Empower Change as a Professional Lead – Occupational Therapy

Lead and inspire Occupational Therapists while advancing sensory practices across Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services. Permanent full-time role based at Logan Central and Bayside Community Mental Health.

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Your new role:

As the Professional Lead – Occupational Therapy, you'll deliver advanced clinical leadership and professional governance across a multidisciplinary mental health environment. You'll champion best practice, mentor clinicians, and lead innovative sensory initiatives that enhance consumer care. You will:

• Provide high-level clinical consultancy and governance for Occupational Therapists across Bayside AMHS and CYMHS.
• Lead and evaluate sensory approaches across all MSAMHS sites.
• Support, supervise and develop Occupational Therapy teams to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.
• Drive workforce planning, resource management, and quality improvement initiatives.
  
  

About you:

You're an experienced and collaborative Occupational Therapist who thrives in leadership roles. You bring strategic insight, advanced clinical expertise, and a passion for evidence-based practice and sensory innovation. You will have:

• Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy and current AHPRA registration.
• Advanced clinical expertise in Occupational Therapy within mental health settings.
• Proven ability to lead teams, manage services and implement change.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to foster collaboration and engagement.
  
  

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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:

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

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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