Occupational Therapy Student Educator
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- Occupational Therapist
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- REQ554306 Requisition #
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- 1 day ago Post Date
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 4
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $121,658.00 - $124,607.00 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ554306
Applications Close: 18/03/2025
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.
An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Nepean Occupational Therapy service on a full time assignment. The successful candidate will provide senior clinical leadership, staff supervision/support and mentoring, and optimisation of client care delivery within the service.
This position will see you coordinate, facilitate, and support student programs for Occupational Therapy and Allied Health Assistant students across the district and provide clinical caseload management. The role also supports students that are appointed to district placements and ensuring students are offered maximum opportunity to provide services, exposure to training & education, and support final year students in preparation for job seeking and interview readiness.
Are you ready to grow your career with NBMLHD? Learn more and Apply Now!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
- Accrued Day Off (ADO) for full time 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.
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.
For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.
What you will bring to the role
- Tertiary Occupational Therapy qualifications and current registration to practice as an Occupational Therapist with AHPRA.
- Current Driver's Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel. Ability to travel within the LHD in accordance with the position.
- Demonstrated highly developed clinical knowledge and problem-solving skills in an acute hospital setting with ability to provide clinical services of a complex nature requiring advanced practice skills.
- Extensive experience in student supervision and demonstrated commitment and experience in clinical education and the capability to supervise, coach and develop student and staff competency, utilising adult education principles.
- Demonstrated excellence in communication skills, both verbal and written, with experience in reflective practice, negotiation, conflict resolution, advocacy and change management.
- Demonstrated high level organisational and time management skills in an environment of competing clinical and administrative demands.
- Demonstrated experience and skills in working within a multidisciplinary team and proficiency in collaborating and engaging with external agencies and stakeholders.
- Ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes with other staff.
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?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Michelle Wykes on Michelle.Wykes@health.nsw.gov.au
