Occupational Therapist - Senior

Work Initiatives; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Career development opportunities

Healthy work/life balance

Job summary

Hospital in the Home in Far North Queensland invites applications for a Senior Occupational Therapist to deliver high-quality, evidence-based OT services across the continuum of care for consumers and families within the HITH program. The role reports to the Allied Health Team Leader and OT Director CHHHS.

Join a collaborative interprofessional team dedicated to improving health outcomes in Cairns and Hinterland.

Qualifications

• Deliver high level occupational therapy services across the continuum of care.
• Provide leadership in evidence-based practice and education.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high level occupational therapy clinical services of a complex and varied nature to HITH consumers and families.
• Provide timely clinical advice to health professionals and stakeholders regarding OT management and service delivery.
• Lead in evidence-based practice and participate in clinical research and service improvement projects.

Skills

Occupational Therapy

Job description

Support resilience where it matters most.

An exciting opportunity currently exists for you to join the Hospital in the Home as an Occupational Therapist - Senior. The purpose of this role is to deliver high quality, evidence-based occupational therapy services across the continuum of care to consumers and families of the Hospital in The Home (HITH) service, as part of an interprofessional, collaborative team. This role reports operationally to the Allied Health Team Leader HITH and professionally to the Occupational Therapy Director CHHHS.

Make the move. Make a difference.

About us:

HITH provides care in a patient's permanent or temporary residence for conditions that require ongoing clinical governance, monitoring, and/or treatment, as a substitution for in-hospital admitted care.

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.

About your role:

• Deliver high level occupational therapy clinical services of a complex and varied nature to consumers of Hospital in The Home in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards, with minimal direct clinical supervision.
• Provide timely, high level clinical advice to a range of health professionals, supervisors, managers and stakeholders, both internal and external to the Hospital and Health Service (HHS), regarding occupational therapy management and service delivery in various clinical areas, including prioritisation and changes in clinical practice, equipment, and technological advances.
• Provide leadership in the provision of evidence-based and patient-centred occupational therapy practice and education and initiate and participate in clinical research and service improvement projects in order to optimise health outcomes.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD)evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

• Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits.
• Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.
• Learn what it's like to work with us, in an inclusive and supportive work environment.
• Discover our dynamic and culturally diverse region through community and lifestyle.
• Listen to what some of our staff have to say about working in our regions.

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