ABOUT THE ROLE:
Exciting opportunity for a Senior Occupational Therapist to advance their career in a clinical and leadership role in mental health and join our friendly and supportive team of multidisciplinary professionals at Mercy Mental Health Residential Services committed to providing high quality, evidence based, safe and effective person-centred care.
- Senior Occupational Therapist Role, Grade 3
- Fixed Term Part Time 0.6 FTE
- Based in Werribee & Deer Park at Mercy Mental Health Prevention And Recovery Care (PARC) & Community Care Unit (CCU) facilities
- Co-ordinate client recovery programs, NDIS support, Occupational Therapy specific assessments and support to the multidisciplinary team at both sites.
- Direct operational management of the Occupational Therapist Grade 2 and an Occupational Therapist Graduate based at the CCU.
- Friendly and supportive team environment with strong emphasis on learning and leadership development.
ABOUT YOU:
- An approved degree in Occupational Therapy and registration with AHPRA as an occupational therapist.
- Current membership or eligibility for membership with Occupational Therapy Australia (VIC).
- Excellent knowledge, skills and understanding of evidence-based Occupational Therapy specific assessments and interventions in mental health clinical practice.
- Relevant experience working in mental health with strong clinical and operational leadership capabilities.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and practices with a high level of integrity and professionalism.
- Enthusiastic, flexible, team-orientated and passionate to work in mental health.
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 sub acute 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.