ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Senior Occupational Therapist will work within a fast-paced multi-disciplinary team to ensure the client’s needs are assessed and met from an Occupational Therapy Perspective
- Located at Werribee Mercy Hospital - Clare Moore Building (Acute Mental Health Unit but also assisting the Ursula Frayne Centre in Footscray)
- Fixed term part time role.
- Operational management of Grade 2 & Grade 1 OTs and Psychiatric Services Officers
- Access to discipline specific supervision and support through the network of occupational therapists within the service
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
ABOUT YOU:
- Energy, initiative and a passion to work in the mental health arena
- Registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist
- Experience as an Occupational Therapist in a mental health clinical setting
- A person-centred approach in thinking and practice, applying recovery concepts in practice
- Excellent knowledge, skills and understanding of evidence-based OT specific assessments and interventions in mental health clinical practice
- The ability to provide clinical direction and specialised knowledge to junior staff
- Excellent time management skills
- Develop and coordinate a therapeutic activities program for clients with a range of mental health diagnoses
- Undertake ongoing quality improvement initiatives to ensure best outcomes for clients.
- Post graduate qualifications in Mental Health a definite advantage
ABOUT US:
Mercy Mental Health (South West Area Mental Health Service) is a public mental health service supporting people in south west metropolitan Melbourne with severe and complex mental illnesses by providing acute and community-based care. Services are available to adults through acute inpatient programs, residential rehabilitation programs and crisis and community recovery-focused treatment programs. We also deliver inpatient and community specialist perinatal mental health services to women and infants in western Victoria.
Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women's health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.
Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.
WHAT WE OFFER:
Mercy Health recognises that many people want to work somewhere that is more than ‘just a job.’ At Mercy Health, we pride ourselves on our values-based culture, and offer a generous range of benefits to support you to maintain a healthy work/life balance. These include:
- Salary packaging benefits
- Opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Health and Wellbeing programs
- Camp Australia School Holiday Program
- Career progression and development opportunities
- A range of discounts available across a diverse portfolio of financial, healthcare, travel and other services
We focus on caring for our staff members and those important to them. We support all staff to be their authentic selves at work through Whole Self @ Mercy Health - our network group for LGBTIQ staff and allies.
At Mercy Health we pride ourselves on embracing diversity and foster an inclusive culture where individual differences are respected and celebrated. We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities and cultural backgrounds including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
To be the successful candidate you must meet the position requirements as well as provide a current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.