Health Workers who take up employment with Queensland Health from intrastate, interstate or overseas may be eligible for incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/working-for-us/workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme ). For further information regarding the Scheme and to verify eligibility, please refer to the guideline(PDF) ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/190415/Workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme-guideline.pdf ).

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About us:

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About you:

In your new role you will…

• Demonstrate advanced level of leadership, knowledge, clinical expertise and skill in the theory and practice of rural generalist Occupational Therapy across multi-speciality clinical areas, including demonstrated ability to integrate current professional development and evidence-based practice principles into clinical management.
• Demonstrate highly developed interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills to interact effectively with and provide expert clinical advice to patients/clients and their families, multidisciplinary team members, stakeholders and professional/operational supervisors regarding client outcomes, service delivery and improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to develop clinical and professional skills in other clinicians.

About your opportunity:

In this position you will provide advanced level of clinical expertise and leadership in Occupational Therapy and contribute to the professional development of Occupational Therapy colleagues regarding the assessment and management of patients across the rural Hospital and Health Service.

About your role:

• Involvement in service provision to patients as part of the Occupational Therapy Department public holiday and weekend service, and out of hours roster as operationally required.
• Deliver advanced level rural clinical and consultancy services across the broad spectrum of presentations to hospital wards, emergency departments and Occupational Therapy outpatient services.
• Deliver advanced level clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary Allied Health Service, providing clinical advice to professional and operational supervisors and developing streamlined and efficient service models that support the continuous improvement of local service delivery.
• Apply cultural competence working with clients from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Mandatory inclusion:

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )