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Provide
compassionate care to children and young people, with a focus on
comfort, dignity and quality of life.
Contribute
to a specialised and growing Children’s Hospice
service
This is a recruitment pool
for Permanent Full Time, Permanent Part Time, Fixed Term Full Time,
Fixed Term Part Time, and Casual appointment(s), with the
possibility of extension(s) and/or permanency.
We currently have a
Permanent Part Time appointment at 0.8 FTE available.
Position Profile
The Child and Adolescent
Health Service is seeking an experienced and compassionate
Senior Occupational Therapist to join our
Paediatric Palliative Care and Children’s Hospice Service. This is
a unique opportunity to provide highly specialised care that
supports the comfort, quality of life, and dignity of children with
life limiting conditions, and their families.
As a Senior Occupational
Therapist, you will deliver advanced occupational therapy services
within a multidisciplinary team, supporting children receiving
paediatric palliative care and respite services.
You will play a critical
role in helping children and families adapt to complex and changing
care needs - focusing on maintaining participation in meaningful
activities, supporting comfort and function, and enabling
family-centred care throughout the child’s journey.
This role combines advanced
clinical practice, consultancy, education, and service development,
with opportunities to influence care delivery across the service
and broader health system.
Key responsibilities
include:
- Providing advanced
assessment, intervention and clinical review for children with
complex, progressive and/or life-limiting
conditions.
- Supporting children and
families to adapt occupational goals in the context of disease
progression and end-of-life care.
- Assisting with symptom
management through task modification, equipment prescription,
education and counselling.
- Providing education,
training and support to parents and caregivers to promote safe
care and reduce risk.
- Working
collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and external
services to coordinate holistic care.
- Providing clinical
supervision and support to students, allied health staff and
assistants and contributing to the development of staff
capability in paediatric palliative care.
- Participating in service
planning, evaluation and continuous quality improvement
initiatives and the development of best practice models of
care.
If you are an experienced
Occupational Therapist with advanced clinical skills and a strong
commitment to compassionate, family-centred care, we encourage you
to apply.
Experience in paediatric
palliative care and/or complex disability settings is highly
regarded.
A tertiary qualification
in Occupational Therapy and eligibility for registration with the
Occupational Therapy Board of Australia are required for this
role.
About
the Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) Children’s
Hospice:
Due to commence operations
mid-2026, this purpose-built, world-class paediatric hospice,
located on the stunning Western Australian coast, offers statewide
specialist paediatric palliative care services for children and
young people (0–18 years) who are living with life-limiting or
life-threatening conditions, and their families.
This state-of-the-art, 7-bed
facility will be the first of its kind in Western Australia,
providing specialised palliative care for children living with life
limiting conditions aged from birth to 18 years within a peaceful,
home-like setting that prioritises comfort, dignity and
connection.
For more information on
the Perth
Children’s Hospice can be found
here.
How
to Apply
Applicants are requested to
apply online (www.jobs.health.wa.gov.au).
Please note, applicants must have a current, valid email address in
order to apply online. This email address will be used for
communication with applicants.
Your ability to
meet the work-related requirements will be assessed throughout the
recruitment process.
For your written application
please provide the following:
- A
statement addressing the selection criteria in half a page per
criteria.
- A
current resume which summarises your experience,
qualifications and how you can meet the position
requirements.
- Please
provide the name, email, and contact details of two
referees who can be contacted to provide a
reference. Referees should include at least one individual
who has been or is your direct Line Manager/Supervisor. (We
will contact you to seek your confirmation prior to contacting
your listed referees).
Within the
application system you will be presented with the following
question. Please review the Essential and Desirable Selection
Criteria outlined in the attached Job Description Form carefully
when preparing your response. Thisquestion allows you to
showcase your relevant skills and experiences in
detail,
- Please
describe how your experience translates to our paediatric
palliative care setting, including any experience working with
children with complex disability or life-limiting
conditions.
- Within
your response, please outline your approach to delivering
family-centred care, particularly in sensitive or palliative
contexts.
This response will be
assessed against the Job Description From (linked above) Essential
Criteria 2: Demonstrated recent and relevant clinical experience
and advanced Occupational Therapy knowledge and skills in
assessment, treatment and evaluation of children receiving
paediatric palliative care and hospice services.
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.
Selection
Criteria: Please see the attached Job Description
Form.
For Further Job
Related Information: We encourage you to
contact Jacqui Hunt, Head of Department, Occupational
Therapy, on 6456 0409 or jacqui.hunt@health.wa.gov.au
with any specific questions related to this role.
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.
Eligibility:
To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have a valid
working visa (for fixed term appointments) or be an Australian
citizen, permanent resident, or have a visa to live and work
indefinitely in Australia (for permanent appointments).
Working With
Children check: 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
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.
WA Health is committed to
eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our
service. We embrace diversity and strongly encourage applications
from people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with
disabilities.
In addition, we are
committed to growing our Aboriginal workforce as part of WA Health
Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve equality,
Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this
position and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are
encouraged to apply.
Suitable applicants will be
placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar
vacancies occur. Appointments may be made from this pool until
31/12/2026.
About
CAHS
The Child and Adolescent
Health Service (CAHS) is proud to be the leading service provider
for paediatric healthcare in Western Australia, as the State’s only
dedicated health service for infants, children, and young people.
CAHS comprises three service areas: Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH)
and Neonatology, Community Health, and Child and Adolescent Mental
Health Services (CAMHS).
With over 7000 employees,
our services are delivered at PCH and King Edward Memorial
Hospitals (KEMH), as well as across a network of more than 160
community clinics across the Perth metropolitan area.
For further information
about the benefits of working for CAHS, please click here and
for further information regarding CAHS’ services, please
click here
CAHS
values: To achieve our vision of healthy
kids, healthy communities, CAHS is committed to providing a
workplace culture that is driven and shaped by our values
of Compassion, Collaboration, Equity, Respect, Excellence and Accountability. During
the selection process you may be assessed on your ability to fulfil
the responsibilities of this position in accordance with the
values. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact
the person named in this advert.
Support
for your interview process
CAHS is committed to
ensuring that our interview process meets the access needs of all
applicants. If you require any reasonable adjustments to
accommodate a disability, enhance access, or support your inclusion
and success during the interview, please contact the CAHS Talent
Acquisition Team prior to your interview.
You can reach the team via
CAHS.talentacquisition@health.wa.gov.au
or by calling 08 6456 0321. All enquiries will be treated
confidentially.
Lodgement is system
generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date
will not be accepted.
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