Occupational Therapist

Overview

Join our expert Occupational Therapy team to make a meaningful impact in patient care. Advance your career delivering high-quality, evidence-based Occupational Therapy within a supportive, diverse, and collaborative health service.

Your New Role

Step into a senior Occupational Therapist role where you will lead clinical services and contribute to improving patient outcomes across Bayside Health Service. You will work within an interprofessional team delivering patient-centred care and support service development and quality initiatives by:

• Managing complex clinical caseloads across diverse settings including acute, outpatient, and community environments.
• Providing clinical supervision and training to junior staff, students, and allied health assistants.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement evidence-based practices and quality improvements.
• Participating in service planning, research, and continuous professional development activities.

About You

You bring a strong clinical background and leadership qualities, demonstrated through:

• Advanced clinical expertise and confident decision-making in managing complex Occupational Therapy cases.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills within multidisciplinary teams, including conflict management.
• Experience in supervising, mentoring, and supporting less experienced clinicians and students.
• A commitment to continuous service improvement, evidence-based practice, and delivering compassionate, culturally aware care.

What We Can Offer You

• 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.
• Opportunities for flexible working arrangements to support your work-life balance and personal commitments.
• Access to ongoing professional development, training, and career progression pathways within a supportive and collaborative team environment.
• The chance to make a real difference in a culturally diverse community with a focus on inclusive, patient-centred care.

Our Values

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.

About 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.

Job Details

• Occupational group: Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support
• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Health Care Provider
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care

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