Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Classification: Health Professional Officer Level 4 (PN 65054)
Salary: $124,103 - $137,742 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Hospital, Garran
Section: Acute Occupational Therapy
Closing Date: 19th June 2025

• 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.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to discounted gym membership.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
• Onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
• Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a HP4 team leader to join our neurosciences/paeds team. Within this role the successful applicant will provide leadership, support and skill building within our team. We are inviting suitably qualified Occupational Therapists with more than five years of experience as an HP3 to apply. Suitable applicants will have experience working with a broad range of neurological, neurosurgical or paediatric conditions, and willingness to learn about areas that they may not be as experienced in to facilitate support and coverage to these areas. This staff member will work alongside our other HP4 who supports our medical/surgical team.

Our Occupational Therapy Department provides Occupational Therapy services across the Canberra Hospital, including critical care units, medical and surgical wards, cancers services, outpatients and maternity and paediatrics. Staff will have the opportunity to help the team across these areas on a need's basis.

We support qualified Occupational Therapists of all levels embarking on a career move into hospital Occupational Therapy by providing skill development support from our clinical education office, supervision and access to funded professional development opportunities.

As the Canberra Hospital continues to expand, so does our Occupational Therapy Department. This growth has opened up leadership and higher duties opportunities with mentoring support.

Financial relocation support (reimbursement) is available for Interstate and International candidates (permanent positions only).

We highly encourage interested applicants to reach out to our contact officer for more information. Your queries are important to us and we look forward to addressing them.

Please address the selection criteria in your submission; otherwise, your application cannot be accepted. Please note responses and examples should demonstrate suitability to fulfil this position.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

To Apply:

Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page Response to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.

***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***

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.

The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please see the full contact details and how to apply on the CHS Careers Page.