As a Senior Occupational Therapist (Supervisory), you will be responsible for providing leadership and clinical supervision to school-based occupational therapists to in the delivery of safe, effective high-quality services to support children and students to access and fully participate in their learning.

This position is located within any of the regional offices within the Central Queensland Region. Locations and FTE may be negotiable for the successful candidate providing supervision support to school based occupational therapists in the Central Queensland area.

Job details

About Us

The Department of Education employs over 900 allied health professionals who work in state schools. Our health professionals play a critical role in supporting all students to access an equitable education and succeed. You will contribute to creating a more inclusive society that responds to diversity.

A Role with Purpose

Responsibilities include:

• Identify and respond to professional, organisational and personal learning needs of school based occupational therapists through leadership and clinical supervision aligned with the HP4 Senior Occupational Therapy (Supervisory) role description and Clinical Governance Framework
• Direct and support school based occupational therapists, school management teams and regional services in assessing occupational therapy needs, responses and interventions to support student outcomes
• Collaborate with occupational therapy and regional leadership teams to identify and respond to common issues impacting occupational therapy services in education in line with regional priorities through innovative and data driven solutions
• Monitor and report on workload management, wellbeing and performance across occupational therapy services within your region.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

The Perfect Fit

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in providing clinical supervision, capability development or mentoring of other health professionals or undergraduate students, or the ability to rapidly acquire these skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and collaborate with supervisees, senior therapy staff, regional teams and school teams through effective communication skills.

For further information, please refer to:

• Therapy roles in schools 
• Students with Disability 
• Inclusive Education
• Equity and Excellence

Ready to Apply?

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2 page response detailing your strengths relating to the role and responsibilities. Please include relevant examples from current OT practice, formal and informal mentoring, supervision or support experience, other roles, projects. Please detail your roles, your actions and outcomes achieved.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Further information

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

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

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

• CQR651719_25T Role Description (PDF, 243KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants