Purpose and Scope of the Position

This position fulfills discipline specific and multidisciplinary support within the Children’s Allied Health Services team. This team consists of family health support worker/social work, occupational therapy, psychology, and speech-language pathology.

As the Occupational Therapist you will:

• Fulfil a participative, consultative and collaborative role in the multidisciplinary team to facilitate early intervention services that improve the health and well-being of children with, or at risk of, developmental and other difficulties
• Provide health education sessions, screening and/or clinical assessment and goal-directed intervention
• Work collaboratively with the client’s parents/caregivers, other team members and the client’s key support personnel to provide services which maximize developmental outcomes for the client

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide a range of evidence-based occupational therapy services to children in accordance with the BUSHkids Model of Care
• Provide evidence-based assessment, diagnosis, program planning, intervention, referral and monitoring for children on allocated caseload
• Support an integrated clinical intake process to the BUSHkids service, this includes multidisciplinary screening, triage and case management
• Provide consultative and educational services to families and other organisations as required to support the child’s ongoing development
• Maintain data / accurate records of occupational therapy service provision to clients in accordance with medico-legal standards
• Maintain and care for equipment and resources provided for Occupational Therapy and identify resource requirements as required
• Monitor and review clinical therapy services in local centre in consultation with the Clinical Services Manager and Clinical Supervisor
• Contribute to and participate in professional development and supervision activities as deemed appropriate by the Clinical Supervisor and Clinical Service Manager for continued skill development in contemporary occupational therapy practice
• Participate in allocated clinical project work and research activities in consultation with the Clinical Services Manager and Clinical Supervisor
• Supervise Occupational Therapy students during placement following consultation and endorsement from the Clinical Supervisor and approval from the Clinical Service Manager
• Maintain a code of conduct and ethics in keeping with Code of Conduct of the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia

Qualifications / Professional Registrations / Other Requirements

Mandatory requirements for this role:

• Tertiary Qualifications in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia

Other requirements:

• Working with Children – Blue Card – Positive notice
• Current C Class Queensland Drivers Licence

• Proof of Hepatitis B Vaccination status

The successful applicant will be required to provide certified copies of required documentation prior to formal offer of employment.

Desirable qualities:

• Experience in working with children experiencing learning, mild to moderate developmental delays and neurodevelopmental disorders such as ASD, ADHD
• Experience with planning, implementing and evaluating group programs for young children and their families

• Experience in the provision of health promotion/community education activities
• Experience working with families in rural, regional and remote areas
• Experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

A full position description is available below.