Occupational Therapist

Classification: Health Professional Level 3

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

Position No: OVO

Directorate: Canberra Health Services

Advertised (Gazettal date): 14 November 2025

Contact Officer: Melinda Symon on or

What can we offer you:

• 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.
• 12% Superannuation.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
• Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
• VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates. (subject to review and approval)
• Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

We have exciting opportunities for senior staff member to join our Acute Occupational Therapy team at the Canberra Hospital. Multiple positions are available across our Acute inpatient and outpatient teams. Due to nature of our team's clinical work staff will have the opportunity to build on and develop skills across a wide range of areas including medical, surgical, critical services, neurosciences, cancer, outpatients and paediatrics.

We are inviting suitably qualified Occupational Therapists with more than three years of experience for an HP3 position to apply. Those with specialist skills in areas such as paediatrics, neurosciences and burns are highly recommended to apply. Suitable applicants will have experience working with a broad range of Acute conditions with aim to target early discharge, facilitating early therapy to reduce hospital acquired conditions and positive outcomes from early intervention.

We support qualified Occupational Therapists of all levels embarking on a career move into hospital Occupational Therapy by providing skill development support from our team leaders, Workforce Clinical Educator, supervision and access to funded professional development opportunities.

As the Canberra Hospital continues to expand, so does our Occupational Therapy Department. This growth has opened up leadership and higher duties opportunities with mentoring support.

Financial relocation support (reimbursement) is available for Interstate and International candidates (permanent positions only).

We highly encourage interested applicants to reach out to our contact officer for more information. Your queries are important to us, and we look forward to addressing them.

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:

• There are several permanent positions available.
• The responses and examples should demonstrate suitability to fulfil this position.
• Applications may be considered from written application only.
• Applications submitted without a Response to Selection Criteria, will not be considered.
• The results of this recruitment round may be used to fill any similar additional vacancies as they occur.
• Applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position.

For more information on this position and how to apply "click here"

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.

• There are several permanent positions available.

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