COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT About us: The Occupational Therapy Department delivers patient-centred, evidence-based services across Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, supporting individuals to achieve optimal independence, safety, and participation in daily activities. The team provides comprehensive assessment, intervention, and discharge planning across acute, subacute, and community settings, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework. The department is committed to clinical excellence, continuous service improvement, and workforce development through strong leadership, mentoring, and supervision, while maintaining flexible and responsive service delivery to meet the evolving needs of patients and the health service. We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services. About your role: Utilise high level clinical knowledge, expertise and decision making based upon current evidence, to provide safe and efficient service delivery to multiple service areas on a daily basis across the continuum of care. Provide leadership within the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams in promoting and conducting activities aimed at continuous quality improvement including the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of clinical services service, review of clinical practices, work instructions and procedures. 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. Foster and maintain well developed links with internal (including multidisciplinary team) and external stakeholders to ensure coordination of patient care in a professional manner. For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description. Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives. What we offer: Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest. Learn what it's like to work with us, in an inclusive and supportive work environment. Discover our dynamic and culturally diverse region through community and lifestyle. Listen to what some of our staff have to say about working in our regions. Visit our website to learn more about our hospitals and health centres.
