Occupational Therapist - Aged Care Team Leader

What you will bring to the role:

1. Current registration to practice as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board, AHPRA and current Driver's Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel
2. Advanced level of clinical knowledge and experience across a range of conditions including the assessment and management of physical, functional and cognitive deficits in the aged care population.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Demonstrated application of leadership skills and knowledge, including demonstrated skills in staff and student supervision, mentoring, coaching and performance development.
6. Demonstrated high level organisational and time management skills in an environment of competing clinical/administrative demands.
7. 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.
8. Demonstrated experience in the use of relevant evidence based practice resources to guide decision- making and commitment to ongoing education / professional development.

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For role related queries or questions contact Michelle Wykes on Michelle.Wykes@health.nsw.gov.au