Senior Occupational Therapist
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until 2 March 2026 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist (Level 3)
Remuneration: $56.69 - $58.52 per hour
Hours Per Week: 23
Requisition ID: REQ570791
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Occupational Therapy Paediatric Team at Royal North Shore Hospital St Leonards within the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD).
What you'll be doing
You will be a senior within the Occupational Therapy (OT) Paediatric Team responsible to the Paediatric OT Team Senior. The team covers the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the NICU follow up outpatient program, children's ward, maternity ward and the paediatric outpatient program. You will have extensive clinical experience in inpatients and /or outpatients and high-level clinical reasoning skills so as to manage the diverse caseload and support/teach level 1/ 2 clinicians and students. Team members are part of the wider OT department at RNSH and participate in the professional development, weekend roster and student unit program.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Full registration with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia. Evidence of extensive clinical experience as an Occupational Therapist Level 2.
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement activities or service evaluation process. Experience in clinical teaching and supervision of students, level 1/2 Allied Health Professionals and/or Allied Health Assistants.
- Demonstrated proficient skills and knowledge in the provision of current occupational therapy paediatric practice in inpatients and/our outpatients. A strong commitment to an evidence-based service to provide for consumers, carers and families requiring assessment, case management, intervention, appropriate referral and discharge planning.
- Demonstrated proficiency in ability to work autonomously with limited supervision. Have the ability to prioritise work, manage a demanding workload, apply high level reasoning skills and have independent professional judgement.
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For role related queries or questions contact Elizabeth Blake on Elizabeth.Blake@health.nsw.gov.au or 02 9462 9660.
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy . You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 6 May 2025
