Senior Occupational Therapist (Palliative Care)

What you will bring to the role

1. Current Registration to practice as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) and Current driver licence (P2 Licence Acceptable) and willingness to use for work purposes that may include driving long distances across the LHD.
2. 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 documentation and formal reporting.
3. Demonstrated post graduate clinical experience in palliative care / cancer care in community and hospital settings, within a multidisciplinary team, with ability to provide clinical services to a client group of a complex nature requiring advanced practice skills.
4. Demonstrated experience and skill in staff and student supervision.
5. Demonstrated high level organisational and time management skills in an environment of competing clinical / administrative demands.
6. Demonstrated ability to advise, lead and participate in service development, change management and quality improvement initiatives within the occupational therapy environment and more broadly across a multi-disciplinary team.
7. 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 Glyndon Wakeman on Glyndon.Wakeman@health.nsw.gov.au