Occupational Therapist
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (Up to 24/10/2025)
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 1/2
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $37.03 - $52.83 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ591874
Applications Close: 31/07/2025
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.
About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.
Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.
We are seeking a dedicated Occupational Therapist to join our team and deliver high-quality, person-centred care that supports optimal health outcomes for clients and their carers.
In this role, you will provide expert clinical advice to clients, families, and healthcare professionals, ensuring therapeutic techniques and care models are grounded in evidence-based practice. You’ll be responsible for independently managing routine clinical matters, while collaborating with senior staff on complex or critical cases. Your work will involve assessing client needs, implementing targeted interventions, and evaluating progress to ensure goals are met. A key focus will be on enhancing client and carer functionality in their preferred environments and facilitating safe, coordinated discharge planning. You’ll also work closely with other service providers to ensure continuity of care across settings.
Join us in making a meaningful impact in the lives of our clients and their families. If you're passionate about delivering compassionate, evidence-based occupational therapy and thrive in a collaborative healthcare environment, we’d love to hear from you. This temporary role is available until October 2025, with a potential view to extend based on service needs.
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
• Accrued Day Off (ADO)
• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
• Novated Leasing
• Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.
For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.
What you will bring to the role
- Current registration to practice as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board AHPRA, and current class C NSW drivers licence or equivalent.
- Demonstrated clinical experience and ability to provide occupational therapy assessment and intervention in a variety of clinical areas including acute inpatient setting (Medical / Surgical / Aged Care) and sub-acute rehabilitation setting.
- Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision, including ability to manage routine clinical matters with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated skills in written and verbal communication with consumers, teams and agencies, with experience in clinical documentation, formal reporting and clinical handover.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated high level of effective organisational and time management skills.
- Demonstrated experience in the use of relevant evidence based practice resources to guide decision- making and commitment to quality improvement.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Michelle Wykes on Michelle.Wykes@health.nsw.gov.au
