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South Eastern Sydney Local Health District

Senior Occupational Therapist - Transition Team

Kogarah, 2217, Sydney, New South Wales

Full time

Posted 17/04/2025
Closes 01/05/2025

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time Till June 2026
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3
Remuneration: $112396 - $116038 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ565274
Applications Close Date: 29th April 2025
Senior Occupational Therapist - Transition Team - St George Hospital, Kogarah

Come and be part of a dynamic, supportive Occupational Therapy Department at St George Hospital

Where you'll be working

St George Hospital Occupational Therapy Department - Our vision is "empowering you to live the life you want through creativity, collaboration and choice". We are a supportive department focused on person centred, compassionate care. We have a strong focus on clinical and leadership skills development and strive to provide consistent high quality occupational therapy services across the campus.


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.

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District is committed to improving the care provided to our patients in line with our vision of "Working together to improve the health and wellbeing of our community". As the Level 3 Occupational Therapist in the transition team you will be expected to plan, coordinate, and implement in-depth levels of clinical expertise and extensive specialised knowledge within Occupational Therapy in order to provide high quality care to patients with complex care needs within or accessing St George Hospital, consistent with NSW Health, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) policies, procedures and standards. This position provides assessment, intervention and care coordination to patients associated with St George Hospital. The role of the Transition Team is to ensure processes and clear timeframes are in place for discharge planning as patients' transition through each phase of their care. Target patient groups include complex and vulnerable inpatients of St George Hospital, patients requiring NCAT for discharge or where concerns around capacity and decision making are identified, and patients on an NDIS pathway to transition into the community. The role is also focused on capacity building and supporting allied health, nursing and medical staff to provide excellent care to people with a disability and healthcare needs while they are in hospital. You will also have opportunity to influence emerging models of care related to hospital avoidance and the interface between community and inpatient care, and to contribute towards a wide range of disability related initiatives. The role will require flexibility and adaptability in line with the changing needs of our services as the role continues to evolve within the organisation.

Benefits:

  • 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.
  • Discounted gym memberships with a
    Fitness Passport
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
  • Discounted Private Health Insurance.
  • For Nurses – Opportunity to apply for Continuing Education allowance based on tertiary qualifications attained where applicable.
  • For Nurses – Opportunity to obtain Clinical Nurse Specialist status where relevant.
  1. Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award and Current Registration with AHPRA.
  2. Extensive post graduate clinical experience in an inpatient setting managing patients with complex care needs.
  3. Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff.
  7. Demonstrated commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning.
  8. Current class C drivers licence.

Need more information? 
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SESLHD Expected Standards
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For role related queries or questions contact Kathleen Makroglou on ***************@health.nsw.gov.au

Our

CORE
Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

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

***************@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.
  • SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support (
    ***************@health.nsw.gov.au
    ) and for additional information please visit our
    Stepping Up Website 

SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.We welcome applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support. Please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email
***************@health.nsw.gov.au
should you require support

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