- Are you an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist looking for an exciting new opportunity?
- Join our supportive, friendly and professional Adult Occupational Therapy team
- Combine your passions of OT and community health, based on the beautiful Bellarine!
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist. We are seeking applications for a part time OT (Grade 2) position in the Adult Occupational Therapy team within the Primary Health and Sub Acute Services. This role is a 12-month fixed term appointment.
About the team
The Primary Health team provides a variety of Allied Health services - including Podiatry, Dietetics, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology and Mental Health - across all Bellarine Community Health sites. The Adult Occupational Therapy team works as part of this passionate multidisciplinary service to provide a comprehensive level of care to a variety of client demographics and funding streams, both in clinic and home settings.
About the role
The Occupational Therapist (Grade 2) role offers some exciting opportunities for the right candidate, including:
- Joining an established and very well-regarded service
- Providing holistic and evidence-based care to adults aged 25 years and over in a community setting
- Offering high quality services to clients with a range of diagnoses
- Assessments including:
- Mobility and home assessment including environmental modification
- Equipment prescription
- Cognitive and functional assessment
- Community Access
- Supporting clients across a wide variety of funding streams
- Completing funding applications and reports to appropriate agencies
- Developing client centred goals and liaise with clients and carers to develop care plans.
We would like to hear from you, if you have…
- Tertiary Occupational Therapy qualifications and registration with AHPRA.
- Minimum of 2 years' experience within Community Health or similar.
- Knowledge and demonstrated commitment to services deliver reflecting person-centered care.
- Demonstrated knowledge and application of CQI processes with a community-based context.
- Working knowledge of electronic data bases, recording statistics for compliance with funded targets.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to build positive relationships.
What we offer
To support you to balance your work/life commitments, grow your skills and expertise, enjoy work and feel valued, we offer the following:
- Generous salary packaging benefits – you can access some of your annual salary tax free each year, hence you pay less tax each pay and take more pay home:
- Discounted gym membership at seven sites across the region
- Professional Indemnity Insurance covered
- A supportive, positive and inclusive workplace culture, managerial and senior clinicians support, and training in the role
- Flexible work environment with ability to work some hours from home
- Career advancement opportunities and clinical supervision arrangements
- Generous leave entitlements including annual leave, parental leave, professional development
- Online induction and onsite orientation
- Opportunities for career development and supervision
- Employee Assistance Program
Conditions of Employment
- National Police Check
- Working with Children Check
- Victorian Driver's Licence
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- 100 Point ID check
How to Apply
To find out more about this opportunity, please contact Michael Devine, Primary Health and Sub Acute Services Manager, at **************@bch.org.au or by phone on 0409 580 ***.
The Position Description is available here: PD Occupational Therapist Grade 2 Adult SEP 2025.
Applications must include cover letter, response to key selection criteria, application form, and resume in PDF format. Please submit your application to ***********@bch.org.au – applications are being assessed as they are received with final applications closing at 5.00pm on Tuesday 30 September 2025.
Bellarine Community Heath is an inclusive employer. We are a family friendly workplace and aim to create a work environment where all employees are respected, connected, and can contribute, regardless of age, culture, ability, family and caring responsibilities, gender or gender identity, Indigeneity, religion, or sexuality. We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience of diversity.
Bellarine Community Health is committed to protect children and reduce any opportunities for abuse or harm to occur.
Bellarine Community Health acknowledges the Wadawurrung People as the traditional custodians of the land, waters and skies of the Bellarine Peninsula. We acknowledge and respect Wadawurrung Elders and leaders, past, present and emerging and pay gratitude for their unique ability to care for Country and deep spiritual connection to it. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace and welcome people from all cultures and backgrounds to our service.