Occupational Therapist - Older Peoples Mental Health Service
Hunter New England Local Health District
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Remuneration
:$***** - $***** Per Hour + 12% Super + Salary Packaging
Employment Type
:PermanentPart Time
Position Classification
:Occupational Therapist Level 1/2
Hours Per Week
:20
Location:
James Fletcher Hospital
Requisition ID
:REQ******
Applications Close:
Sunday 20th September ****
About the Role
As an Occupational Therapist, you'll play a key role within the Newcastle Community Older Persons Mental Health Service, delivering specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention to older people experiencing mental health, cognitive and functional challenges.
Reporting to the Team Manager, you'll be well supported by the Clinical Coordinator, senior clinicians and experienced Occupational Therapy colleagues, providing a strong network of clinical guidance, collaboration and professional support.
This is a diverse, autonomous and rewarding community-based role, offering the opportunity to combine clinical assessment, therapeutic intervention, care coordination and multidisciplinary collaboration. With no direct reports, you'll have the freedom to focus on delivering high-quality, person-centred care and achieving meaningful outcomes for consumers.
What you'll bring to the role:
Conduct comprehensive functional, psychosocial, cognitive and environmental assessments across consumers' homes and community settings.
Identify and address barriers impacting independence, safety, meaningful activity and community participation.
Design and deliver individualised occupational therapy interventions tailored to each consumer's goals, strengths and circumstances.
Support consumers to maintain or regain independence across everyday activities, routines and meaningful life roles.
Provide care coordination for consumers experiencing complex mental health needs.
Contribute to multidisciplinary assessments, case reviews, care planning and risk management
Build strong partnerships with consumers, families, carers, GPs, residential aged care facilities and community service providers.
Bring your specialist occupational therapy expertise to multidisciplinary clinical decision-making and holistic care planning.
Contribute to service development, quality improvement and clinical governance, helping shape and strengthen the delivery of older persons mental health services.
Make an impact beyond the clinic
This is far from a desk-based position. As an Occupational Therapist,



you'll have the opportunity to work directly with consumers in their homes and local communities, applying your clinical expertise in real-world environments and seeing firsthand the difference occupational therapy can make to independence, participation, wellbeing and quality of life.
It's an opportunity to combine clinical autonomy with genuine connection - supporting older people to live as independently and meaningfully as possible within the communities they call home.
Why You'll Love This Role
Join a supportive and highly experienced multidisciplinary team where your expertise as an Occupational Therapist is valued, encouraged and integral to achieving meaningful outcomes for older people.
This is an opportunity to further develop your specialist skills in older persons mental health and community-based occupational therapy, while enjoying the professional autonomy and variety that comes with a dynamic clinical role.
Rather than being confined to an office-based environment, you'll regularly connect with consumers in their homes and local communities, applying your occupational therapy expertise in practical, meaningful ways that promote independence, participation and quality of life.
Benefits include:
A collaborative and supportive multidisciplinary team with a strong focus on shared expertise and high-quality care.
Regular professional supervision and Occupational Therapy peer support, fostering continued growth and clinical confidence.
Flexible, community-based practice, providing variety and the opportunity to work where your expertise can have the greatest impact.
Ongoing professional development and education opportunities to support your career aspirations and clinical growth.
Specialist skill development across older persons mental health, functional and cognitive assessment, and psychosocial intervention.
A high degree of professional autonomy, backed by strong clinical support and an experienced multidisciplinary network.
Access to the broader Hunter Current England Mental Health professional and education network, opening the door to further learning and collaboration.




The opportunity to make a genuine difference, with Occupational Therapy expertise playing a valued and influential role in holistic, multidisciplinary care.
Join a Specialist Older Persons Mental Health Service
The Newcastle Community Older Persons Mental Health Service is a specialist community‐based service dedicated to supporting older people experiencing mental health concerns, cognitive impairment and complex psychosocial needs across the Newcastle and Port Stephens regions.
Based at Watt Street, Newcastle, on the historic former James Fletcher Hospital site, the service forms part of the broader Hunter New England Mental Health network, providing a welcoming and connected environment in which clinicians can make a meaningful difference in the lives of older people and their families.
Working within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you'll collaborate with nursing, medical, psychology, social work and occupational therapy professionals to deliver person-centred, evidence-based and recovery-focused care. The role offers the opportunity to work beyond the traditional clinical setting, with regular engagement with consumers in their homes and within their local communities.
Our team prides itself on a solid culture of collaboration, clinical reflection, professional growth and mutual support. Every discipline is valued, with clinicians encouraged to share their expertise, learn from one another and work collectively towards achieving the best possible outcomes for consumers.
For an Occupational Therapist, this is an exciting opportunity to build specialist expertise in older persons mental health and community-based practice, while being supported by a collaborative team committed to professional development and high-quality care.
What we can offer you:
At Hunter New England Health , enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. You'll contribute to the team enriching health in millions of ways every day. On top of this we also offer:
Supportive and collaborative team environment
Ongoing professional development opportunities across the administrative network
Career progression opportunities within NSW Health
Annual leave and paid parental leave for eligible employees
Salary packaging options to increase take-home pay
Fitness Passport and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support wellbeing
Occupational Therapist with current Authority to Practice with AHPRA.
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📌 Occupational Therapist - Older Peoples Mental Health Service (Newcastle)
🏢 Southern NSW Local Health District
📍 Newcastle