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Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.

About the Role:

Join our team as an Occupational Therapist Grade 2 – Sub-Acute on a full-time basis based at Monash Health - Kingston Centre.

In this role you will cover an exciting variety of clinical caseloads (Neurorehabilitation, GEM and fast stream rehabilitation). This position sits within our large supportive subacute service, primarily delivering Occupational Therapy.

You will work collaboratively with inclusive and passionate occupational therapy and allied health staff to provide excellent, evidence-based care for patients and their families/carers across rehabilitation streams. This role is an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team providing high quality assessments and intervention for patients within a fast-paced environment.

If you have a passion for subacute patient care and would like to join our friendly, supportive and proactive team this is the role for you.

About Us:

You will work with patients and clients every day to enable them to improve their participation in occupations. This includes completing occupational assessments, setting goals with your clients and the multidisciplinary team and completing occupational based interventions that make a different to patient’s everyday lives.

You will work collaboratively every day with a multi-disciplinary team of allied health, nursing and medical staff. You can share ideas and support joint treatment with a fantastic group of people who are inclusive, passionate and share a vision to provide excellent, evidence-based care for patients and their families.

Working across other departmental areas or streams and between Monash Health Sites also form part of this role which means you can build skills in:

• a variety of clinical specialisms
• have career opportunities to develop and grow
• forming a large support network for your skills

About You:

To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

• Engage patients in the participation of their treatment journey
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary
• Experience in providing a high-quality clinical service to patients in the subacute setting
• Passion for enhancing patient experiences and facilitation of occupational performance
• Demonstrated skill in teaching, supervision and promoting the growth and development of staff
• An aptitude for ongoing learning and personal professional development
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• A keen interest in evidence-based practice, clinical inquiry, research and service improvement.  

Mandatory requirements of the role:

• Bachelor of Occupational Therapist or Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) or equivalent
• Current general registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• OT Australia Membership required
• Current Victorian Driver’s License

In Return we will provide,

• A supportive and cohesive team within a larger multidisciplinary setting
• Genuine career progression pathways
• Continual opportunities to use your drive for innovation to develop services to meet the changing landscape within the broader healthcare system
• Opportunities to lead/ participate in research at profession and team levels

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Sarah Gore on 03 9265 1820.

Position Description documents can be found here and here. 

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close: 24 February 2025