Community Health Occupational Therapist

NSW HealthRandwick City Council, New South Wales, Australia

3 days ago

Job description

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Employment Type : Temporary Full Time until June 2027

Position Classification : Occupational Therapist Level 3

Remuneration : $112,396.00 - $116,038.00 per annum plus superannuation

Hours Per Week : 38

Requisition ID : REQ616280

Applications Close : Sunday, 16 November 2025

Community Health Occupational Therapist, Prince of Wales Hospital

Benefits

A workplace culture with a foundation that promotes person centred care approaches and staff wellbeing
Orientation and supported transition into your new role
Targeted clinical stream education programs affiliated with university partners
Development pathways that are aimed at career progression
Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave
Salary Packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay! Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing
Corporate health and fitness program, discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members
Discounted Private Health Insurance

For more information on careers and benefits of working for SESLHD, visit our page.

The Role

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it. Plan, coordinate, and implement in-depth levels of clinical expertise and extensive specialised knowledge within Occupational Therapy in order to provide high quality occupational therapy care to patients consistent with NSW Health, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) policies, procedures and standards.

Where You'll be Working

Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Service is a Level 6 Tertiary Referral Hospital with an inpatient bed base of 370. Each year we care for more than 70,000 patients in our Emergency Department and have around 50,000 admissions to inpatient units. POWH offers an outpatient service and rural outreach service and provides more than 900,000 occasions of non‑admitted patient care each year, including innovative virtual models of care.

Selection Criteria

Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award and AHPRA.

Extensive post graduate clinical experience in Community and or Aged Care.

Demonstrated ability to perform comprehensive assessments, case management and provide effective Occupational Therapy to older people.

Ability to provide in‑depth advice and education to enhance service delivery and to guide and support others in providing service excellence, with the capacity to provide clinical supervision to other staff.

Ability to work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature.

Ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff.

Demonstrated commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning.

Current Class C Drivers Licence.

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Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards.

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For role related queries or questions contact Hannah Smith on Hannah.Smith2@health.nsw.gov.au

Reasonable Adjustments

NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment / interview process, then please email SESLHD‑Recruitment‑POWH‑SSEH@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know. Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.

Information For Applicants

An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.

Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.

Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer.

We do have an Aboriginal Workforce Team that can also provide support (SESLHD‑AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website.

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