Occupational Therapist Senior

Your new role:

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care as part of the Logan Older Adults Mental Health Service (OAMHS). This is a senior clinical position that also supports service development and the supervision of junior staff.

• Provide comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments, interventions, and evaluations within a multidisciplinary team, focused on older adult mental health.
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives, clinical education, and development of evidence-based practices, policies, and procedures.
• Supervise and mentor less experienced clinicians, students, and Allied Health Assistants.
• Engage in interprofessional collaboration and consumer-centred care to deliver safe, compassionate, and effective services.

About you:

You are a dynamic clinician with a strong foundation in mental health and a passion for working with older adults. You thrive in a collaborative environment and are committed to continuous learning, leadership, and delivering high-quality, person-centred care.

• Demonstrated experience in delivering Occupational Therapy services in a mental health setting, with a focus on older adults.
• High-level communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills, with the ability to engage effectively with clients, families, and interprofessional teams.
• Strong clinical reasoning and decision-making abilities, with the capacity to manage complex cases independently.
• Experience in supervising junior staff and contributing to quality improvement or research activities.

Check out our quick tips and application essentials

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• 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.

About us:

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

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.

We are 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.