Occupational Therapist - St Vincent's Public Hospital, Sydney

Role title: Occupational Therapist - Rotational (Level 1-2)
Role type: Permanent, full time
Department and location: Occupational Therapy, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
Salary: $76,394.31 - $108,986.24 + Super + Salary Packaging

Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.

About the role

• The Occupational Therapist (Level 1/2 rotational) has a responsibility for the provision of integrated, patient centered and evidence based Occupational Therapy services to patients across the St. Vincent's Hospital Campus
• The clinical specialty areas that this position will provide Occupational Therapy services to include: General Medicine/Surgery, Cardiology, Geriatrics, Orthopedics, Stroke, Neurology and Neurosurgery as well as Rehabilitation and Palliative Care inpatients and community
• This position operates under direct supervision of a Senior Occupational Therapist. The level of direct clinical supervision will vary according to the incumbent's clinical experience and the task
• The Level 1/2 Occupational Therapist is encouraged to participate in workplace education, quality improvement activities and relevant research
• This position may also assist in development of policies and procedures and supervision of Occupational Therapy students on placement
• This position may be required to work weekends to help facilitate a seven-day acute service

About you

• You're a qualified and AHPRA-registered Occupational Therapist
• Provide integrated, patient centred and evidence based Occupational Therapy Service to inpatients and outpatients across St Vincent's Hospital campus, including picking up new referrals, review of patients and continuation of therapy in relevant clinical area. Depending on caseload, assistance may be requested in another clinical area to ensure hospital wide clinical demand is met. This position may require flexibility to complete weekend work as part of a flexible working roster for a seven-day acute service
• Demonstrate effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders including working within a multi-disciplinary team to effectively manage novel and complex cases such as NDIS and provide coordinated, patient centred care
• Demonstrate effective time management and organizational skills to effectively prioritise both clinical and non-clinical tasks within finite resources to ensure delivery of optimum standards
• Participate in regular clinical supervision and provide relevant supervision to students and other Level 1/2 staff and support staff as necessary
• Evaluation of Occupational Therapy Services including the collection of appropriate activity data and outcome information. Participation in Quality Improvement and research within Occupational Therapy

Why work at St Vincent's?

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
• Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free
• Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave

About the hospital
In this role you will be based at St Vincent's hospital, Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location
• Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people
• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Pre-employment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

Equal opportunity
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

How to apply
The closing date for applications is 8th April 2026

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting your interest, skills, and experience. Please also include a separate letter detailing how you align with each of the qualities listed in the About You section of this job advert.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

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