Senior Occupational Therapist - Acute Aged Care
Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of PermanencyCity living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra .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.11.5% Superannuation.VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidatesReimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).About the Role: An exciting opportunity exists within the RACS Occupational Therapy team for a Senior Occupational Therapist to work at the Canberra Hospital providing clinical services to RADAR and the Acute Care of the Elderly wards.
The results of this recruitment round may be used to fill any similar additional temporary or permanent vacancies as they occur within the following 12-month period. Recruitment to this position may be based on the written application alone.
The University of Canberra Hospital (UCH), Specialist Centre for Rehabilitation, Recovery and Research is located on the grounds of the University of Canberra. The hospital, the ACT's first sub-acute rehabilitation hospital, is part of Canberra Health Services' network of health facilities designed to meet the needs of our ageing and growing population.
The Senior Occupational Therapist is an important leadership role within Occupational Therapy and is responsible for the coordination and provision of day-to-day occupational therapy services to a range of patients within a designated caseload area. This involves the provision of clinical assessments and interventions to facilitate positive patient outcomes.
Senior Occupational Therapists are responsible for providing professional supervision and support to other Occupational Therapists, Allied Health Assistants, and students.
This position(s) may be required to participate in overtime, on call and/or rotation roster.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to: Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.For more information on this position and how to apply "click here " Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed 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.
Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution. North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities. #LI-DNI
NoteThis is a temporary position available for 11.5 months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.
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