Mental Health Allied Health- Graduate OT

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• Full time
• Fixed term, 2-year Graduate Allied Health Mental Health program

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Department

The Mental Health Division (MHD) provides mental health assessment and interventions for people experiencing mental illness and their families and carers. Working from a recovery-oriented model, the Mental Health Division provides an array of hospital-based, community and specialist services for infants, children, young people, adults and older adults.

About the role

Austin Mental Health is building the Occupational therapy workforce, and we are actively recruiting graduate Occupational Therapists.  This is a fixed term, 2 year contract within the Graduate Allied Health Mental Health program.

A regular day will see you:

• Provide Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions that are evidence based and within scope of practice
• Work within multidisciplinary teams to provide a comprehensive service to consumers and their family/carers
• Clinical work as allocated, including individual, family/carer and group work

About you

As the Mental Health Graduate OT, you will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You'll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• OT AHPRA registration by February 2026
• Knowledge of mental health across the lifespan and how this may impact on performance and participation in occupations
• An understanding and commitment to recovery orientated practice and client centred care
• Ability to undertake a range of evidence-based OT assessments and interventions, including individual, family and group work.
• Ability to function effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and capacity to work independently

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don't meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working with Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Jane English, Clinical Educator Occupational Therapy at or Jane Dowling at

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: Thursday 2 October 2025