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Occupational Therapist - Senior, Adult Community Health Service - Cairns
Cairns
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Make a meaningful difference by delivering high-quality, evidence-based occupational therapy in a community setting. As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will support adults with complex needs to transition safely home and stay well, helping them maintain independence and avoid hospitalisation. Working closely with consumers, multidisciplinary teams, and healthcare partners, you’ll provide compassionate, person-centred care that empowers individuals to manage their health and remain connected to their community.Job details
| Position status | Contract |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support |
| Classification | HP4 |
| Workplace Location | Cairns region,Far North Qld |
| Job ad reference | QLD/CAH686476 |
| Closing date | 27-Jul-2026 |
| Job duration | Please see Role Description |
| Contact person | Leona Hall-Matthews |
| Contact details | 07 4226 4550 Access the National Relay Service |
COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT |
About us:
Adult Community Health provides timely and appropriate short term clinical services to high acuity patients with the aim to support safe and timely discharges and prevent avoidable hospitalisation. Our focus is on ensuring effective links with primary health care providers, maintaining independence and enhancing self-management of health conditions.
We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.
About your role:
- Provide high–level Occupational Therapy clinical assessments, treatments and evaluations within a community service, demonstrating high level of problem solving skills. This includes providing brief intervention for post-acute episodes of care.
- Undertake high level, independent acute clinical duties within the Adult Community Health Service with infrequent need for direct clinical practice supervision.
- Apply professional judgement to a complex caseload adapting routine clinical practice based on valid and reliable evidence.
- Provide professional supervision and facilitate university student clinical placements as appropriate.
- Continue to develop professional skills and expertise and contribute to the education of other occupational therapists, multidisciplinary staff and students within the Adult Community Health setting.
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.
What we offer:
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.
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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.
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