Occupational Therapist, Grade 2 - Home Assessment

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Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.

About the Role

Join our team as an Occupational Therapist, Grade 2 on a part time (.8 FTE), ongoing basis. This role will be based between the Kingston centre in Cheltenham and Monash Medical Centre in Clayton as well as some travel between sites.

You will work with patients and clients every day to enable them to improve their participation in occupations by assessing the home environment and their occupational performance in their home. This includes completing occupational assessments in patients home, recommending and setting ongoing setting goals with your clients and the multidisciplinary team and completing occupational based interventions including equipment prescription that make a different to patient’s everyday lives.

You will work collaboratively day to day with a multi-disciplinary team of allied health, nursing and medical staff. You can share ideas and support joint treatment with a fantastic group of people who are inclusive, passionate and share a vision to provide excellent, evidence-based care for patients and their families.

Working across other departmental areas or streams and between Monash Health Sites also form part of this role which means you can build skills in:

• a variety of clinical specialisms
• have career opportunities to develop and grow
• forming a large support network for your skills

About Us

The Occupational Therapy department at Monash Health are an integral part of the wider Allied Health and ward multidisciplinary team. This positon will also provide key leadership to the Occupational Therapy team in upskilling our staff in the area of home environment assessments

You will be part of the wider Monash Health Occupational Therapy service, with access to all the benefits that offers: professional development, supervision, and broad and specialised clinical experience.

We are experienced, friendly and inviting. You will have the support you need to flourish in your career.

• Supportive team environment where your ideas matter
• Specialist home assessment skills
• Supervision and professional development support
• Work on making a difference with occupation based therapy and intervention

What You Bring

• Qualifications relevant to the attached Position Description & Role Statements. 
• A forward thinking approach to care – your ideas matter to us!
• Enthusiasm for working in a multifaceted role
• Flexibility to work across sites and streams
• Your proactive and team player attitude
• Your strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to engage patients in the participation of their treatment journey

What you need

• Experience in providing a clinical service to patients in an inpatient setting, including home assessment practice and environmental modifications
• Demonstrated skill in teaching, supervision and promoting the growth and development of staff
• Ability to work autonomously across streams within the scope of the role

In Return

• A supportive and cohesive team within a larger multidisciplinary setting
• Genuine career progression pathways
• Continual opportunities to use your drive for innovation to develop services to meet the changing landscape within the broader healthcare system
• Opportunities to lead/ participate in research at profession and team levels

• Aalary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
• Comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
• Free flu vaccinations
• Private health insurance at discounted rates
• Health imaging services

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Sarah Gore, Occupational Therapy Manager on 0434 666 918.

Position Description can be found here and here.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close: 25 April 2025