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Occupational Therapist - Senior
Brisbane
Senior Occupational Therapist – In-reach Rehabilitation in Princess Alexandra Hospital.
Join a collaborative multidisciplinary rehabilitation team delivering specialist Occupational Therapy services in an acute hospital setting. This is an exciting opportunity to work with complex patients, contribute to service improvement initiatives, and provide leadership, supervision and clinical expertise within a highly respected rehabilitation service.
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Flexible full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support |
| Classification | HP4 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City,Brisbane - South |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MS06684954 |
| Closing date | 22-Jun-2026 |
| Job duration | 12 |
| Contact person | Katherine Delany |
| Contact details | 0419 215 807 Access the National Relay Service |
Your new role:
As a Senior Occupational Therapist within the In-reach Rehabilitation team, you will deliver high-quality, evidence-based rehabilitation services to inpatients requiring specialist rehabilitation support within an acute care environment. Working within a shared care model, you will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to optimise patient outcomes, support service development, and contribute to the ongoing advancement of rehabilitation practice.
In this role, you will:
- Deliver specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, intervention and evaluation
- Manage a complex caseload within a fast-paced acute rehabilitation setting
- Apply advanced clinical reasoning and independent decision-making skills
- Provide expert advice and support to Occupational Therapy and multidisciplinary teams
- Contribute to evidence-based practice, clinical protocols and service development
- Lead and participate in quality improvement and research initiatives
About you:
You are an experienced Occupational Therapist with a passion for rehabilitation and patient-centred care. You thrive in complex clinical environments, enjoy working collaboratively across disciplines, and are committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for patients while supporting the growth and development of those around you.
To be successful, you will bring:
- Registration as an Occupational Therapist with AHPRA
- Demonstrated experience delivering Occupational Therapy services within rehabilitation or acute healthcare settings
- Advanced clinical assessment, intervention and discharge planning skills
- Strong clinical reasoning and complex case management capabilities
- Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and conflict resolution skills
- Proven ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams
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What we can offer you:
- We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
- We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
- 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.
About us:
The Division of Allied Health and Rehabilitation provides high quality, strong person-centred, evidence based, multi-disciplinary clinical, education and research services across the continuum of patient care. The Division also has the key function of leading First Nations Health and Outpatient Reform and Governance.
Rehabilitation services consists of inpatient, outpatient and community rehabilitation and persistent pain services for people with acquired brain injury (ABI), amputation, persistent pain, spinal cord injury (SCI) and other disabilities.
Allied Health modalities support all services across the hospital and wider community. These services aim to improve patient outcomes focusing on supporting self-management and independence, improving functional outcomes and rehabilitation and reducing admissions and length of stay.
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 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.
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