Occupational Therapist
Date: 3 Nov 2025
Location: ApolloBay, VIC, Australia, 3232
Company: Barwon South West
Employment Type - Temporary Part Time; Casual
Hours per fortnight - 16
Job Category - Occupational Therapist
Req Id - 6484
Fixed Term Occupational Therapist - Parental leave cover
- Work for an organisation that recently won the Premiers Small Healthcare Service or the Year at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards 2024
- Live and work along the beautiful Surf Coast at Lorne
- Chance for suitably qualified candidate to enhance their skills in a varied, busy rural hospital
Great Ocean Road Health serves the communities of Lorne, Apollo Bay, and the Surf Coast, providing high-quality, accessible healthcare close to home. Formed in 2019 through the integration of Lorne Community Hospital and Otway Health, we offer a range of services across our Lorne and Apollo Bay campuses. Our goal is to meet the growing healthcare needs of the community, ensuring sustainable, robust care for the future while maintaining local services and staff levels.
About the Role
GORH are seeking a suitably qualified Occupational Therapist to join the Allied Health Team on either a fixed term part time basis for 16 hours per fortnight while our current OT is on parental leave. Casual applications will be considered.
Eligible candidates may be able to apply for the government funded SPOTS Program to support their transition to rural healthcare. Details below.
About the Program:
The SPOTS Program provides grants of up to $15,000 for final year speech pathology or occupational therapy students who choose to work in regional or rural Victoria upon completion of their course.
Key details
Grant amount: Up to $15,000 split across two instalments of $7,500
Eligibility: Open to final year students of speech pathology or occupational therapy degrees who complete their studies in 2025
Number of grants: Up to 180 grants are available across 2026
Application period for round three: 28 October to 24 February 2026
These grants are designed to help strengthen rural and regional workforces. We encourage health services in regional and rural Victoria to promote the program as part of their recruitment strategy to encourage speech pathology and occupational therapy graduates to work in public health services.
https://www.vic.gov.au/speech-pathology-and-occupational-therapy-student-grant-program
Working at Great Ocean Road Health gives you the opportunity to assist individuals, families and groups living, working and visiting rural communities with their health care needs, making for a rewarding and satisfying experience. Our team is strong and diverse and is supported and nurtured through continuous improvement programs and opportunities for professional development and growth.
Great Ocean Road Benefits
- Work Along the Iconic Great Ocean Road Join Great Ocean Road Health and experience a rewarding career in one of Australia’s most breathtaking coastal destinations, serving vibrant communities along the Surf Coast and Otways
- Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction
- A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Wide range of professional development opportunities to enhance your career
- Attractive salary packaging benefits. Living expenses capped at $9,010 and meals and entertainment capped at $2,650
- Community Engagement - our health service encourages you to be actively involved in the community health education imitative and preventative care.
Applications Closing: Friday 28th November 5pm
Contact Name: Manager Allied Health, Campbell Craig
Email: campbell.craig@gorh.vic.gov.au
Phone: 5237 8500
Diversity and Inclusion
We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion. We celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and talents of our team members, fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected. Our commitment to diversity strengthens our ability to provide compassionate and equitable care to all individuals, regardless of their backgrounds, abilities and identities.
We are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and a workplace that promotes wellbeing, and welcomes applications from those who identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person
We actively encourage individuals with disabilities and diverse backgrounds and identities to apply for our positions. Should you require any reasonable adjustments or support during the recruitment process, we are here to assist you every step of the way.
We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards: About Child Safe Standards | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au)
We are also proud to be Totally Smoke Free.
To join our team, all candidates are required to be fully vaccinated against influenza, aligning with our health services immunisation policy.