ACT Health
New Graduate Occupational Therapist - Allied Health
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Employment Type: Full Time, Temporary 12 Months
Classification: Health Professional Level 1 (PN 62644, Multiple)
Salary: $80,861 - $97,932 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Health Services, ACT
Section: Allied Health
Closing Date: 13 September 2026
What can we offer you:
- A range of clinical experiences to help you identify your clinical passion and best fit at CHS
- Exposure to management of complex clinical cases with great support
- A 12-Months new graduate allied health education program, with comprehensive orientation, networking opportunities, clinical supervision and regular education sessions
- City living without the traffic
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions
- Flexible working conditions
- 12.5% Superannuation
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates up to $12k (subject to review and approval)
About the Role:
There are great opportunities for new graduate Occupational Therapists across Canberra Health Services!
If you are a new graduate occupational therapist looking for an exciting opportunity in healthcare, supercharge your career and create the life you want in Canberra. Our new graduate program has been designed to provide you with tailored individual support whilst optimising your career opportunities.
Why work in Canberra?
Located in one of Australia’s most liveable cities, this role also offers the unique advantage of Canberra’s relaxed lifestyle and pace, supporting a rewarding career alongside an excellent quality of life.
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To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services
We are looking for Occupational Therapists in the following areas:
- Hospital setting supporting adults during and following a sudden acute illness.
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting supporting adults during and following illness.
- Outpatient rehabilitation for adults who have had a recent change in function including neurological rehabilitation.
- Sub-acute older person care to help improve functional capacity and independence after a hospital stay.
- Working in the community providing intervention to aged care and consumers living with a range of disabilities.
- Mental Health settings which may include working in either hospital based or community teams providing occupational therapy services to adults, children or young people experiencing mental illness.
Successful candidates in the HP1 new graduate year are offered the opportunity to rotate across services and divisions to provide them with a broad range of experiences and opportunity to identify their clinical passion.
You will work in a growing and dynamic health service that is committed to providing state of the art services to Canberra and the surrounding regions. Successful candidates will be supported and provided ongoing education opportunities facilitated through the Allied Health New Graduate program and Allied Health Clinical Education Unit.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
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Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
To Apply:
Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV, the name of 2 referees, and a 2-pages Response (Where possible in your answers include specific relevant examples of your work) 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.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Murray Hair on (02) 5124 0725 or at Murray.Hair@act.gov.au
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