This role is an opportunity to fast track your career through experiencing the wide scope of practice a regional setting can bring. The rewards are immense!

Employment Type: Temporray Full Time (up to 30 Apr2021), Temporary Part Time (20 Hours per week, up to 17 Jan 2022) (Jobshare maybe considered both positions)
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 1/2
Selection Criteria/Position Description: Click here
Remuneration: $32.41 to $46.96 ph plus super
Location: Forbes NSW and Parkes NSW
Applications Close: 9 Dec 2020 - 11.59pm

We are unable to sponsor working visas for this position at this time.

Western NSW Local Health District is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability and people from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply for our advertised positions. If you require any assistance with your application or have any questions about this position, please get in touch with the contact person listed in this advertisement.

About the opportunity

This position to backfill maternity leave and provide Occupational Therapy services to a range of clients including Inpatients at Parkes and Forbes Hospitals, Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) eligible clients within Lachlan Health Service ( Parkes and Forbes Campuses) and Outpatients. It includes a maternity backfill to the Parkes Occupational Therapy Community Health general adult caseload. Primarily it will be to provide community assessment for provision of Home Modifications and equipment prescription to CHSP clients and the wider adult community clients ensuring wait times of clients is reduced. Service is to the Lachlan Health Service (LHS) - Forbes and Parkes community clients.

Lachlan Community Health provide services to both the Forbes and Parkes Community. The team provides service to the Inpatient units and community of both towns. Paediatric outpatient services are also provided. There is an ELP at each site for short term hire. Support is provided from the Senior OT and the team of Occupational Therapists. Caseload is negotiable with general adult community and paediatric outpatients possible.

What we can offer you

Country living with a meaningful career path
Paid leave entitlements
Generous salary packaging options and other fringe benefits
Flexible work practices (as appropriate to the position and negotiated with your manager)
Corporate wellbeing programs, including the Fitness Passport
Opportunities for learning and development, including in-house training with My Health Learning and the NSW Health RTO
Professional growth and accelerated career progression

Where you'll be working

Forbes and Parkes Hospitals – Lachlan Health Service, a part of the Western NSW Local Health District. For more information on living and working in our beautiful region, visit our website Western NSW Health Careers.

Based in Central NSW, Lachlan Health Service provides a range of complementary health services across two campuses, Forbes Hospital and Parkes Hospital.

Both Parkes and Forbes Hospitals are major district health service and procedural hospitals. Parkes Hospital was built in 2015 and Forbes Hospital’s refurbishment was completed in 2016 so you know you will be working in bright modern facilities with state of the art equipment.

Services offered across the Lachlan Health Service include emergency, acute and sub-acute medical, rehabilitation and palliative care services, maternity, operating theatre, renal dialysis, chemotherapy, day treatment and medical imaging. Community and primary health services including outreach services to surrounding smaller towns are co-located on both campuses.

With such a broad population and diverse range of services you will have many more opportunities to experience a wide variety of presentations, building your skills base and fast tracking your career.

Situated less than half an hour from each other the towns of Parkes and Forbes are vibrant energetic communities offering affordable housing and a great lifestyle, quality education, a strong sporting culture and first class community facilities. The towns are supported by transport, mining, health care, tourism, agriculture and public administration industries and are growing.

Parkes is best known for its annual Elvis Festival and the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope (‘the Dish’), and Forbes township is a mix of heritage buildings and contemporary public art and is famous for the fabulous foodie event ‘Grazing down the Lachlan’ following a travelling stock route on the banks of the Lachlan river.

Both towns are situated approximately five hours from Sydney, just over an hour from Orange and under two hours’ drive from Dubbo. Parkes offers three return flights a week to Sydney.

For a quick insight into the wonders of the fabulous Parkes district watch these short videos here and here or check out their website. You can learn more about Amazing Forbes in this video and at their website here.

For more information about the Western NSW Local Health District, watch our video!

Help with your application and how you apply for the position

To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria found in the Position Description above, as thoroughly as possible. For further information regarding the application process, interview process and pre-employment checks you can download the Guide to Employment with Western NSW booklet.

Please apply for this position online by clicking ‘Apply for Job’ at the top of this advertisement.

Need more information?

For role related queries or questions please contact Corey Rowbotham on Corey.Rowbotham@health.nsw.gov.au or (02) 6861 2538 or (02) 6850 7121

Talent pool

If the selection panel identifies a surplus of suitable candidates for the role, an eligibility list may be created where candidates may be offered casual, permanent or temporary full-time or part-time positions within the next 18 months.

Targeted role

This is a targeted position in accordance with GSE Rule 26: Employment of eligible persons. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply and preference will be given to suitable Aboriginal applicants in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities. Aboriginal applicants will be required to demonstrate Aboriginality in addition to addressing the selection criteria. Applicants can upload their Confirmation of Aboriginality as an attachment to their application.

Stepping Up – Close the Gap

The Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES) is working in partnership with the Western NSW Local Health District to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants wishing to apply for this role. For more information please contact the AES recruitment team on (02) 6882 8100 or email dubbo.recruitment@aes.org.au. Alternatively, applicants can visit our website for more information.

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