The Occupational Therapy Department, Division of Medicine, Enhanced Patient Close Observation Project (EPCO) is looking for a Temporary Full-time Occupational Therapist – Advanced Clinical position to join their team. The Princess Alexandra Hospital is a tertiary health care centre, providing care in most major adult specialties. We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants. We are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres.
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.
We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, and inspiring.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.
Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research, and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the RoleDeliver advanced clinical and consultancy services to patients with complex care needs that may require additional nursing support. The EPCO project provides advance assessment, formulation of individualised interventions, and ongoing consultation for patients in accordance with accepted professional practices, legal and ethical requirements with a high degree of independence.Responsible for providing safe, compassionate care, integrating the nursing and midwifery Professional Practice Model, quality frameworks (Magnet or Pathway to Excellence), and Person-Centred Care approaches of caring for each patient's psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical care needs. This supports achievement of best clinical practice and individualised patient care and outcomes.Provide clinical advice and direction to a team of interdisciplinary health professionals to ensure effective service delivery and quality outcomes applying change management, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills where necessary.Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement, and Excellence shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision-making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other, and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements, and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
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