Acute Team Leader & Deputy Occupational Therapy Manager

Job Description:

• Role title: Acute Team Leader & Deputy Occupational Therapy Manager

• Role type: Permanent Full-time

• Role grade: Level 5

• Department and location: Occupational Therapy

• Salary: $130657- $133834 p.a. Super Salary packaging

Better and fairer care. Always.

We are St Vincents Health Australia Australias largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857 our 30000 healthcare superheroes operatepublic and private hospitals residential aged care community and virtual care and outreach programs.

About the role

• Lead and oversee the delivery of Occupational Therapy services across Acute Care providing day-to-day leadership of the acute OT team ensuring efficient ward management patient prioritisation high-quality assessment treatment equipment prescription home assessment and discharge planning.

• Provide advanced clinical expertise in acute Occupational Therapy undertaking standardised and functional assessments designing patient-centred interventions and contributing specialised OT input to multidisciplinary care quality initiatives and research activities.

• Deliver senior clinical supervision and operational support providing guidance and oversight to senior OT clinicians and students ensuring safe practice fostering professional development and maintaining consistent service standards across acute care.

• Drive service development evaluation and quality improvement including collection and review of activity data and outcome measures supporting continuous improvement projects contributing to research and collaborating with the OT Manager to enhance acute OT service delivery.

• Manage resources and operational requirements for the Acute OT service overseeing efficient use of human financial and physical resources coordinating weekend service rosters monitoring the OT equipment loan pool and supporting workforce functions such as recruitment leave management and orientation.

• Act as a key member of the senior OT leadership group providing organisation-wide occupational therapy advice

• Serve as delegate for the OT Manager during periods of supporting broader departmental operations across acute care palliative care rehab and community services as needed.

About you

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy with current AHPRA registration supported by extensive post-graduate experience in acute hospital settings across a broad range of specialties.

• Advanced experience in clinical management with well-developed clinical reasoning skills and the ability to exercise independent professional judgment on both routine and complex matters.

• Demonstrated leadership and management skills including supervision of senior staff and other health professionals with the ability to provide high-level advice consultation and education to support excellence in Occupational Therapy service delivery. Capacity to manage teams and commitment to clinical team building is highly desirable.

• Experience in quality projects and/or research with a demonstrated commitment to service development initiatives and continuous improvement.

• Highly developed oral written and computer skills including experience with presentations project management report writing policies and procedures negotiation and effective time management.

• Current unrestricted NSW Class C Drivers Licence with the ability to meet service needs across locations as required.

Why work at St Vincents

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all including the most at-risk people in our community

• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport

• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank

• Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free

• Committed to financial support for educational development scholarship programs paid study leave

About the hospital

In this role you will be based at St Vincents hospital Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location

• Surrounded by great cafes galleries and theatres parks nightlife and nearby glorious beaches

• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people

• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes many of which are located on-campus

• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation bone marrow transplantation cardiology cancer care AIDS/HIV respiratory medicine mental health homeless health drug & alcohol services and correctional health

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks including relevant immunisations.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is 12 December 2025.

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest skills and experience align with About You.

For more information please contact Occupational Therapy Manager Karly Armour on

Respectfully this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincents 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.

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