About us: 

The Child Development Service is a community based, multi/transdisciplinary, paediatric early assessment and intervention allied health service.

The Child Development Service supports families to build on their understanding of their child's developmental delay or disability and facilitate transition to supports such as early intervention and community programs. We provide transdisciplinary paediatric allied health assessment services to children aged 0 – 16 years with developmental differences and complex developmental delays.

About you:

In your new role you will....

• Utilise high level Occupational Therapy paediatric knowledge, expertise, clinical decision making and risk management skills to provide safe and efficient service delivery on a daily basis within a multidisciplinary / transdisciplinary team, with infrequent need for direct clinical practice supervision.
• Apply professional judgement with high level case management skills to support a complex caseload independently adapting routine clinical practice based on valid and reliable evidence to establish and deliver efficient and effective client-centred services.
• Lead Occupational Therapy and other clinical projects and research activities within the Child Development Service and contribute to other programmes as requested.
• Provide general clinical Occupational Therapy advice to professional and operational supervisors, relevant service managers and other stakeholders including non-government organisations and remote community agencies within Far North Queensland, regarding CDS service delivery and management of complex cases with infrequent need for supervision.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest. 

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