Employment Type: Full-time, Temporary 11-month contract with possibility of extension and/ or permanency.
Classification: Health Professional Officer Level 3 (PN68886)
Salary: $111,639 – $120,057 (Plus 12.5%25 Super)
Location: Canberra Health Services, ACT
Section: Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Services
Closing Date: 18 March 2026
What can we offer you:
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Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
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Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
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Flexible working conditions.
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12%25 Superannuation.
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Access to Employee Assistance Program.
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Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
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Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
About the Role:
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Canberra Health Services has an exciting temporary opportunity for a motivated individual to join the Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Services Occupational Team. If you are someone who leads with kindness, collaborates with respect, and strives for progressive, reliable practice, we want to hear from you.
In this position you will be in a key leadership position, providing coordination and provision of day-to-day occupational therapy services to patients within a designated clinical area. This will include the provision of evidence-based assessments, and interventions to facilitate positive patient care and outcomes. You will also be responsible for the professional supervision and support to other occupational therapists, allied health assistants and students.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
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Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
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Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
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Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
To Apply:
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Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page response to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.
***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Ngaira Roper on or at
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