• Lead and deliver exceptional OT services across varied clinical settings.
• Provide high-level clinical supervision and leadership to OT staff.
• Drive quality improvement and patient-centred care at Cumberland Hospital.
  
  

Join the OT team delivering outstanding services across diverse mental health settings. Unlock opportunities for learning, growth, and professional development. Contribute to quality patient care and continuous improvement at Cumberland Hospital.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3
Remuneration: $108,595 - $112,114 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38 (Job Share will be considered for part-time hours)
Location: Cumberland Hospital

About Your New Role:

• Cumberland Hospital is excited to offer an opportunity for Level 3 Occupational Therapist to deliver high-quality clinical services to consumers and their families/carers, ensuring optimal outcomes across our acute and rehabilitation streams.
• Our OT department at Cumberland Hospital strives to be a supportive and nurturing environment. We are looking for individuals who are eager to learn, have a good sense of humour, are friendly, and proactive.
• If you enjoy working in a collaborative and caring setting, you’ll find our team welcoming!
• Our staff is dedicated to supporting each other and genuinely cares about patient outcomes. We strive to provide the highest standard of care, advocating for individual needs in care planning, and leveraging each other’s skills to make a meaningful difference.

Where You'll Be Working:

• In this role, you will provide services across Cumberland Hospital’s acute and rehabilitation streams.
• Our department is composed of committed Occupational Therapists, Diversional Therapists, Art Therapists, and Exercise Physiologists.
• We promote a supportive atmosphere that values seeking assistance and providing professional, respectful feedback. Our team embraces diversity, honours differences, and celebrates collective successes.

What you'll be doing

• This role entails planning, coordinating, and delivering exceptional Occupational Therapy (OT) services across Cumberland Hospital's acute and rehabilitation streams, in line with Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) policies and standards. Flexibility is essential, as you will work in various clinical settings based on service needs.
• You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to perform assessments and provide interventions within a recovery model, aiming to help consumers reach their optimal level of functioning.
• In addition to overseeing and coordinating student placements, the role includes providing clinical supervision and leadership to level 1 and 2 OTs.

What We Can Offer:

Under our excellence framework, we offer professional development plans, open leadership communication, and a collaborative, respectful, and empowering work environment (CORE Values).

WSLHD is embarking on an exciting phase in mental health service delivery, with new facilities and expanded services. This expansion will create numerous new positions and opportunities for career advancement in higher-grade roles.

You will benefit from:

• Free onsite parking and fleet cars for site-to-site travel.
• Access to the Continuing Professional Development including a wide range of supervision and professional development opportunities, including ongoing health learning programs and career succession plans.
• We also offer manager capability programs for those interested in leadership roles.
• Generous leave conditions as per NSW Health (State) awards including monthly paid ADO (full time staff only)
• Options for salary packaging, novated leasing which can lower your taxable income
• Access to EAP and Fitness Passport.

How to Apply

Apply online by submitting your resume and a covering letter addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

Essential Criteria:

• Qualification: Degree or Diploma recognised by AAOT-NSW
• Registration: Registered OT through AHPRA
  
  

Selection Criteria:

1. Significant post-graduate clinical experience in Occupational Therapy with demonstrated advanced clinical skills and significant experience in the provision of Occupational Therapy services within an inpatient caseload, including complex discharge planning (including NDIS).
2. Demonstrated high level communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
3. Demonstrated effective time management and organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise service needs, own caseload, and competing demands.
4. Experience in providing clinical supervision to Occupational Therapists and / or students.
5. Demonstrated self-directed learning, and interest in quality activities and evidence-based practice.
6. Ability to initiate, lead, complete and implement quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff.
7. Demonstrated willingness to uphold NSW Health CORE Values.
8. Hold a current unrestricted NSW Driver’s Licence.

Requisition ID: REQ556853
Applications Close: 13th March 2025.

Need more information?

• Discover more about the application process.
• Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.
• Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.
• For inquiries about the role, contact Danica Mackay on [email protected]

People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.

Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

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