Ahp2 Occupational Therapist - Trevor Parry Centre

Description:

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Noarlunga Hospital – Mental Health Services
• Salary $99,621 - $115,214 (Pro Rata) AHP2 | Full Time - Contract Until April 2026

Join our Rehabilitation Centre Team as a Occupational Therapist!

The Trevor Parry Community Rehabilitation Centre offers live-in rehabilitation in Noarlunga. The centre has purpose built accommodation for people who have difficulty living unassisted in the community due to their mental health.

Support includes helping people with their own goals and assisting with the development of skills to improve daily living.

About the role:

Reporting to the Trevor Parry Centre Team Manager, this role you will be working in the Community Rehabilitation Centre team, the Occupational Therapist undertakes clinical care coordination and is responsible for the delivery of a range of other clinical activities, including rehabilitation, care planning, clinical review, psychosocial assessment and Mental Health Assessments pertaining to the CRC operational protocol.

Duties for the role will include:

• Undertaking assessments and planning positive outcome-focussed interventions with each consumer within a case load,
• Linking and co-ordinating an appropriate range of resources and specialist and general services within and across sectors working towards integrated rehabilitation planning,
• Providing or arranging services which develop the consumers’ skills of living, enhance capacity for independence and increase life skills,
• Providing supervision of junior Occupational Therapy staff and students.

About you:

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia,
• Must be highly motivated and can engage with consumers who have extremely high service needs,
• Competent in comprehensive mental health assessment skills including, consumer needs analysis, mental state assessment, risk assessment,
• Extensive experience in engaging consumers in therapeutic working relationships with consumers having enduring and severe disability and complex needs, and their carers,
• Successful participation in a multidisciplinary team environment.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Alison Littlemore - A/Nurse Unit Manager Trevor Parry Centre on 08 8384 9964 or Alison.Littlemore@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 9th March 2025

Attachments:

• M55267 - Occupational Therapist - OT - AHP2 - Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 895889

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.