As a Senior Occupational Therapist within the Bayside Child and Youth Mental Health Service, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based mental health care to children and young people while supporting service development, clinical excellence and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Deliver advanced Occupational Therapy assessment, intervention and evaluation services within a specialist child and youth mental health setting, managing a complex and varied caseload.
Work collaboratively within a high-performing multidisciplinary team to provide recovery-oriented, patient-centred care and support positive outcomes for consumers and their families.
Contribute to the development, implementation and review of evidence-based clinical practices, service improvements, quality initiatives and research activities.
Provide clinical leadership through supervision, mentoring and education of junior clinicians, students and Allied Health Assistants, while acting as a key clinical resource for the team.
About you:
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist who is passionate about improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and committed to delivering excellence in clinical care.
Demonstrated expertise in delivering Occupational Therapy services within a mental health setting, including the ability to manage complex clinical presentations with a high degree of professional autonomy.
Strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with consumers, families, multidisciplinary teams and community partners.
Proven ability to prioritise workload, exercise sound clinical judgement and contribute to service delivery within a complex and dynamic healthcare environment.
Experience providing supervision, coaching and support to developing clinicians and students, alongside a commitment to continuous improvement, quality initiatives and evidence-based 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.
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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