Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

As a Catholic, not-for-profit group, we invest all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring new services; and providing Social Outreach services to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing.

Your role at St John of God Bendigo
We are currently seeking a driven and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist (Grade 2) to join the Allied Health team on a casual contract to work across the medical, surgical and rehabilitation wards to cover leaves and weekend shift.

Grade 2 Occupational Therapist is expected to work independently and demonstrate a specialist level of knowledge and depth of experience. The Grade 2 Occupational Therapist is expected to initiate and participate in teaching, training, research and quality activities, to supervise students and supervise and mentor junior caregivers.

The Position

• Provision of an Occupational Therapy treatment at a senior level.
• Completion of comprehensive patient assessment (e.g. assessment of personal care, domestic and community ADLs, assessment of the home environment, cognitive and functional physical assessment as required).
• Provision of a comprehensive treatment intervention and appropriate progression treatment to match functional goals to manage complex patients.
• In conjunction with the Supervisor/Manager and other Occupational Therapy caregivers, develop processes for the evaluation of both inpatient and outpatient Occupational Therapy programs.
• Patients/clients plans and outcomes are regularly monitored through attendance at and participation in multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• Strive for high satisfaction levels of patients/clients and external agencies.
• Responsible for completing appropriate administrative duties. This requires liaison with the administration team, reporting of statistical data and completion of progress notes.

To succeed you will have tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy and registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and demonstrate senior clinical experience and leadership in a specialised area of clinical practice within a healthcare and disability care setting.

Successful applicants will have to demonstrate ability to develop evidence based, innovative clinical practices and have current Drivers License. Must be eligible for Medicare Provider Number.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you:

• Salary: $60.17 to $71.96 per hour (casual loading included) plus 12% Superannuation
• Casual positions
• As a casual employee, you can salary package a percentage of your earnings each pay period, which can be applied to a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave and well-being programs
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
• Dynamic multidisciplinary team

St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.

For enquiries about this position, applicants should contact : Berni Thomas, Allied Health Manager 03 5434 3466