About the role:

The senior Occupational Therapist position sits within the Healthy Children and Families stream at Murrumbidgee Local Health District, playing a pivotal role in the delivery of the Brighter Beginnings Preschool Health and Development Check program. You will provide specialist clinical services to a complex paediatric caseload, while leading and mentoring clinicians across the district. Drawing on advanced clinical expertise, you will also offer consultation to staff working with children and families facing complex challenges, helping to drive optimal health, growth, and developmental outcomes for children and wellbeing for their families.

As the Occupational Therapist, you will:

- Deliver specialist occupational therapy services to a complex paediatric caseload, exercising independent professional judgement and advanced clinical reasoning with minimal direct supervision.
- Provide clinical supervision, mentoring and consultation to Allied Health clinicians and broader staff across MLHD who are working with children and families, promoting consistent, safe and high-quality care.
- Lead and participate in service planning, quality improvement initiatives and clinical research opportunities to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of clinical service delivery across the district.
- Develop and deliver clinical education programs and profession-specific resources for staff, students,



clients and key stakeholders to build capability and support best practice.
- Lead and support cultural competence across the team, with a genuine commitment to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal people, while actively engaging with government and non-government service providers to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of Brighter Beginnings programs.

Our ideal candidate will:

- Hold a degree in Occupational Therapy with current AHPRA registration and possess extensive paediatric clinical experience, including experience across a variety of service delivery models such as one-on-one consultation, therapy groups and telehealth.
- Demonstrate strong leadership skills with the ability to drive team performance against clinical and non-clinical KPIs, with project management experience and a commitment to quality improvement and evidence-based practice highly regarded.
- Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to engage, consult, negotiate, and collaborate effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including management, clinicians, consumers, and service providers.
- Show proven ability to work independently, manage competing priorities across multiple sites, and remain versatile and self-directed in an environment of constant change, including experience providing clinical supervision to staff and students.

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📌 Senior Occupational Therapist - Preschool Health and Development Check (Wagga Wagga)
🏢 Murrumbidgee Local Health District
📍 Wagga Wagga