$64.97 per hour plus salary packaging
Fixed-term opportunity (parental leave cover)
Part time, 24hr per week
About the Role
An exciting leadership opportunity awaits a motivated and experienced Occupational Therapy Clinical Educator to join the Grampians Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (GMHWS). In this key role, you’ll support the Occupational Therapy Discipline Lead to advance evidence-based occupational therapy practices, drive workforce education, and provide clinical supervision for Occupational Therapists, graduates, and students.
Collaborating with a diverse range of stakeholders—including allied health educators and the Lived and Living Experience workforce—you’ll foster a positive, recovery-oriented culture and ensure excellence in clinical education and mental health service delivery. You’ll also play a pivotal role in implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission, contributing to innovative and meaningful change.
Key Responsibilities
Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to Occupational Therapists, including graduates and students, fostering their professional growth and development
- . Support the Discipline Lead in planning, developing, and managing clinical education initiatives for Occupational Therapists within GMHWS
- . Deliver engaging and informative training sessions on occupational therapy and mental health best practices to GMHWS staff
- . Implement and continuously evaluate the GMHWS Allied Health graduate and student programs in collaboration with multidisciplinary clinical educators and Discipline Leads
- . Monitor, review, and enhance clinical practices through quality improvement initiatives, recommending strategies for ongoing service excellence
- . Partner with the Occupational Therapy Discipline Lead to advance evidence-based practice, innovation, and high-quality service delivery across GMHWS
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Skills & Experience
Registered Occupational Therapist with AHPRA
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Strong experience in evidence-informed occupational therapy within mental health settings
- . Proven ability to provide clinical education, supervision, and leadership
- . Extensive knowledge of biopsychosocial assessment, therapeutic interventions, and recovery-oriented practice
- . Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and facilitate open discussions
- . Experience in quality improvement activities and promoting innovation in service delivery
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Interested?
if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Darlene Cole, Social Work Discipline Lead (mental health) on 0418 843 200 for a confidential discussion.
We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.
About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.
Culture & Benefits
Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunitie
- s Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holiday
- s Access to Staff Fitness programStaff rewards and recognition program
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Ballarat Region
Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.
