Your new role:
As an Occupational Therapist within the Logan Adult Wellbeing Team, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, recovery-oriented mental health care to adults experiencing acute distress or at risk of suicide. Working within a supportive interprofessional team, you will provide evidence-based assessment, intervention and care that promotes positive consumer outcomes.
Deliver comprehensive mental health occupational therapy assessments, brief therapeutic interventions and discharge planning for consumers, their families and carers.
Manage a diverse caseload, providing evidence-based interventions, facilitating DBT skills-based and occupational therapy groups, and maintaining accurate clinical documentation.
Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and community partners to deliver person-centred, compassionate and timely care.
About you:
You are a compassionate and motivated Occupational Therapist who is committed to delivering exceptional mental health care and making a meaningful difference in the lives of consumers and their support networks.
Registered with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (AHPRA), with the ability to deliver evidence-based, consumer-centred mental health occupational therapy services.
A collaborative communicator who builds positive relationships with consumers, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams to achieve the best outcomes.
Organised and adaptable, with strong clinical judgement, effective time management skills and a commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
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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:
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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