Senior Occupational Therapist

Classification: Health Professional Level 3

Salary: $109,543 - $123,772 plus superannuation

Position No: LP OXA

Directorate: Canberra Health Services

Advertised (Gazettal date): 21 November 2025

Contact Officer: Lucy Coventry on or

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services )

About the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a supportive department to accomplish great things North Canberra Hospital is currently seeking a senior occupational therapist to join our acute team for a period of six months. The senior Occupational Therapist is an important leadership role within the North Canberra Hospital acute team, responsible for the coordination and provision of day-to-day occupational therapy services to a range of patients within the acute hospital. You'll play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care while collaborating with a close-knit, supportive multidisciplinary team.

In addition to a clinical workload, you'll provide clinical supervision and mentorship to a motivated group of junior occupational therapists, supporting them to further grow their clinical skills and knowledge. You'll have ready access to guidance from other senior clinicians, a Clinical Educator and the Director of Occupational Therapy, ensuring you're well supported while you lead. If you're someone who loves stepping up, sharing knowledge, and making a real impact in an acute setting, we'd love to welcome you in.

The current vacancy is within the acute hospital team, with some flexibility in coverage area dependent on the skills and experience of the successful applicant – please contact the contact officer to discuss this further.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

Note: This is a temporary position available for a period of six months with the possibility of extension up to less than 12 months and/or permanency.

A merit pool may be established from this recruitment process and will be used for the next 12 months to fill various positions both on a temporary and permanent basis with full-time and part-time opportunities available.

Applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position.

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Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together

Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

This is a temporary position available for a period of six months with the possibility of extension up to less than 12 months and/or permanency.

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