Occupational Therapist
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Posted 17 hours ago
Role details
The Community Health and Therapy Services at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for an Occupational Therapist to join their team on a permanent basis.
For information on how to apply and the mandatory requirements for this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
- Deliver Occupational Therapy clinical services to consumers of Community Health and Therapy Services, including outreach to regional areas, as determined through the Hospital and Health Services Plan and priorities.
- Work as a member of a trans-disciplinary team, delivering clinical services to consumers in the Mackay HHSs area, covering a range of clinical conditions and complexity. This position operates within a Professional Skill-Sharing and Delegation model of care by providing and participating in supervision and training in the use of skill-shared and delegated clinical tasks, and by delivering an expanded scope of clinical practice.
About the Team
Community Health and Therapy Services is a high performing team that plays a vital role in the continuum of care for consumers at discharge from acute care, through to returning home. Community Health and Therapy Services encompasses three (3) primary service streams: Transition Care Program, Community Based Rehabilitation Team, and Commonwealth Home Support Programs.
We strive to help consumers live well in their community by providing specialised rehabilitation and short-term episodic care. Our consumer population is adults, including geriatrics and neurological conditions (Stroke, brain injury, Functional Neurological Disorder, Motor Neuron Disease, Parkinson's Disease). These services are delivered through a trans-disciplinary approach, which can include medical, nursing (including specialist continence), occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social work, psychology, speech pathology, dietetics, healthcare assistants and personal care workers.
The Mackay HHS Occupational Therapy Service delivers care to patients, both children and adults, throughout our hospital departments as well as in outpatient, community and rural settings. Our Occupational Therapists play a critical role in helping people of all ages to overcome the effects of disability caused by illness, ageing or accident so that they can carry out everyday tasks or occupations and participate in the activities of everyday life.
Visit: http://www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/your-hospitals/mackay-base-hospital/occupational-therapy/.
About our Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- Flexible working arrangements
- A diverse work culture
- Career development
- Professional development opportunities
- Education opportunities, Study and Research
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Fitness Passport
About Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Queensland Health is the state's largest healthcare provider. We are committed to ensuring all Queenslanders have access to a range of public healthcare services aimed at achieving good health and well-being.
Through a network of 16 Hospital and Health Services, as well as the Mater Hospitals, Queensland Health delivers a range of integrated services including hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency services, community and mental health services, aged care services and public health and health promotion programs.
What do we do?
Every day in Queensland Health:
• $29.980 million is spent on public health services
• 603 women are screened for breast cancer
• 1,309 people receive residential care in 20 aged care facilities
• 120 babies are born in acute public hospitals
• 760 callers are given clinical advice by qualified nurses through 13HEALTH
• 70 health services provide clinical consultations using state-wide videoconference technology.
• 6400 patient meals are served every day in Brisbane’s public hospitals alone.
• And much more!
In addition, $7 billion is being spent to build and expand our hospitals and health services for communities across the State, creating 40,000 construction jobs.
For a full list of our services, please visit http://www.health.qld.gov.au/about_qhealth/default.asp
Queensland Health also works with the Australian Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA) to deliver quality health services to Queenslanders. DOHA's responsibilities cover general practitioners, Medicare, immunisation, aged care, implementation of the National Health and Hospitals Network, private health insurance, pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS), mental health, after hours GP helpline, and a range of other initiatives. More information on what DOHA does can be found here: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-overview.htm
To provide better patient outcomes, Queensland Health links with a number of organisations, community groups, and General Practitioners. Queensland Health is committed to providing a range of services aimed at achieving good health and well-being for all Queenslanders. The Health Services Information Agency’s (HSIA) role is focused on delivering and sustaining critical information services and innovative technology solutions to support delivery of healthcare services for Queenslanders. The Agency is currently transitioning to become a commercialised business unit within the Department of Health. The core behaviours of our team are based on collaboration, innovation and customer focus. Queensland Health’s Health Services Information Agency is one of the largest Information Communication Technology (ICT) operations in the state. In particular, we deliver: - Reliable access to Queensland Health's major information systems through a wide variety of desktop computers, laptops, personal computing devices and telephones. - Leadership and guidance in identifying and resolving the information and technology implications of changes in healthcare. - Innovation and ICT solutions and programs such as eHealth. - Leadership in the development and implementation of information management and ICT strategies, policies and standards. - Facilitation of governance to ensure the greatest health care value is obtained from investments that leverage information and ICT.
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