• Full time fixed term until 3rd October 2025
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Friendly and supportive team environment

About the Role
As an Occupational Therapist, you will provide assessment, intervention and management to achieve optional functional recovery, encourage self-management and promote empowerment for clients to improve their health outcomes, wellbeing and quality of life. You will be required to work with clients in the community with multiple health issues, comorbidities and complex care needs that impact safety, function, independence and occupational performance.

Complex Care Coordination: you will provide person-centred care coordination for eligible, high-risk clients living with chronic disease, comorbidities, complex aged care and other health and wellbeing needs. You will conduct comprehensive holistic health assessments, coordinating all aspects of health and social care needs, monitoring achievement of client goals, facilitating intervention from other health care professionals and ensuring appropriate linkages with hospital and community services.

• Direct clinical provision of high quality and evidence-based Occupational Therapy specific assessment, intervention, education and management.
• Provision of short term clinical Occupational Therapy interventions
• Undertake holistic comprehensive assessments in collaboration with the client
• Collaborative care planning with clients, carers and/or families and facilitation of client centred goals that are realistic, time limited and based on addressing health and wellbeing needs. Monitor health and goal outcomes and plan for transition off the program ensuring appropriate supports are in place.
• Provide guidance support and direction to Allied Health Assistants as appropriate

Classifications for this position will range from VF6 - VF9 ($88,467 - $101,691 per annum).

Your Contribution

• Current registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist
• Minimum 2 years' experience in relevant acute/community setting
• Current Victorian Driver's Licence
• Current Nationally coordinated criminal history check, or willing to obtain

What we Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged. Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!)
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!
• In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne's best cafes, public transport and lots of carparks
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement

About Complex Care and Chronic Disease
This position will be part of the HIP Complex Care and Chronic Disease Service (CC/CD). The key aim of the CC/CD Service is to improve health outcomes for people who either frequently present, or who are at risk of presenting to hospital, because of complex medical and or social issues. CC/CD currently consists of multidisciplinary teams based at SVHM Fitzroy and at North Richmond Community Health Hub. Clinical service delivery is undertaken in the clients' own home and their local community.

Working at St Vincent's
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.
SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

Respectfully, no agencies please