Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 1/2
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $73,427.00 - $104,753.00 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ587874
Applications Close: 16/07/2025
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.

ABOUT US

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.
Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.
An exciting opportunity has opened up for an Occupational Therapist to join the team at Nepean Hospital on a permanent full time basis.
In this role you will provide person centred clinical advice to clients, carers, families and other health care professionals to ensure optimal health outcomes for the clients of the service.
Key to your success is the ability to problem solve and think laterally about complex patient situations, whilst working closely with families/carers and the multidisciplinary team. The Occupational Therapist is well supported to achieve this outcome by a team that is experienced, innovative and welcoming.
We invite you to make this next step in your career with us. Apply Today!

• Current registration to practice as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board AHPRA, and current class C NSW drivers licence or equivalent.
• Demonstrated clinical experience and ability to provide occupational therapy assessment and intervention in a variety of clinical areas including acute inpatient setting (Medical / Surgical / Aged Care) and sub-acute rehabilitation setting.
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision, including ability to manage routine clinical matters with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated skills in written and verbal communication with consumers, teams and agencies, with experience in clinical documentation, formal reporting and clinical handover.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated high level of effective organisational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated experience in the use of relevant evidence based practice resources to guide decision- making and commitment to quality improvement.
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