About the role:
This rewarding opportunity will see you join the St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba (SVPHT) as an Occupational Therapist in our Allied Health department. You will bring your passion to the role where you will work with a great team to support patient care. This role will be full-time permanent and will be pivotal in providing quality health care
About our hospital:
St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba is the largest acute private hospital on the Darling Downs. We are a 191-bed facility with highly experienced and skilled staff that work as a team to deliver the highest standard of healthcare to all our patients. Our occupational therapy team works with a broader multidisciplinary allied health team across the following areas: general medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, rehabilitation , intensive care, maternity and paediatrics, cardiac and neurology.
Things that work for you:
A collaborative and supportive environment, working with a dynamic team of allied health professionals
Retail and Travel Discounts; Blue light card a discounted service for frontline workers (available for over 350 brands inc. Big W, The Good Guys, Samsung), JB Hi-Fi corporate benefits, airport lounge membership discounts
Excellent salary packaging options up to $15,990, novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum, competitive hourly rates and paid approved overtime
Health and Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families, fitness passport, free uniforms & annual flu vaccination, ability to purchase annual leave, discounted hospital admissions at any St Vincent’s Private Hospital, discounted private health insurance through Bupa or Medibank
Join Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services
Things that work for us:
A current registration with AHPRA
Bachelor of Occupational Therapy or equivalent
Experience working within a private hospital or acute facility, desirable but not essential
Strong commitment and professionalism to patient centred care
Demonstrated ability to perform tasks and duties with a high degree of independence, including caseload management
Demonstrated sound understanding of the health care continuum
Demonstrated effective interpersonal and communication skills.
Appropriate computer and technological literacy
About Us:
St Vincent's has been a leader in Australia's health and aged care landscape for more than 165 years. Since our founders, the Sisters of Charity, opened our first hospital in 1857, our services and people have been behind some of Australia's most important medical breakthroughs. With public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs for marginalised people, we are a microcosm of Australia’s health and aged care system and are uniquely positioned to lead and respond to our rapidly changing environment.
Mission and Values:
As both a provider of care and as an employer, St Vincent’s aspires to create an environment that is truly inclusive for all people, always. St Vincent’s is constantly striving for inclusivity and to create and cherish a diverse place of care and work.
Part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit Mission and Values - Reconciliation
Respectfully, no agencies please.
Interested? Apply today or if you have any questions, please reach out please reach out to Allied Health Manager, Wendy Callcott on 0436 622 270 or email Wendy.Callcott@svha.org.au
Employment is subject to the successful completion of all pre-employment checks which may include a Working with Children check (i.e. a Blue Card). For further information about St Vincent’s commitment to Child Safety, visit St Vincent's Code of Conduct.
St Vincent's has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings and evidence may be required for proof of immunity.
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au
View Reconciliation Action Plan