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Are you an Occupational Therapist looking to make a difference in Southern Adelaide's local community?

Are you a compassionate and skilled Occupational Therapist passionate about empowering individuals to lead fulfilling lives? Make an impact and join the team at The Margaret Tobin Centre inpatient unit located at Flinders Medical Centre to provide exceptional clinical care consumers experiencing mental health challenges.

About the Role:

The Occupational Therapist at the Margaret Tobin Centre plays a vital role within the multi-disciplinary team, with the primary objective to enhance the mental health and functional independence of adults receiving inpatient mental health care. As an Occupational Therapist, you will play a pivotal role in delivering holistic, person-centred care to support the health and well-being of this population.

As the AHP2 Occupational Therapist, you will be accountable to the MTC Nurse Unit Manager and the Principal Occupational Therapist SALHN Mental Health Services. You will have the opportunity to lead service improvements and use your clinical expertise to support in the continuation of a robust Occupational Therapy service provision across the unit. You will have access to a broader network of Occupational Therapists across SALHN mental health services and will have the opportunity to collaborate across the division.

Training and education relating to mental health care for this population will be provided during orientation and as an SA Health employee, you will have access to up to $2000 professional development funding via AHP+ PD funds per year to ensure your learning needs are supported. Quality clinical supervision will be provided as per SA health’s Allied Health clinical supervision framework.

Some of your responsibilities within the unit will include: 

• Developing, implementing and evaluating a range of evidence based, work, recreation, living skills and individual programs, relevant to consumer needs, which assist consumers to develop/maintain skills for independence.
• Linking and co-ordinating an appropriate range of resources and specialist and general services within and across Sectors
• Undertaking functional and cognitive assessment
• Provide trauma-informed care and interventions, including sensory modulation.
• Participating in multi-disciplinary clinical and discharge planning meetings for individual consumers including use of video-conferencing, with consumers, carers/family, community mental health teams, GPs and other relevant interested parties.

• Supervise and mentor the AHP1 Occupational Therapist on the unit.

About you:

• Highly motivated and have the ability to engage with consumers who have a lived experienced of mental health challenges including trauma
• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia. 
• Experience in mental health service provision within a multidisciplinary team is an asset
• Experience in providing evidence based psychosocial Occupational Therapy interventions
• Experience in the provision of a range of occupational therapy assessments, evidence-based therapeutic interventions, and skills including individual and group work. 
• Ability to provide occupational therapy consultancy within the team and sector programs and evaluate occupational therapy outcomes.
• A commitment to evidence-based practice and values-driven care.

About the Margaret Tobin Centre

The Margaret Tobin Centre is a 38 bed inpatient mental health ward located at Flinders medical Centre. MTC offers a range of therapies to support in the recovery from an acute episode of mental illness.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Abhinav Saini, Nurse Manager, on 0402 385 066, or Abhinav.Saini@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 29th December 2024

Attachments:

• AHP2 Occupational Therapist - Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 889594