Company description:
Grampians Health exists to serve our communities across the Grampians region, providing complete care as close as possible to people's homes.
Job description:
$52.70 to $60.21 per hour + salary packaging | Occupational Therapist Grade 3 - Residential Aged Care
Permanent Part Time | 0.7 EFT (53.2 hours per fortnight)
About the role
Applications are invited for a Senior Occupational Therapist to work within our Residential Aged Care services at Grampians Health Ballarat. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and innovate aged care service and therapy during a period of transformative change, with a solid focus on person-centred care, quality improvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration. This role will support an Occupational Therapy service framework embedded in the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards (2024), and create a wellness-focused, restorative model of care that empowers residents to live their most meaningful lives.
With a minimum of 7 years post graduate clinical experience, ideally in aged care rehabilitation or services, the successful applicant will have recognised expertise in holistic, evidence-based, occupation-focused therapy/intervention, tailored to residents' goals. This may include equipment prescription for complex care needs, cognitive rehabilitation, functional rehabilitation or adaptive strategies, and wellness supporting initiatives. You will manage a varied and challenging clinical caseload and provide leadership within the broader Occupational Therapy team.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver expert, evidence-based OT interventions in RAC
- Manage a complex and varied clinical caseload
- Supervise, mentor and support Grade 1 & 2 staff and students
- Lead service improvement, audits and research initiatives
- Represent OT discipline in relevant forums and meetings
- Support the OT Manager with team coordination and planning
Skills & Experience
- AHPRA-registered Occupational Therapist
- Current driver's licence
- Strong clinical knowledge in aged care and rehabilitation
- Proven ability to lead, supervise and mentor others
- Skilled in stakeholder engagement and change leadership
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Interested?
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Job applications close: 12th of October 2025 at 11.59PM
About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.
Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.
Culture & Benefits
At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
- Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Access to Fitness Passport membership
- Staff rewards and recognition programs
Ballarat Region
Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state's fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia's most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia's most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat
Diversity and InclusionAll appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.