Occupational Therapist Senior Rehabilitation

About the Team

The Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, Children's Health Queensland, is a Specialist Rehabilitation Medicine Service which operates under a statewide model and includes:

1. Neurorehabilitation Programs
2. Limb Difference Program
3. Cerebral Palsy Health (CP Health)
4. Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre

About the Role

In this role you will coach and support others to deliver for children, young people and families (Leader of Others) in accordance with the Children's Health Queensland Leadership Excellence Framework and the Queensland Public Service and the CHQ values. Your contribution will include:

Clinical Practice

• Deliver high level occupational therapy rehabilitation clinical services for children with conditions including acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy (CP) and limb deficiency within the statewide role of the Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (QPRS) and within a tertiary paediatric hospital in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards, with minimal direct clinical supervision.
• Apply professional judgement to a complex caseload, adapting routine clinical practice using valid and reliable evidence.
• Utilise continuous high-level problem solving and critical thinking skills to support clinical reasoning, being able to adapt to non-routine clinical practice using valid and reliable evidence on a daily basis with infrequent need for direct clinical practice supervision.
• Work flexibly across all caseloads within QPRS in response to changing clinical demands.

Communication / Team Participation

• Provide high level clinical advice about occupational therapy rehabilitation services to diverse stakeholders.
• Actively contribute to service and caseload management and planning within the interdisciplinary team.
• Provide high level liaison with internal and external stakeholders of QPRS and work cooperatively and effectively within the interdisciplinary team and with clients, their families, community groups, other health professionals, supervisors and students.
• Accurately and concisely record all patient interaction as well as workload measurement statistics, to facilitate the analysis of service trends.
• Actively participate in a working environment supporting quality human resources management practices including employment equity, anti-discrimination, work, health and safety, and ethical behaviour.

Leadership / Service Improvement

• Monitor and report on clinical practices and outcomes within clinical service area.
• Provide leadership in, and participate in quality, research and service improvement activities.
• Actively participate in initiating, developing and implementing quality improvement activities to enhance the delivery of occupational therapy, rehabilitation services and multidisciplinary care.
• Provide clinical practice supervision, education and mentoring to less experienced occupational therapists and other clinicians.
• Provide educational and operational direction to assistant and support staff and supervision and education to work experience or observational occupational therapy students.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.