Occupational Therapist (Lvl 3) - Acute Team Leader - Temp FT
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- Occupational Therapist
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- REQ587916 Requisition #
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- 22 hours ago Post Date
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time, 38 hours per week until 21/12/2025
Location: Bankstown- Lidcombe Hospital
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3
Remuneration: $2154.06 - $2,223.86 per week
Requisition ID: REQ587916
Application Close Date:13/07/2025
Interview Date Range: 16/07/2025 – 23/07/2025
Contact Details: Julianne Di Martino | (02) 9722 7141 | Julianne.DiMartino@health.nsw.gov.au
Please note: A current influenza (flu) vaccination is a mandatory requirement for appointment to this position
About the Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist to lead the acute care team at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital. In this leadership role, you will oversee the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based occupational therapy services across orthopaedics, intensive care, medical, and surgical wards. You’ll provide clinical supervision, support complex discharge planning, and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure timely, person-centred care. Your expertise will help shape service delivery and uphold professional standards in a fast-paced, dynamic hospital environment.
As the Acute Team Leader, you’ll also play a key role in mentoring staff, driving quality improvement initiatives, and contributing to workforce development. This position offers the opportunity to influence clinical governance, participate in service planning, and support innovation in acute care occupational therapy. If you're passionate about leading with purpose and making a meaningful impact on patient outcomes, this role offers both challenge and reward in equal measure.
What You'll be Doing
The senior occupational therapist provides clinical governance, leadership and expertise within occupational therapy services including the provision of safe, timely, compassionate and high quality person-centered care.
Where You'll Be Working
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is located in the city of Bankstown and is in one of the most multicultural local government areas (LGA) in Australia. This hospital has tertiary affiliations with three universities and offers a range of roles and experiences to employees.
The hospital receives highly diverse presentations in ED as well as having general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services across the hospital. Working at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a truly rewarding experience which allows you to make a real difference to the multicultural community.
Being part of the team at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital means you will be a part of a friendly and enthusiastic group of people where you will be truly valued in your work. Being a smaller hospital, you are seen as part of the wider Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital Family where you are known to the other staff and your patients.
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is like no other in our district and offers unmatched career development and progression opportunities and the hospital focuses on regular training and upskilling. There are regular occasions for working in more senior role and you will have a great management team who dedicate themselves to providing safe, quality patient care through ensuring they have a cohesive and dynamic team.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.
- Demonstrated advanced clinical skills and significant experience in the provision of occupational therapy services within Acute Services.
- Demonstrated experience in the identification of evidence based practice and/or development of treatment protocols.
- 4.Demonstrated experience participating in the planning, implementation and evaluation of local service delivery incorporating the quality improvement process.
- Demonstrated high level organisational and time management skills.
- Demonstrated experience in the provision of clinical supervision, mentoring of staff and/or students.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and computer literacy in a range of programs.
- Applicants must possess an Australian C-Class driver's license (including P1 or P2). Those who hold a C class license (P1 or P2 included) from a state other than NSW must obtain a NSW C class (P1 or P2 included) license within three months of appointment. Learner's licenses are not permitted.
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Additional Information
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Health & Fitness
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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