Employment Type: Part-Time, 12 Months Fixed Term Contract

Hours: Monday to Friday, 20 hours per week

Salary: As Per the Victorian Public Health Services EBA Occupational Therapist Grade 5

Location: Across Mercy Mental Health Sites 

Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications

Contact: For job applications contact Brian Jackson Senior Nurse E: [email protected]; For Allied Health Educator enquiries contact [email protected]

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

This is a Mental Health Early Career Opportunity to develop a pipeline of allied health occupational therapists into Mercy Mental Health and Wellbeing services. This position is funded to uplift educator resources that support the graduate Occupational therapists.

The Primary focus of the role is to:

• In the design, coordination and delivery of professional development activities for staff to meet the needs of the service.
• Provide hands on teaching and clinical support to Graduate Occupational Therapy cohort.
• The position also has a key role in supporting, reviewing and evaluating graduate programs.
• This Position will support the occupational therapist undergraduate program with a coordinated, comprehensive education framework to address organizational, discipline and individual professional development needs.
• The incumbent also contributes to the training and education activities to the broader Mercy Mental Health Program as part of the Learning and Development Team. 

What you’ll bring

You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.
• A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to learning cohorts.
• Proven ability to work in advanced area of education coordination for professional practice for the occupational therapy discipline.
• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.
• Advanced clinical supervision and reflective practice skills.
• Specialist mental health occupational therapy experience.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Post Qualification Experience – 5 years.
• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.