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Join the Princess Alexandra Hospital as a Recreation Officer supporting recovery in the Spinal Injuries Unit through tailored programs that enhance wellbeing and quality of life

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Your new role:

As a Recreation Officer, you will play a vital role in supporting the recovery and rehabilitation of inpatients within the Spinal Injuries Unit at Princess Alexandra Hospital. You will contribute to enhancing patients' quality of life through engaging and meaningful recreation programs. You will:

• Plan, deliver, and evaluate group and individual recreation activities that support rehabilitation and recovery.
• Collaborate with allied health professionals, patients, and carers to design consumer-focused recreation plans.
• Contribute to team meetings, service improvement activities, and the training of students and volunteers.

About you:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated team player who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of people recovering from spinal cord injuries. You will bring strong interpersonal skills, creativity, and a person-centred approach to your work. 

• Understanding of the role of recreation in recovery and rehabilitation following spinal cord injury.
• Ability to assess individual needs and interests to design engaging, safe, and goal-oriented recreation programs.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with patients, carers, staff, and community partners.

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What we can offer you:

• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Princess Alexandra Hospital:

The Princess Alexandra Hospital is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• MS09655992 Role Description (PDF, 408KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 978KB)
  Information Package for Applicants