Senior Occupational Therapist - Cancer Services
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time (until 28/06/2026)
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 4
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $61.35 - $62.84 per hour
Hours Per Week: 14
Requisition ID: REQ596363
Applications Close: 17/08/2025
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.
About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.
Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.
Are you a dedicated and compassionate Senior Occupational Therapist wanting to contribute your expertise in a supportive and multidisciplinary healthcare environment within Cancer Services.
This part-time role, Mondays and Tuesdays is a key position within our Cancer Services. As the Senior Occupational Therapist, you will deliver high-quality clinical Occupational Therapy services to both inpatients and outpatients within Cancer Services, provide mentorship, clinical support and leadership to other members of the Occupational Therapy team and collaborate with a skilled multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes and improve quality of life for individuals undergoing cancer treatment.
We encourage you to now to join our team where your clinical skills and leadership will make a meaningful difference in the lives of cancer patients.
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
* Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
* Novated Leasing
* Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
* Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
* Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
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What you will bring to the role:
- Current registration to practice as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board, AHPRA and NSW Class C drivers licence or equivalent.
- Extensive advanced level of clinical knowledge and expertise across a range of conditions, including experience in Lymphoedema management, or willingness to undertake recognised training.
- Demonstrated high level skills in verbal and non-verbal communication with consumers, teams and other stakeholders, including excellence in negotiation, decision making, advocacy and collaborative consultation. Demonstrated experience in clinical documentation and formal reporting.
- Demonstrated well developed clinical knowledge and problem solving skills in an acute hospital or ambulatory setting within a multidisciplinary team, with ability to provide clinical services to client groups of a complex nature requiring advanced practice skills.
- Demonstrated experience and skill in providing clinical leadership, consultation, supervision and education for staff, students and external parties.
- Demonstrated high level organisational and time management skills in an environment of competing clinical/administrative demands.
- Demonstrated ability to advise, lead and participate in service development, change management and quality improvement initiatives within the OT environment and more broadly across a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated experience in the use of relevant evidence based practice resources to guide decision- making and commitment to ongoing education / professional development.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Glyndon Wakeman on Glyndon.Wakeman@health.nsw.gov.au
