Clinical Leadership Opportunity for Occupational Therapists

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic Allied Health team in a full-time, permanent capacity. This is an exciting opportunity for a clinical expert to step into a leadership role, where you will coordinate and supervise a skilled OT team while delivering advanced, evidence-based care.

With your strong clinical reasoning, up-to-date professional knowledge, and leadership capabilities, you will play a key role in driving excellence, innovation, and patient satisfaction across our services. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you'll provide senior-level occupational therapy care, while ensuring best practice in line with Occupational Therapy Australia, AHPRA, ethical codes, and SJGHC policies.

• You will be responsible for providing clinical occupational therapy services to client groups and circumstances of a complex nature requiring advanced practice skills.
• You will participate actively in multi-disciplinary team meetings, case conferences and family meetings.
• You will use evidence-based practice clinical outcome measures and patient feedback for satisfaction measures and quality assurance activities.
• You will ensure prioritisation and delegation of duties of occupational therapy caseloads for self and supervised caregivers.
• You will promote professional values and ethics in clinical practice.
• You will demonstrate consolidated, current knowledge of research, evidence-based practice in occupational therapy and related clinical areas.
• You will act as a clinical consultant for the discipline within the specialty.
• You will document in the patient/clients healthcare record in accordance with SJGHC policies and procedures.

1. Provide clinical occupational therapy services to client groups and circumstances of a complex nature.
2. Participate actively in multi-disciplinary team meetings, case conferences and family meetings.
3. Use evidence-based practice clinical outcome measures and patient feedback.
4. Ensure prioritisation and delegation of duties of occupational therapy caseloads.
5. Promote professional values and ethics in clinical practice.

To be successful in this role, you will hold a tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy and current registration with AHPRA. You will bring advanced clinical expertise in a highly specialised area of practice within a healthcare setting, ideally supported by experience in a senior clinical position. Your ability to coordinate and lead service delivery within your specialty will be crucial in ensuring exceptional outcomes for both patients and the broader health service.

We are seeking a strong team leader with a proven track record in developing high-performing teams, along with demonstrated skills in clinical supervision and mentoring. You will possess exceptional communication skills, written, verbal, and interpersonal, with the ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines. Experience in facilitating quality improvement initiatives and contributing to research projects will be highly regarded, as will your capacity for strategic thinking and service development.

• Salary: $141,104 to $146,218 per annum, plus 12% superannuation
• Permanent full-time position, working 76 hours per fortnight
• Discounts on hospital services & private health insurance
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits
• Free on-site parking
• Access to fitness and wellbeing benefits through Fitness Passport
• Innovative Professional Development opportunities
• A welcoming and supportive culture
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being program

All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two pages) demonstrating how you meet the above requirements.

We celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being. Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.