Employment Type: Permanent Part Time, 16 hours per week
Location: Bowral Hospital
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 1 and 2
Remuneration: $ $52.83 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ614329
Application Close Date: 02/11/2025
Interview Date Range: 05/11/ /11/2025
Contact Details: Kimberley Gray – |
About the Opportunity
In this role you will be working on the general medical inpatient wards. This role will see you work within our inpatient acute team where you will deliver assessments and interventions to patients while working collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team. Common presentations you will see are in the areas of aged care, neurology and orthopaedics.
You will have access to supervision and support from senior and experienced Occupational Therapists working on the ward with you. The Bowral hospital OT service is a team that supports each other and values everyone's unique experiences and skills. Bowral offers a breadth of opportunities for professional development of our staff as we care about our staff and the health of our community.
About You:
We are looking for someone:
With experience in the inpatient setting
Who is a quick learner and a team player
With experience working as part of an MDT
Requirements:
Occupational Therapist with current Authority to Practice with AHPRA
Current drivers licence
Benefits available to SWSLHD staff
* 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
* Paid parental leave (for eligible employees)
* Salary packaging and novated leasing options
* Fitness Passport
* Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
* Educational opportunities both locally and through SWSLHD
What You'll Be Doing
Provide a high quality occupational therapy service to clients and their families/carers to ensure the provision of optimal health outcomes for the clients of the service. This encompasses ensuring effective and efficient entry, assessment, treatment planning, treatment implementation, evaluation and separation of patients/clients in a multi-disciplinary setting. The Occupational Therapist is also responsible for undertaking designated administrative tasks necessary to support service delivery.
Where You'll Be Working
A charming regional town, Bowral is located in the picturesque Southern Highlands of New South Whales. Bowral is the main business and entertainment precinct of the Southern highlands, from its brilliant Tulip gardens, award winning restaurants, cool climate wineries and boutique shops all just 90 minutes southwest of Sydney.
Bowral Hospital offers the best of all worlds - a rural hospital at the heart of the community, located in a beautiful country town, that is also supported by a network of major health centres including Liverpool and Campbelltown Hospitals. Rural health offers unique opportunities to work within the community and for career progression.
The Occupational Therapy team at Bowral Hospital is committed to personal and professional growth for all team members. We encourage active involvement in departmental decision-making and quality improvement initiatives, and we offer tailored supervision to support individual career goals. Team members have access to a range of ongoing internal and external professional development opportunities.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.
* Recognised Degree in Occupational Therapy or other qualification deemed appropriate by the employer, with registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
* Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Evidence of knowledge and commitment to the application of quality improvement and evidence based practice
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills and computer literacy in a range of programs
* Demonstrated commitment to continuing professional education
* Demonstrated clinical experience in Acute Inpatients settings.
* Applicants must possess an Australian C-Class drivers license (including P1 or P2). Those who hold a C class license (P1 or P2 included) from a state other than NSW must obtain a NSW C class (P1 or P2 included) license within three months of appointment. Learners licenses are not permitted.
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Additional Information
Salary Packaging
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.
Health & Fitness
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don't just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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