Occupational Therapist

7 days ago


Ringwood East, Victoria, Australia Eastern Health Full time
About the Role

The Occupational Therapist will work in partnership with consumers, carers, families, and other service providers to provide high-quality occupational therapy assessment, treatment, and consultation services within a recovery-oriented framework across adult inpatient mental health services.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide individualized occupational therapy assessment, treatment, and consultation services to support recovery and promote meaningful daily activity and occupation.
  • Work collaboratively with consumers, carers, families, and other service providers to develop and implement individualized plans designed to promote, foster, and sustain personal recovery.
  • Deliver evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and treatment in a mental health setting, with a focus on recovery-oriented practice.
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive knowledge of the Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation, policies, plans, and strategic directions of public mental health services.
  • Engage consumers in the development and implementation of individualized plans, promoting their autonomy and empowerment.
  • Support consumers to access and engage in meaningful daily activity and occupation, with a focus on promoting their overall well-being.
  • Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and external agencies to provide comprehensive care and support to consumers.
  • Participate in supervised and reflective practice, lifelong learning, and further development to enhance clinical skills and knowledge.
  • Embrace health technologies and informatics, with a focus on improving patient outcomes and care coordination.
Requirements
  • Registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia, Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency.
  • A minimum of 12 months post-graduate experience as a registered Occupational Therapist in mental health.
  • Relevant theoretical knowledge, experience, and skills in the provision of evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and treatment in a mental health setting.
  • Comprehensive understanding of, and experience in delivering, recovery-oriented mental health practice.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation, policies, plans, and strategic directions of public mental health services.
  • Demonstrated ability to skilfully engage consumers in the development and implementation of individualized plans designed to promote, foster, and sustain personal recovery.
  • Demonstrated experience and skills in supporting consumers to engage in, structure, and access meaningful daily activity and occupation.
  • Commitment to working with consumers from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds and to providing services that are family and gender sensitive.
  • Knowledge of the mental health sector, including roles and workings of mental health teams and relevant community resources and services to support people with mental illness.
  • Proven ability and commitment to work collaboratively with consumers, carers, the multidisciplinary team, and external agencies.
  • Commitment to supervised and reflective practice, lifelong learning, and further development.
  • Computer literacy and embracing of health technologies and informatics.
  • High level of self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
  • Emerging clinical leadership within a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Experience in supervision of clinical practice of junior staff and students.
  • Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills with consumers, their families, and all healthcare professionals, including effective conflict resolution and negotiation.


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