Job Description
Job No: 891329
Work Type: Part-time
Location: Adelaide Hills
About the Role
You will deliver a wide range of occupational therapy services within Mt Barker Community Health, spanning acute, outpatient, and community settings. As a member of a multidisciplinary team, you will utilise a combination of preventative, early intervention, treatment/therapy and evaluation approaches.
This includes applying Primary Health Care and community participation principles to ensure services are responsive to changing community needs and improve health outcomes.
You will provide individual and population health services that target at-risk and priority clients within the community, in accordance with service eligibility, prioritisation criteria and episodic care.
Working under reduced clinical direction, you may have the opportunity to contribute to the clinical supervision of less experienced allied health professionals, allied health assistants and students.
About You
We are seeking an Occupational Therapist who holds an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy, and is eligible for registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
You will have experience in providing a broad range of clinical and consultative services across a range of service settings, including one-on-one and health promotion activities.
Capable of managing and prioritising your personal workload, you will be willing to support others in developing workload management plans and allocating team resources.
Demonstrating strong interpersonal and communication skills, you will bring the ability to engage with Aboriginal communities and consumers in a culturally appropriate manner and be willing to undertake further training in this manner.
What We Offer
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
Essential Requirements
* DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
* DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
* National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups
Additional Information
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.