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Senior Occupational Therapist (Lvl 3) Palliative Care Liverpool Hospital Temp FT South Western Sydney Local Health District REQ618739 Requisition # Employment Type: Temporary Full Time, 38 hours per week until 29.Jan.2027 Location: Liverpool Hospital Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3 Remuneration: $2,240.23 - $2,312.82 per week About You Keen to take the next step in your career as a Senior clinician. Apply your clinical expertise to palliative care patients. Eager to extend your clinical and supervisory skills. Enjoy working in a fastpaced environment. About the Opportunity This is an exciting opportunity to join a large and dynamic occupational therapy department for the provision of clinical governance, leadership and expertise within the Cancer Care Team, under the responsibility of an Occupational Therapist Team Leader. A Day In The Life Responsible for providing evidencebased, innovative and practical solutions to support the patient journey through a busy tertiary acute hospital, you will work closely with patients, families and the multidisciplinary team to achieve patientgoals as part of their endoflife care planning. You will be using your excellent organisational and communication skills to manage your day and provide uptodate information about your patients to various stakeholders. Your knowledge and skills will continuously improve through the various learning opportunities and clinical expert clinicians in the department. Are you ready to take on this challenge and participate in continuous improvement in an everevolving environment and make a direct impact on patients lives and health outcomes? Where You''ll Be Working Liverpool Hospital, founded in 1813, is the major health service for southwestern Sydney, providing services to the local government area of Liverpool City Council as well as district services to residents and visitors in the area. It also provides a range of statewide services such as critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care and brain injury rehabilitation. It has 23 operating theatres, capacity for 877 beds, diagnostic and imaging services, emergency and trauma care, maternity, paediatric, cancer care, mental health, ambulatory care, allied health and medical and surgical services from birth to aged care. Liverpool Hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment: the $790 million Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct (LHAP) project will provide enhanced facilities and an increased capacity to meet future significant population growth for South Western Sydney. It is a principal referral and teaching hospital of UNSW Sydney and Western Sydney University and welcoming students from over 20 universities and colleges. Located in the heart of Liverpool City, the hospital is close to public transport, shopping centres and eateries. How to Apply To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the following questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application. Recognised Degree in Occupational Therapy or other qualification deemed appropriate by the employer, with registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Demonstrated advanced clinical skills and significant experience in the provision of occupational therapy services for a wide range of medical and surgical clinical caseloads, including palliative care in an acute setting. Demonstrated experience in the provision of clinical supervision, mentoring of staff and/or students. Demonstrated high level organisational and time management skills. Demonstrated experience participating in service evaluation incorporating the quality improvement process. Salary Packaging South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details. Health & Fitness South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport. Transforming Your Experience Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staff and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we dont just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply. SWSLHD is committed to driving a childsafe culture that upholds children and young peoples rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously and act to keep them safe from harm and abuse. NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. 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