This position qualifies for an annual Recruitment Incentive Package up to the value of $10,000 (conditions apply and may be pro-rata’d to your contracted or ordinary working hours, these payments are paid on a fortnightly basis) under the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme.
This scheme recognises the role key health workers play in enabling the delivery of rural and remote health services, and aims to provide incentives over and above award entitlements, to attract and retain staff in these areas.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3
Remuneration: $101,591 - $116,038 + Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ596143

Location: Broken Hill NSW

• We really aren’t that far away - only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need right at your front door
• Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms.

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• Provide senior clinical leadership within the Allied Health Palliative care service provision, including optimisation of patient care delivery, as well as supporting the mentoring and development of staff.
• Responsible for a clinical caseload of patients across the lifespan, with complex needs who are approaching or reaching the end of their life in the community or as an inpatient, across the FWLHD.
• Participate in the planning, implementation and evaluation of occupational therapy services to palliative care patients across the FWLHD
• Work with the multidisciplinary palliative care team to develop key performance indicators for the service to guide quality improvement and/or research initiatives.
• Candidates of relevant experience at Level 2 year 3-4 with a plan to progress to Level 3 are also encouraged to apply.