Mental Health Clinician (Occupational Therapist) - Adult Secure Unit

$44.77 - $51.46 per hour + Salary Packaging! 
Full time or Part time option 

Up to full time hours available with ADO

About the Role

We are seeking a dedicated Grade 2 Occupational Therapist to join our team at the Secure Extended Care Unit (SECU) in a part time or full-time permanent role. Up to full time hours available.

This opportunity is ideal for Occupational Therapists experienced in mental health or those from other fields interested in transitioning to mental health practice in a supportive environment.

In this role, you’ll provide occupation-based therapy in individual and group settings, contributing to care, treatment, and discharge planning for consumers. You'll be a key player in our therapeutic program and help strengthen our allied health workforce.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver and evaluate evidence-based individual and group occupational therapy interventions for individuals with mental health conditions.
• Participate in regular supervision, professional development, and engage with the Grampians Mental Health and Wellbeing Service Occupational Therapy network.
• Lead and coordinate the multidisciplinary therapeutic group program, and contribute to the multidisciplinary team with both discipline-specific and generic expertise.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Team and Lived and Living Experience Workforce (LLEW) to support care planning for discharge and transfers.
• Lead sensory modulation assessments and interventions to promote wellbeing, manage distress, and enhance participation in meaningful activities.
• Assist with NDIS applications for SECU consumers.

Skills & Experience 

• Unrestricted registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency (AHPRA).   
• An approved Degree from a recognised school of Occupational Therapy or other qualifications approved for eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Occupational Therapy (Vic.).   
• Minimum of 2 years experience post graduate.

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Interested?

Click APPLY or contact Samantha Giles, Nurse Unit Manager on 5320 6723 for a confidential discussion.  

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. 

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Culture & Benefits 

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city.  Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping.  Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.