St John of God Geelong Hospital

At St John of God Geelong Hospital, we’re proud to provide compassionate, high-quality private healthcare to the Geelong community and surrounding regions. Our 284-bed hospital is supported by more than 400 accredited medical practitioners and offers a diverse range of services, including maternity, cancer and cardiac care, rehabilitation and a private Emergency Department open 7 days a week.

Our Allied Health teams work across inpatient, outpatient and day patient services, providing holistic care across a broad range of clinical specialties.

Your Role

We are seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Allied Health team on a full-time, fixed-term basis until 19th July 2027.

This is an excellent prospect to broaden your clinical experience while working across a varied caseload in a supportive multidisciplinary environment.

You will provide occupational therapy services across, acute, general medicine, vascular, palliative, and oncology services helping patients achieve their functional goals, regain independence and confidently transition through their care journey.

You will bring 3 years’ or more clinical experience, strong clinical reasoning and a genuine commitment to delivering person-centred care.

What You’ll Be Doing In this role, you will:

- Deliver high-quality occupational therapy assessment and intervention across inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Complete comprehensive functional assessments, including personal care, domestic and community activities of daily living, cognitive and physical function.
- Develop individualised treatment plans in partnership with patients, families and the multidisciplinary team.
- Deliver evidence-based interventions and regularly review and progress treatment in line with patient goals.




- Support patients to maximise independence, participation and quality of life.
- Complete functional and environmental assessments, including home assessments where required.
- Work collaboratively with the broader Allied Health and multidisciplinary teams to achieve positive patient outcomes.
- Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of clinical services.

What You’ll Bring To be successful, you will have:

- A tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy.
- Current registration with AHPRA.
- At least 3 years’ experience in a relevant clinical setting.
- Experience across acute, subacute, rehabilitation or outpatient services will be highly regarded.
- Strong assessment, clinical reasoning and treatment planning skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- A commitment to person-centred, evidence-based practice.
- A willingness to contribute to quality improvement and service development.
- A current Australian Driver’s Licence.

Why Join Us? Whether you’re looking to broaden your clinical exposure, or work across a diverse caseload, this role offers the opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive and collaborative Allied Health team.





You’ll be part of a team that is committed to delivering meaningful outcomes for patients while providing the support and collaboration needed to do your best work.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do, committing to and supporting the Mission and Values of St John of God Health Care.

The Benefits:

- Salary $72,992 to $117,553 per annum plus 12% superannuation
- Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
- Novated leasing
- work related expenses
- self-education and
- additional superannuation

- A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave and well-being programs
- Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
- Innovative Professional Development opportunities
- Access to a range of Lifestyle, Health & Wellbeing rewards and discounts

For enquiries contact Occupational Therapist, Phoebe Skeen on 0468 588 569 If suitable applicants are identified the advertisement may close prior to listed date

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.

📌 Occupational Therapist (Geelong)
🏢 St John of God Health Care
📍 Geelong