Occupational Therapist, Acute

1 week ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Northern Health Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year

Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced Grade 2 Occupational Therapist to join the Acute team.

About Northern Health:

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our five main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Centre, and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.

The OT department at Northern Health prides itself on being inclusive, supportive and committed to evidence-based practice. We are a team of OT's who are driven by positive patient outcomes and team work.

About the Role:

An opportunity for a Grade 2 Occupational Therapist has become available to join our team at Northern Health, working in a fast-paced acute hospital setting that provides a high-level clinical service to a variety of acute inpatient cohorts.

This role predominately works on the pandemic ward with a general medical/ COVID-19 caseload.

You will work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team to facilitate dynamic discharge plans that are patient centred care and support access and flow throughout the health service.

The role will work will work closely with the wider OT department to drive service development and ensuring a focus on innovations.

This position is primarily based at the Epping Campus - this is parental leave cover, full time until July 2026.

To be successful in this role you will have:

  • Demonstrated clinical experience within an inpatient setting
  • Proven ability to work autonomously and excel within a multidisciplinary team
  • Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
  • Enjoy a face paced environment
  • A commitment to lifelong learning

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description. Alternatively, you can contact Danika Arney, Occupational Therapy Clinical Leader and

Applications close Tuesday 2 September 2025.

We offer:

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

· Health and Wellbeing programs, including our 'Thrive' program

· Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support

· An inclusive and culturally safe space

· State of the art facilities and campus partnerships

· A commitment to ongoing professional development through our 'Learning Labs'

· Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

For a glimpse of life at NH, click here.

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