CRVCID 754201

About the Opportunity:

We are seeking a skilled and dynamic individual to appoint to a Senior Occupational Therapist position with the Health Technology Management Unit servicing the East Metropolitan Health Service and South Metropolitan Health Service. This is a fixed-term position working 0.9 FTE (68.4 hours per fortnight). The position will be predominantly based at Fiona Stanley Hospital but may be required to work at other sites such as Royal Perth Hospital, Fremantle, Mount Lawley and Bentley Health Service on occasions according to service demand.

About the Position:

An Occupational Therapist is required to join the Rehabilitation Engineering Clinic (REC), which is a specialist technology service within Rehabilitation Technology Unit (RTU), part of Health Technology Management Unit (HTMU). HTMU is an East Metropolitan Heath Service and is based at Royal Perth Hospital and the State Rehabilitation Service at Fiona Stanley Hospital.

The successful applicant will be required to support a dynamic multidisciplinary team that includes Occupational Therapists, Technical Officers, Equipment officers and Rehabilitation Engineers. 

Experience in the provision of complex wheelchairs, postural seating, and pressure management is required. Responsibilities include the assessment, prescription, fitting, and configuration of assistive technology to facilitate mobility, pressure management and activities of daily leaving whilst seated in a wheelchair.   

The applicant requires good problem-solving skills, lateral thinking, and ability to formulate unique designs of assistive technology that are not commercially available to achieve the required outcomes.

Prior experience with pressure mapping, setting up of alternative controls for wheelchairs, environmental control and mounting of assistive technology to the wheelchair is desirable.

For more information regarding this position, including a thorough breakdown of duties, reporting structures, and the criteria used in assessing applicants to the role, we encourage you to refer to the Job Description Form (JDF) attached.

For further job-related Information: for further information, we encourage you to contact Jeremy Morgan, Rehabilitation Technology Unit Manager, on (08) 9224 2500 or e-mail: Jeremy.Morgan@health.wa.gov.au

Area Profile:

Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) is Western Australia's longest-serving hospital and renowned for contributing to innovation and excellence in medical research and patient care. It is a 450-bed hospital, with an extensive range of services including Adult major trauma, complex and elective surgical care, highly specialised surgical services, tertiary mental health and specialist medical services.

Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) is an 863-bed tertiary and quaternary hospital providing a broad range of specialised healthcare services. These include the State Rehabilitation Service, a comprehensive cancer centre, dedicated mental health facilities, maternity, paediatric and neonatal care, as well as the State Adult Burns Service. FSH also delivers highly specialised treatments such as heart and lung transplantation and hyperbaric medicine.

Adjacent to the hospital, the FSH Medihotel operates within the Aegis Health Building and provides an innovative extension of FSH healthcare services, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Employee Benefits: Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which may include (in line with operational requirements):

• Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistance.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Flexible leave arrangements.
• Other professional and location-based allowances.
• 12% employer contributed superannuation into a fund of your choice. For information on superannuation click here. 
• Fitness Passport- discounted access to select gyms, pools, and fitness centres across Australia
• Discounted Smart Rider for travel to work

How to Apply:

Application Instructions: Applicants are requested to apply online (www.jobs.health.wa.gov.au) and provide suitable Referees, it is preferable for your referee to be a current supervisor or manager. Satisfactory references are an essential part of East Metropolitan Health Service’s (EMHS) recruitment. Set yourself up to succeed in your application by providing suitable, contactable referees.

Applicants are advised to write a covering letter outlining their suitability for this position and attach their current resume or curriculum vitae. In addition to this, applicants are requested to provide a separate document (maximum three pages) addressing each of the essential and desirable selection criteria outlined on page four of the Job Description Form (JDF) attached. When responding to each criterion, we encourage you to use real-world examples from your career as this will assist us in assessing your suitability. These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow sufficient time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.

EMHS is committed to ensuring that our services are delivered by people who are representative of the diverse communities we assist. 

We wholly embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage people to work with us from all ages, races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, family responsibilities or other characteristics, including Aboriginal people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, individuals with a diverse sexuality or gender or bodily diversity, and people with disability. 

WA Health is committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy.  As a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position.  Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply. 

Eligibility to Apply: To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have valid Australian work rights. This includes visa holders. Permanent appointments may be made to individuals who hold citizenship, permanent residency, or visas that enable ongoing employment in Australia.   

We are committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion. We actively promote applications from people with disability. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to support you through the recruitment process. Please contact EMHSTalent@health.wa.gov.au to let us know if you require any adjustments to take part in the application or selection process.

Other Conditions:  WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake a criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. As well as undertaking a criminal record screening and integrity checking, you may also be required to undertake a working with children check (if required for the role) and a pre-employment health assessment. We may ask referees to comment on your integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour. Please note that adverse information does not necessarily disqualify an applicant but will be considered as part of the appointment process. 
 
This position is subject to a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au 

Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, applicants found suitable for this position may be considered for other ‘similar’ vacancies within EMHS and/or the wider WA public sector. In addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process. Both of these options remain valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision. 
  
Help in submitting your application: If you experience technical difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business hours.

Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted. 

LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.