Occupational Therapist -Senior

Queensland Health; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Health in Cairns is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to lead high-level paediatric assessments, early intervention and transitional supports for children with developmental delay and disability. You will provide expert clinical judgment within a multidisciplinary team and mentor junior staff.

Based in Far North Queensland, the role focuses on family-centred care, evidence-informed practice and supporting complex caseloads while contributing to service development and research

Qualifications

• Senior paediatric OT with ability to lead and mentor teams.
• Strong evidence-based practice and clinical decision making.
• Experience in early intervention and family-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-level paediatric OT assessments and short-term supports.
• Lead projects and research within the Child Development Service.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to grow paediatric OT capability.

Job description

Make the move. Make a difference.

Put your best foot forward.

Join a passionate multidisciplinary team making a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families across Far North Queensland. As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will provide expert, evidence-informed assessment, early intervention and transitional supports for children with developmental delay and disability. This rewarding role offers the opportunity to lead, mentor and build capability in paediatric occupational therapy while contributing to innovative, family-centred care.

COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT

About us:

The Child Development Service is a community based, multidisciplinary, paediatric early intervention allied health service. The service provides integrated and holistic assessment, brief intervention/transitional supports and referral for children aged 0-16 years with complex developmental needs and their families across two distinct service streams: 0-5y Child Development Service (CDS) and 5-16y Paediatric Allied Health Team (PAHT).

About your opportunity:

The focus of this role is to deliver high level, contemporary, evidence informed Occupational Therapy assessment, short term transitional supports and referrals to long term supports eg. the National Disability Insurance Scheme, for children with developmental delay/disability and their families utilising a child and family centred framework. This role also provides leadership and mentoring to support growth of capability in paediatric Occupational Therapy and transdisciplinary paediatric practice within the Child Development Service and across the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service as required.

About your role:

• Utilise high level Occupational Therapy paediatric knowledge, expertise, clinical decision making and risk management skills to provide safe and efficient service delivery on a daily basis within a multidisciplinary / transdisciplinary team, with infrequent need for direct clinical practice supervision.
• Lead Occupational Therapy and other clinical projects and research activities within the Child Development Service and contribute to other programmes as requested.
• Apply professional judgement with high level case management skills to support a complex caseload independently adapting routine clinical practice based on valid and reliable evidence to establish and deliver efficient and effective client-centred services.

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

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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.

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