62655, several-02GZ9

Closes: 15 May 2024

Classification: Health Professional Level 1
Salary: $66,285 - $86,842 plus superannuation
Position No: 62655, several-02GZ9
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 15 April 2024
Contact Officer: Felicity Martin on Felicity.Martin@act.gov.au or (02) 51246637

---

What can we offer you:

• A range of clinical experiences to help you identify your clinical passion and best fit at CHS.
• A 12-month new graduate allied health education program, with comprehensive orientation, networking opportunities, clinical supervision, and regular education sessions.
• Exposure to management of complex clinical cases with great support.
• City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 11.5% Superannuation.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates up to $12k (subject to review and approval)
• Discounted gym memberships

To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)

About the Role: There are great opportunities for new graduate Occupational Therapists across Canberra Health Services!

If you are a new graduate occupational therapist looking for an exciting opportunity in healthcare, supercharge your career and create the life you want in Canberra. Our new graduate program has been designed to provide you with tailored individual support whilst optimising your career opportunities.

Did you know that Canberra is ranked one of the most liveable cities in the world? There are stunning natural surrounds, amazing quality restaurants, world-class education facilities and so much more.

And recent research confirms that Canberrans are the happiest people in Australia – no wonder – there really is something for everyone in Canberra.

We are looking for Occupational Therapists in the following areas:

• Hospital setting supporting adults during and following a sudden acute illness.
• Working in the community providing intervention to aged care and consumers living with a range of disabilities.
• Mental Health settings which may include working in either hospital based or community teams providing occupational therapy services to adults, children or young people experiencing mental health disorders.
• The community care program

Successful candidates in the HP1 new graduate year are offered the opportunity to rotate across services and divisions to provide them with a broad range of experiences and opportunity to identify their clinical passion. You will work in a growing and dynamic health service that is committed to providing state of the art services to Canberra and the surrounding regions. Successful candidates will be supported and provided ongoing education opportunities facilitated through the Allied Health New Graduate program and Allied Health Clinical Education Unit.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

We will work with you to align you with the work areas you would prefer to work in. From the list above let us know your top three preferences in your application.

Transition to a permanent HP2 position is dependent on successful completion of the New Graduate year and the Division where a permanent position is available.

Prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

#LI-DNI

Career interest categories:

Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services