About the Team

The Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (QPRS) is based at the QCH and has close links with other hospitals and service providers. The service operates within a state-wide model, with an interdisciplinary structure and an emphasis on child and family-centred care, evidence-based practice and the use of outreach and telehealth technologies to provide high quality tertiary health programs to children with rehabilitation needs. Care is provided through inpatient services, day rehabilitation, outpatient and outreach services.

About the Role

Your contribution will include:
Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in accordance with Queensland Health's core values, as outlined above.
Actively participate in a working environment supporting quality human resources management practices including employment equity, anti-discrimination, work, health and safety, and ethical behaviour.

Clinical Practice

Deliver quality occupational therapy clinical services across the rehabilitation caseload in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards.
As experience builds, apply increasingly independent clinical judgement to more complex clinical decision making, under the clinical practice supervision or professional guidance of a more senior clinician.

Communication / Team Participation

Work cooperatively and effectively within the occupational therapy and /or multidisciplinary and /or inter-disciplinary team and with patients / clients.
Communicate with patients and their families, other health professionals, supervisors, assistants, students and researchers across the hospital, home, school, community and other settings across the state, as relevant to your service area.

Leadership / Professional Development

Provide student education and clinical practice supervision for less experienced practitioners, commensurate with the level of experience, as well as direction to assistant, support staff and work experience students,



under guidance of senior clinical practitioners.
Actively participate in the occupational therapy and /or multidisciplinary and /or interdisciplinary team clinical environments to ensure that occupational therapy services are integrated, efficient and equitable for the community serviced.

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the excellent benefits of working at CHQ HSS

Come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

Opportunities for professional growth and development
Competitive renumeration
Annual pay increases
12.75% employer superannuation contribution
17.5% annual leave loading
Salary packaging
Employee wellness and assistance program
Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

📌 Occupational Therapist Rehabilitation (Brisbane)
🏢 Queensland Government
📍 Brisbane