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About us:
We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services. Our values were developed by our staff, patients, and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.
About you:
You are a qualified Occupational Therapist with advanced practice clinical skills and previous experience in a leadership position. You possess a high level of knowledge, skill, and experience in the field of paediatric, developmental Occupational Therapy including an ability to integrate current professional development and evidence-based practice principles into clinical management, apply contemporary child development principles in a cross-cultural environment and work both independently and as part of a transdisciplinary team to problem solve cases of a complex nature, where established principles, procedures and methods require some expansion, adaptation, or modification.
Your opportunity:
The focus of this role is to deliver high level, contemporary, evidence informed Occupational Therapy assessment, short term transitional supports and referrals to long term supports eg. the National Disability Insurance Scheme, for children with developmental delay/disability and their families utilising a child and family centred framework.
This role also provides leadership and mentoring to support growth of capability in paediatric Occupational Therapy and transdisciplinary paediatric practice within the Child Development Service and across the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service as required.
Your role:
1. Implement and monitor the organisation's quality standards, work health and safety policies, procedures and programs and provide clinical governance in the relevant work area.
2. Utilise high level Occupational Therapy paediatric knowledge, expertise, clinical decision making and risk management skills to provide safe and efficient service delivery daily within a multidisciplinary / transdisciplinary team, with infrequent need for direct clinical practice supervision.
3. Apply professional judgement with high level case management skills to support a complex caseload independently adapting routine clinical practice based on valid and reliable evidence to establish and deliver efficient and effective client-centred services.
4. Lead Occupational Therapy and other clinical projects and research activities within the Child Development Service and contribute to other programmes as requested.
5. Provide general clinical Occupational Therapy advice to professional and operational supervisors, relevant service managers and other stakeholders including non-government organisations and remote community agencies within Far North Queensland, regarding CDS service delivery and management of complex cases with infrequent need for supervision.
As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:
6. Generous superannuation
7. Salary packaging
8. Annual incremental increases
9. Career training and development
10. Flexible work arrangements
11. Wellness programs
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Why choose Cairns?