Senior Occupational Therapist

Latrobe Regional Health is a leading provider of health care services across the Gippsland Region

About the role

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Senior Occupational Therapist position in a leading regional hospital? Join the Occupational Therapy Team at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive. 

Latrobe Regional Health is looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our team on a Full Time (40 hours/week with an ADO)  from July 2026 – November 2026.

The Senior Occupational Therapist is responsible for coordinating and delivering clinical occupational therapy services across designated units, managing an individual caseload while working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. The position also provides strong clinical and professional leadership, offering supervision, guidance, and support to staff and students.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the Senior Occupational Therapist is to:

• Deliver evidence-based occupational therapy services, manage a clinical caseload, and contribute to patient-centred, multidisciplinary care.
•  Offer clinical supervision, support, and guidance to occupational therapists, allied health assistants, diversional therapists, and
• Develop, implement, and evaluate occupational therapy services, policies, and procedures, participating in quality improvement initiatives and ensuring compliance with accreditation standards.
• Build strong interdisciplinary relationships, promote collaborative care, and model positive, professional communication within the team and with external stakeholders.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Superior knowledge, skills and experience in the delivery of evidence based occupational therapy clinical services, including as this relates to hospital discharge practices
• Demonstrated independent professional practice, professional integrity and quality collaboration within an inter-professional team, responding effectively and flexibly to multiple clinical and organisational priorities whilst ensuring safe, appropriate, efficient and effective service delivery and resource allocation.
• High level of knowledge and skill in identifying clinical risks and risk management/mitigation strategies.
• Well-developed clinical and professional leadership skills, including the ability to provide high quality supervision to staff and students that promotes improved professional competence and ability to support the wider team.
• Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy), Bachelor Occupational Therapy, M.O.T Prac. or recognised equivalent degree
• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and Eligibility for membership of Occupational Therapy Australia

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Sarah Calvi, Occupational Therapy Manager email on sarah.calvi@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description

About us

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: AboriginalHealthUnit@lrh.com.au 

How to apply

Join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community. Apply today and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.

Applications Close: 26 May 2026

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Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.