Team Leader Acute Services
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- Occupational Therapist
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- REQ553048 Requisition #
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- 1 day ago Post Date
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 5
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $65.89 - $67.49 per hour
Hours Per Week: 15
Requisition ID: REQ553048
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.
On offer is a Temporary Part time role until December 2025 as an Occupational Therapist Level 5 to join the Acute Services Team located at Nepean Hospital.
The successful candidate will lead, guide and manage the Occupational Therapy Acute Services and implement high levels of clinical expertise in order to provide high quality Occupational Therapy care to clients of Nepean Hospital consistent with NSW Health and Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) policies, procedures and standards.
This role has Management, Education and Clinical elements, which support the overall management of the Occupational Therapy Department, as well as directing the delivery of Occupational Therapy services across the acute care services including (but not limited to) neurology, trauma, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, general surgery, vascular and general medical services.
Working with NBMLHD will allow you to meet the needs of staff, patients and their families whilst working in a diverse team demonstrating CORE values whilst providing exceptional person-centered care. We encourage you to apply now!
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.
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
- Recognised qualification in Occupational Therapy in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Professionals (State) Award, current registration with AHPRA and commitment to own ongoing professional development.
- Extensive post graduate clinical experience in Acute Services, including (but not limited to) neurology, trauma, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, general surgical, vascular and general medical.
- Demonstrated excellent leadership ability, supervisory and management skills and demonstrated ability to effectively manage the operational and administrative responsibilities of a hospital-based team.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to provide consultancy regarding Occupational therapy matters and to produce reports and other documents for use at an executive level.
- Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders throughout all organisational levels.
- Ability to set strategic service goals, develop and implement policy, and lead service improvement through research and continuous quality improvement.
- Ability to work as a part of a multidisciplinary team and to apply advanced clinical reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature.
- Current Class C driver’s license and willingness to use it for work purposes.
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 Kathryn Heagney on Kathryn.Heagney@health.nsw.gov.au
