Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Position Classification: Diversional Therapist Level 1/2
Remuneration: $67,442 – $97,709 per annum, plus Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ420410
Application Closing Date: Sunday, 13 August 2023
An exciting opportunity exists for a Diversional Therapist to join the newly established Aged Care Awaiting Placement Ward based at Figtree Private Hospital.
This is a Temporary Full Time position until 7 July 2024 with the possibility of an extension subject to funding.
Where you’ll be working
The Illawarra Shoalhaven local health district (ISLHD) is opening a 20 bed Aged Care Awaiting Placement (CAP) unit within Figtree Private Hospital. Figtree Private Hospital is located in Suttor place, Figtree and will provide healthcare to elderly patients currently within our acute ISLHD hospitals whom are ACAT approved awaiting placement of Residential aged care facility (RACF), Illawarra transitional aged care service (ITACS), Community packages (COMPACS), Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) or Veterans Home Care (VHC).
The patients are managed by a geriatrician and staffed by a multidisciplinary team of medical, nursing and interdisciplinary allied health professionals who work together to provide comprehensive and collaborative care to patients.
We are looking for a dynamic team of allied health clinicians who can work under an interdisciplinary model of care providing comprehensive care to an aged patient group.
Your responsibilities will include assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating allied health care, to ensure that the provision of holistic care meets the physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs of the patients. Some of the wards daily goals of care include improving patients general functioning in relation to reduced mobility, cognitive impairment and overall wellbeing.
What we can offer you
The Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) provides you with an excellent career choice with many rewarding experiences. At ISLHD we are not just offering jobs, we are offering you the opportunity to excel in your chosen field and to experience a work life balance.
Work flexibility is very important at ISLHD and we provide our people with a range of benefits and conditions to assist with balancing the demands of work and personal life where possible. We offer:
- ADOs each month (for eligible full time employees)
- Study and development leave
- Access to in-house training, learning and educational opportunities
- Salary packaging options to reduce your tax and increase your take home pay (for eligible employees)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – counselling for you and your family
- Fitness Passport program – ISLHD staff can sign-up with Fitness Passport, an external service provider. Fitness Passport offers employees access to gyms and fitness services that are current members of its program on a minimum 12 month contract. https://www.fitnesspassport.com.au/IHS
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed an up-to-date course of a COVID-19 vaccine (3 doses for Category A roles, 2 doses for Category B roles) which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Please provide proof of vaccination if available.
Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.
Talent Pool
This recruitment may be used to create a talent pool / eligibility list where candidates may be offered casual, permanent, or temporary full-time or part-time positions within the next 12 months.
Please note: Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified fo