Job title: Occupational Therapist – Level 3 – Spinal Cord Injuries
Company: NSW Health
Job description: Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until 15 April 2025
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3
Remuneration: $54.77 – $56.54 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 15
Requisition ID: REQ470893
Position Tagline
Are you looking to take the next step in your career? Do you have an interest in working with people who have a spinal cord injury? Be part of an LHD that promotes and shares opportunities for clinical excellence and learning.
Where you’ll be working
The Occupational Therapy department at Prince of Wales Hospital employs up to 36 therapists across acute, rehabilitation and outpatient caseloads. The Spinal Cord Injury service works within the inpatient setting and provides OT services to patients with a new or existing spinal cord injury
You will be allocated a caseload depending upon your clinical expertise.
The Occupational Therapy department supports clinicians to provide best practice, person centred care through:
- Driving innovation and learning
- Prioritising self-care and wellbeing
- Clear communication & feedback
- Valuing teamwork & collaboration
You will be provided with clinical supervision and support to ensure your professional development needs are appropriately. You will be expected to work autonomously and may provide support to the Allied Health Assistant and support other Occupational Therapists working across POWH. See what has to offer!
About Allied Health in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District:
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘Exceptional Care, Healthier Lives’. We strive for a workplace culture with a foundation that promotes person centred care approaches and staff wellbeing. We connect our Allied Health staff with opportunities for learning, development and clinical supervision, and have established partnerships with universities that promote cutting edge research in wellbeing, education and teaching.
Some programs and learning opportunities for Senior SESLHD Allied Health staff include:
- The Safety and Quality Essentials Pathway https://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/CEC-Academy/safety-and-quality-essentials-pathways
- Accelerated Implementation Methodology (AIM)
Some of the other benefits of working with us include:
- Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) for full time employees every month, on top of your 4 weeks annual leave
- Salary Packaging Scheme – lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – a professional counselling and coaching service that offers confidential, short-term support for work-related and personal issues, which you and your immediate family can access
- Fitness Passport – permanent employees and their immediate family members can sign-up to this external service provider which offers access to an extensive range of gyms, pools and fitness services from multiple providers across NSW
- Staff Wellbeing ambassadors across the district managing wellbeing initiatives for staff
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
- Study Leave
- Support for breastfeeding employees
- Disability Employment
- Child Care (some sites)
For more information on careers and benefits of working for SESLHD, visit our page
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
All workers and new recruits are required to receive 2 doses of a Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine to commence employment/ engagement or continue to work within a NSW Health service.
A worker and new recruit will be considered compliant if they have a medical contraindication to all available Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccines and provide medical contraindication evidence in line with the policy requirements.
In addition, all Category A workers and new recruits are required to receive one dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine annually to be considered compliant.
Category A workers and new recruits who are non-compliant with seasonal influenza vaccination or have a medical contraindication to influenza or COVID-19 vaccinations must comply with all other infection control risk reduction strategies as directed while working in a Category A position.
SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.
Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to:
- Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award and Current Registration with AHPRA.
- Extensive post graduate clinical experience in Spinal Cord Injuries or transferable skills
- Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels.
- Ability to provide in-depth advice and education to enhance service delivery and to guide and support others in providing service excellence, with the capacity to provide clinical supervision to other staff.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature.
- Ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff.
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning.
- Current Class C Drivers Licence.
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For role related queries or questions contact Danielle Collins on Danielle.Collins@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 12 March 2024
Expected salary: $54.77 – 56.54 per hour
Location: Sydney, NSW – Randwick, NSW
Job date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:34:19 GMT
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