Your new role:
As an Occupational Therapist within the Transitional Housing Team, you will provide high-quality, recovery-oriented care to adults experiencing mental health and homelessness challenges. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will support consumers through assessment, intervention, rehabilitation and discharge planning to achieve positive health and wellbeing outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver evidence-based Occupational Therapy assessment, intervention and rehabilitation services.
Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary mental health team to support recovery-focused care.
Manage a clinical caseload, maintain accurate documentation and contribute to discharge planning.
Participate in service improvement, quality activities, student supervision and professional development.
About you:
You are a compassionate and motivated Occupational Therapist who values teamwork, person-centred care and continuous improvement. You thrive in multidisciplinary environments and are committed to supporting consumers on their recovery journey.
Demonstrated ability to deliver evidence-based Occupational Therapy services within mental health settings.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective stakeholder relationships.
Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and contribute to positive consumer outcomes.
Commitment to professional growth, clinical supervision, quality improvement and recovery-oriented practice.
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What we can offer you:
We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
About us:
Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.
We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
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