Grade 3 Occupational Therapist Residential Aged Care
Core
Lead the development, implementation, and delivery of high-quality Occupational Therapy services for residents in a residential aged care facility, supporting independence, dignity, safety, and meaningful participation in everyday life.
Role type
Senior clinical Occupational Therapist (Grade 3)
Builds
Clinical care plans, evidence-based interventions, and quality improvement initiatives for residential aged care residents.
Domain
Healthcare / Residential Aged Care / Rehabilitation
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Advanced clinical assessment and treatment, evidence-based practice, clinical leadership, staff and student supervision, quality improvement, multidisciplinary collaboration, falls prevention, pressure care management, equipment prescription.
Preferred skills
Postgraduate qualifications in Occupational Therapy, experience in subacute physical rehabilitation settings.
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Provide advanced Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment, re-evaluation, and care planning; deliver evidence-based interventions for independence, mobility, and wellbeing; lead clinical leadership and service development; coordinate clinical supervision; lead quality improvement initiatives.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities