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Werribee Campus

About us

St Vincent's Private Hospitals Limited is part of the St Vincent's Health Australia Group, Australia largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider.

At St Vincent's Private Hospital Melbourne, our experienced team of clinical professionals, care givers and support staff are equipped to provide the highest level of therapeutic, medical and surgical services. We work together to ensure patient safety, well-being and recovery. We are a not for profit Catholic private hospital which operates across four sites at Fitzroy, East Melbourne, Kew and Werribee.

The services available at our Werribee campus include orthopaedic, cardiology, ear nose and throat, plastic and reconstructive surgery, urology, general surgery, vascular, rehabilitation and oncology-infusions.

Facilities include operating theatres, a day procedure unit, oncology-infusion unit, a cardiac catheter laboratory, and a rehabilitation gymnasium.

About the role

We are currently looking for an Occupational Therapist to join our acute and rehabilitation team at our Werribee campus. You will be providing therapy to adults and adolescents across the hospital in a variety of services including orthopaedics, general medicine, geriatric medicine and rehabilitation.

About you

Your skills will include

Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as an Occupational Therapist

Minimum of 1 years' experience in a hospital setting

Previous experience working in Private hospital setting (preferred)

Availability on multiple days across the week highly regarded

Current FIM credentials highly regarded A willingness and commitment to work closely within a multidisciplinary team The benefits

Competitive remuneration with salary packaging options available to increase your take home pay

Career and career development

Reward and recognition programmes

Discounted health services

Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families

Access to discounted gym membership through Fitness Passport

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Cover Letter

Resume

We are committed to equal employment opportunity, ethical practices, the principles of cultural diversity and promote a smoke free work environment.





St Vincent's Health Australia is committed to reconciliation and encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to apply for all advertised positions. For further information, visit https:--www.svha.org.au-about-us-reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected].

REQUIREMENTS

Criminal record and-or child protection checks will be conducted and will form part of the selection criteria for this role.

SVPHM has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and-or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings. You are therefore required to comply with the SVHA Staff Health Screening Immunisation Policy, which, depending on the role you perform in the organisation will require you to undergo mandatory immunisations-vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

HAVE A QUESTION AND WANT TO KNOW MORE:

If you would like to discuss this opportunity please contact Sean Park on 9218 8275.

POSITION DETAILS

OUR ST VINCENTS St Vincent's Health Australia (SVHA) is a non-profit health organisation founded by the Sisters of Charity in 1857. We are renowned for industry leading research, education and the provision of exceptional and compassionate care. St Vincent's is shaping a future health and aged care system that supports people with life-changing care, wherever and whoever they are.

We care for people in our public and private hospitals, at home and in our aged care residences across NSW, QLD and Victoria.

Our vision at St Vincent's is that every person, whoever and wherever they are, is served with excellent and compassionate care, by a better and fairer health and aged care system. Our 30,000 exceptional and dedicated staff together lead St Vincent's to deliver three key priorities:

Enhance Impact: Continuously improve our care, enhancing our positive impacts for patients, people, and our planet.

Connect Care: Work together, building "One St Vincent's" capabilities and services to create the future of connected health and aged care.

Transform the System: Work with partners to shape a better and fairer health and aged care system.





St Vincent's welcomes people from all backgrounds and beliefs and provides them with opportunities to pursue their professional goals within a highly supportive and collaborative team environment.

ROLE IMPACT A Grade 1 Occupational Therapist at SVPHM will have the clinical knowledge and undergraduate experience to enable them to provide evidence based, effective patient care with the support and supervision of the senior physiotherapy team. They will demonstrate a desire and willingness to develop their knowledge base and clinical skills, aspiring towards excellence in patient care.

A Grade 1 Occupational Therapist will be expected to work collaboratively with other members of the multidisciplinary team. They may be responsible for the supervision of an Allied Health Assistant.

A Grade 2 Occupational Therapist at SVPHM will have a broad experience base within the hospital setting, while demonstrating an emerging interest in a specialty clinical area.

This skill base will allow a Grade 2 Occupational Therapist to work independently and competently across the full spectrum of acute and rehabilitation services, providing clinical support and supervision to junior staff and students as required. They will have a commitment to developing their skills and knowledge in the specialty area relevant to their role, through attaining clinical experience and participating in quality improvement and professional development activities.

A Grade 2 Occupational Therapist will demonstrate emerging leadership skills. This may include collaborating with and supporting senior staff and management with continual service improvement, and supervision and mentoring of junior staff and students.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Patient-Resident Centred

Actively participate in key initiatives that contribute to person-centered care improvements.

Take a partnership approach to care provision by embedding person centred care principles in all aspects of work.

Ensure consumers receive information in an appropriate and accessible format.

Actively support consumers to make informed decisions about their treatment and ongoing care.

Ensure consumers know their rights and responsibilities and how to provide feedback.

Uphold the expected standards of service excellence.

Position Accountabilities

Provide evidence-based occupational therapy intervention across the clinical stream

Timely delivery of team g

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