Senior Occupational Therapist - Aged Care
Core
Provide high-level, advanced clinical Occupational Therapy services, assessing patients' occupational needs and designing patient-centred interventions for inpatient Aged Care services.
Role type
Senior Occupational Therapist (Clinical Lead)
Builds
Inpatient Aged Care clinical services
Domain
Healthcare / Aged Care / Clinical Therapy
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Clinical reasoning, independent professional judgement, advanced clinical management, supervision and leadership, quality improvement, research
Preferred skills
Experience in acute and/or sub-acute hospital settings, experience in Aged Care, experience across other inpatient Acute Care settings
Technologies
Standardised and/or functional assessments
Responsibilities
Lead the planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting of Occupational Therapy services; Collaborate with the multidisciplinary clinical care team; Drive evidence-based practice and continuous improvement; Act as a local resource for complex patient cohorts; Contribute to the development of students and junior staff through supervision
