Description:
Occupational Therapy services are looking for several Senior Occupational Therapists to join their team. Occupational Therapy services are managed within the Division of Allied Health and Rehabilitation and are provided across two geographical sites: Woolloongabba and Wynnum West. The Occupational Therapy Department provides services to the Geriatric Assessment and Rehabilitation Unit, Brain Injuries Rehabilitation Unit, Spinal Injuries Unit, medical and surgical wards, cancer services, cardiac services, orthopaedics wards, outpatients (including hand therapy and lymphoedema), and the Security Unit and Mental Health.
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About the Role
- Demonstrated high level of knowledge, expertise and skill in delivering Occupational Therapy clinical services to patients within the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and participate effectively in the Occupational Therapy and interdisciplinary teams including the ability to provide high level clinical advice to supervisors, key service managers and stakeholders and with an ability to adequately address and manage conflict
- Demonstrated ability to provide Occupational Therapy clinical services of a complex nature including rapid prioritisation, management and discharge planning of patients in a complex clinical environment.
- Demonstrated ability to provide supervision, training and support to less experienced practitioners and students.
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence , shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).