About the role The Occupational Therapist works as part of a multidisciplinary Primary and Community Health team at BSHS providing quality, client focused Occupational Therapy services to the Acute unit, Primary and Community Health Services and Residential Aged Care facilities. The role will promote health and wellbeing via a range of client focused services to individuals and groups aimed to assist clients to regain or maintain functional independence and safety with daily living activities, including home safety and functional assessments, prescription of aids, equipment and home modifications, ADL retraining and independence, energy conservation and pressure care management.

Key responsibilities

- Develop appropriate client focused, goal directed Occupational Therapy care plans to meet client identified needs

- Work in a collaborative manner with clients, family and carers to ensure that Occupational Therapy service provision is client focused

- Provide clinically appropriate occupational therapy assessment and management (including treatment, education and follow-up) to referred inpatients, aged care residents, and primary care clients

- Work in collaboration with stakeholders to provide occupational therapy services using a restorative care approach under Active Service Model principles

- Coordinate the planning, implementation and evaluation of multidisciplinary group programs (e.g. prevention and self-management programs)

- Provide clinical supervision and education of Allied Health Assistants, in relation to delegated tasks

- Manage an appropriate caseload reflective of a competent level of experience and within scope of practice

- Provide direction and education to nursing staff to support appropriate care to achieve overall Occupational Therapy goals for clients in the acute and residential aged care units

- Actively participate in a coordinated team approach to person centred care by attending team and discharge planning meetings, and liaising with internal and external service providers regarding client care





- Ensure that clinical service delivery is conducted in accordance with evidence-based practice, best practice standards and effective clinical risk management

About you

- Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy

- Demonstrated experience in the provision of timely and appropriate occupational therapy services to inpatients, aged care residents, and primary care clients

- Demonstrated highly developed organisational skills, including prioritization, time-management skills and appropriate case-load management

- Knowledge of assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of current Occupational Therapy practice across a range of clinical settings including community, residential aged care and acute environments

- Excellent interpersonal, written and communication skills
- The ability to work collaboratively as an individual practitioner within a multidisciplinary team environment

- Robust computer literacy skills, including the ability to utilise computer software programs and Microsoft Office products

- Satisfactory Staff Immunisation clearance, current Police Record Check and current Working with Children Check

About us

Beaufort and Skipton Health Service is a small rural health service that was formed on 1 October 1996 following the amalgamation of the Ripon Peace Memorial Hospital and the Skipton and District Memorial Hospital.

The Health

Service provides Urgent Care, Primary Care, Acute Inpatient, Residential Aged Care (Nursing Home and Hostel level care), and a Transition Care Program (TCP). Community and Allied health and home-based services include District Nursing, Home Care packages, Respite, Health Promotion, Diabetes Education and a large range of support programs. Beaufort and Skipton Health Service serve nearly 6,000 people in Beaufort, Skipton and the surrounding area.

To review the position description and apply please visit

Careers – Beaufort & Skipton Health Service

This position qualifies for the Occupational Therapy Student Grants Program

Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy Student Grant Program | vic.gov.au

📌 Graduate Occupational Therapist (Skipton)
🏢 Beaufort u0026 Skipton Health Service
📍 Skipton