Casual Occupational Therapy Hand Therapist Grade 2 and Grade 3

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• Join our outpatient stream with this flexible hand therapy role
• Casual pay rate $54.86 -$72.34 / hour depending on grade and classification level
• Up to $12,000 tax free earnings with salary packaging options
• Join a department that values employee development and offers great career opportunities
• Grow your career by gaining experience in a leading tertiary health setting

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Occupational Therapy Department

Our Occupational Therapy department at Austin Health is a bustling hub of patient-centered care, continuous improvement, professional growth and supportive career structures. Our focus is on wellbeing, evidence-based service improvement, sustainable workforce, and growth and development.

About the role

The Grade 2 or 3 Occupational Therapist will work in the hand therapy stream to ensure safe and effective evidence based clinical care for patients and their families. This position is based in the out-patient hand therapy service that provides evidence-based therapy to patients with traumatic, chronic and post-operative conditions affecting their hand function.  

The OT will support, teach and train Grade 1 OT staff members, assistants and students. They will support the Grade 3 and 4 in managing the clinical steam and assist in managing the workload allocation.

About you

You’ll thrive if you have:

• Extensive clinical experience in assessment, treatment and goal setting of highly complex client groups.  
• Leadership skills with the ability to motivate, mentor, and inspire others.
• Highly developed teaching and supervision skills with a commitment to growing the skills of your team
• A collaborative spirit and an ability to build networks and strong relationships with peers and leaders.
• Excellent communication and decision-making skills  
• Demonstrated passion for research and best practices.

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.  Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or have questions about this opportunity, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Carol Davis, Occupational Therapist G4 at Carol.Davis@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Click here for Grade 2 or here for Grade 3 position description for further details.