engage with multidisciplinary stakeholders to support safe, effective patient care.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Occupational therapy

Coordination of workflows

Independent professional judgement

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Job description

Occupational Therapist - Health Professional Level 3

Employment Type: Full time, 11.5 Months Temporary with Possibility of extension and/or permanencyClassification: Health Professional Level 3 (PN 40174)
Salary: $111,639 - $120,057 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Health Services, ACT
Section: Community Health and Integrated Care
Closing Date: 22 October 2026

What we Offer:

• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 12.5% Superannuation.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.

About the Role:

The inpatient Occupational Therapy services within the Community Health and Integrated Care (CHIC) portfolio is a dynamic team of occupational therapists and allied health assistants providing high-quality assessment and therapeutic intervention across a diverse patient population. The service manages patients with a range of conditions including neurological, orthopaedic, complex medical and frail aged.

CHIC services work collaboratively with patients, clients, and individuals, involving their carers and family, as well as other services within and external to CHS.

The Senior Occupational Therapist is a clinical leadership role responsible for the coordination and delivery of high-quality, evidence-based occupational therapy services within a designated clinical area.

The role operates with limited supervision and exercises independent professional judgement in managing a complex clinical caseload. The Senior Occupational Therapist is accountable for prioritising and coordinating workflows, supporting service delivery, and contributing to team and service outcomes.

The position provides clinical leadership, supervision, and support to HP1/2 staff, Allied Health Assistants, and students, and plays a key role in fostering a positive learning culture.

The Senior Occupational Therapist contributes to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and implementation of evidence-based practice, and engages with multidisciplinary stakeholders to support safe, effective, and patient-centred care.

The Senior Occupational Therapist may participate in rotations between the Inpatient Occupational therapy service (including acute geriatrics at The Canberra Hospital and University of Canberra Hospital (UCH) Inpatient Rehabilitation wards), Brindabella Day and Ambulatory Rehabilitation Services (BDARS) and Transitional Therapy and Care Program (TTCP).This position will require you to work flexibly across services / locations.

Please note:

• This position may be used to fill future fulltime or parttime temporary or permanent vacancies at a HP3 level within Canberra Health Services.
• The successful applicants will be determined based on a combination of resume, written and interview responses.
• A merit list may be created to fill similar roles over the next 12 months.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focused on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together

Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.