Occupational Therapist Advanced (Hands)

Bring your advanced hand therapy expertise to a role where you can lead, mentor and innovate.

Temporary part-time opportunity until September 2027 at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Coopers Plains, for an experienced Occupational Therapist to provide advanced clinical leadership in outpatient hand therapy.

As an Advanced Clinical Occupational Therapist, you will provide specialised hand therapy services while supporting clinical excellence, professional development and service improvement across the Occupational Therapy team. You will:

• Deliver advanced, specialised hand therapy assessment, treatment and consultancy services.
• Provide clinical leadership, advice and mentoring to Occupational Therapists and allied health staff.
• Manage complex patients using advanced professional judgement and patient-centred care.
• Support clinical education, supervision and skills development of less experienced clinicians and students.
• Lead the development of evidence-based clinical practices, protocols and innovative models of care.
• Contribute to quality improvement, research, service evaluation and knowledge translation.

We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist who can bring advanced clinical expertise and a collaborative approach to the role, with:

• Registration as an Occupational Therapist with AHPRA.
• Advanced clinical expertise in Occupational Therapy, ideally within specialist hand therapy.
• Strong communication, organisational and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience providing clinical supervision, mentoring and professional leadership.
• The ability to lead service improvement, clinical protocol development and research initiatives.
• A commitment to safe, compassionate and patient-centred care.

Check out our quick tips and application essentials!

• A role that combines clinical practice with leadership, education, research and service improvement.
• Opportunities to mentor and develop the next generation of Occupational Therapists and allied health professionals.
• Access to a supportive, multidisciplinary environment where collaboration and innovation are valued.
• The opportunity to contribute to evidence-based practice and initiatives that can influence service delivery beyond the immediate team.
• Flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance where operationally possible.
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one of the fastest growing areas in Queensland. We offer a range of services, including medical, rehabilitation, maternity, surgical and paediatric care.

We offer our staff and students extensive support and training in most medical specialties. As a teaching hospital, we help train future health care professionals and participate in research through strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland.

Our services will continue to grow as we build bigger and better facilities to support the community. By 2027, we'll have more beds and 5 more birthing suites as part of the Logan Hospital expansion.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.