• Are you looking for a Grade 1 rotational opportunity to develop your clinical assessment and treatment skills in a range of caseload specialties within a range of acute, inpatient rehab and community settings and strengthen your career development and choices?
• Are you wanting to work in a supportive multidisciplinary team with a dedicated occupational therapy supervisor who will provide support, mentoring and professional development in each rotation?
• Are you saving for that special occasion, holiday, first home - this position offers weekend/public holiday remuneration and up to 5 weeks of annual leave when working in bed based services.
• This job is for you as a Grade 1 Occupational Therapist at Barwon Health, a leading regional health care provider.

About the role

We are seeking applications for a Grade 1 Occupational Therapist to join our clinical rotation program which has 11 rotations across acute, inpatient rehabilitation, home based rehabilitation, community rehabilitation and community health in the clinical areas of orthopaedics, surgery, medicine, neurorehabilitation, geriatric evaluative management (GEM), and trauma. You will be part of a team weekend /public holiday roster. New graduates are welcome to apply. We offer you:

• Dedicated senior Occupational Therapists as supervisor who will provide support, mentoring and professional development.
• Engagement with a large Occupational Therapy department (over 100 staff) with a strong culture of student education, clinical research and innovation.
• Additional financial rewards with pay and leave for weekend work.

About Barwon Health

Barwon Health is the major public health care provider in the Barwon South west region covering the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care. Take advantage of the benefits that come with working in a progressive health service.

The University Hospital Geelong has 406 beds and provides a full suite of medical and surgical services, and is the second busiest emergency department and provider of paediatric surgery in the state.

The McKellar Centre is located only minutes from the centre of Geelong. There is a 100 bed inpatient facility and community rehabilitation centre offering rehabilitation in palliative care, geriatric evaluation and management, stroke, trauma, orthopaedic and amputee service.

Barwon Health has an extensive building projects occurring with a new acute wing, an integrated cancer/ wellness day unit, redeveloped library, education and research facilities, a northern suburbs urgent care/specialist consultation services facility and women’s  and children hospital development.

Culture

 “Our people caring for the community is what makes us great”

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Access to employee wellness facility
• Salary packaging
• Social club
• Be our future Barwon Health Strategic Plan
• Aboriginal Employment Plan
• Our Commitment to Child Safety

• At Barwon Health we harness a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We will embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.
• Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of our staff and consumers including children, and have appropriate recruitment resources in place to ensure background checks and reference checks are completed.
• At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.
• We Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free.