An exciting opportunity currently exists for you to join the Allied Health Services team as an Occupational Therapist - Senior. You will deliver clinical leadership and high-level rural generalist Occupational Therapy services to inpatients, aged care residents and outpatients as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team.

Job details

About us: The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About your role:

• Apply high level professional and clinical reasoning and skills to provide safe and efficient rural generalist Occupational Therapy inpatient, outpatient, and residential aged care services in the Babinda Multipurpose Health Service across a broad range of clinical areas with minimal direct clinical practice supervision.
• Work cooperatively and effectively by maintaining open communication with other relevant stakeholders, within the multi-disciplinary care team, the Occupational Therapy services team and with patients, their families/carers and other health professionals, supervisors and students as required.
• Manage and prioritise relevant waitlists, while also employing innovative strategies to meet demand in coordinating the delivery of an effective Occupational Therapy service.
• Provide clinical direction and supervision, advice and delegation to allied health assistants and support staff as required.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• 1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  CAH612652 Role Description - Extended V5 (PDF, 598KB)
  Role Description