Occupational Therapist Level 3 - Rehabilitation in the Home
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $56.68 - $58.52 per hour
Hours Per Week: Up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ573615
Applications Close: 22/05/2025
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.
Rehabilitation in the Home (RITH) is a short-term intensive home-based early discharge rehabilitation program. It aims to achieve rehabilitation goals using a range of therapies that allows the patient to receive this service in their home, or phone consultation, or via virtual care. The program is seeking to engage an experienced qualified Occupational Therapist who will assist in the development and provision of the highest quality RITH Occupational Therapy services to patients of the district.
This position is responsible for the clinical workload as well as service development, planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting on Occupational Therapy services. This is an opportunity for you to further expand your Occupational Therapy experience by providing a more personalised approach to treatment and care. We invite you to take this next step in your career with us. Apply Today!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
- Accrued Day Off (ADO) for full time staff
- 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
- Qualifications in Occupational Therapy and current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA).
- Current driver's licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel. This may include driving long distances across the LHD.
- Demonstrated postgraduate clinical experience in the delivery of Occupational Therapy services for clients with complex rehabilitation needs, designing and implementing client centred therapy plans and managing complex client care.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and manage complex or novel situations with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated high level organisational and time management skills in an environment of competing clinical/administrative demands.
- Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills with consumers, teams and agencies with the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated ability to provide advice to service managers on clinical service development, practice, and redesign in relation to Occupational Therapy in chronic and complex community clinical settings.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional development and demonstrated knowledge of & experience with Quality Improvement & Evidence Based Practice.
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?
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For role related queries or questions contact Michelle Wykes on Michelle.Wykes@health.nsw.gov.au
