Senior Occupational Therapist - Local Mental Health & Wellbeing Service

• Location: Melton
• Employment Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
• Salary: Grade 3 + Superannuation + Salary Packaging

About the role:

Join the Melton Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Service as a Grade 3 Occupational Therapist and play a key role in Victoria's mental health system reform following the Royal Commission. This full-time position offers the opportunity to deliver high-quality, person-centred therapeutic care within an integrated mental health and alcohol and other drug framework.

The Adult and Older Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing services, otherwise known as “Locals”, are a key recommendation from Victoria’s Royal Commission into the mental health service system. As such, the Locals are a key feature of the current system transformation.

The Locals will provide a continuum of care and support including clinical interventions, wellbeing supports, and therapeutic support through an integrated mental health and alcohol and other drug framework approach.

Mind Australia is the lead agency in a consortium which comprises of IPC Health, Western Health and Thorne Harbour Health, who will deliver the Melton Local. Our shared vision is a Melton Local that delivers integrated care and support that puts the person accessing the service at the very centre of their treatment, support and care coordination using a range of evidence informed approaches. The consortium is committed to embedding lived and living experience within all aspects of the service including program design and evaluation, leadership, service delivery and governance.

Key responsibilities:

You will provide advanced assessment, intervention, care planning and therapeutic support to adults and older adults with diverse and complex mental health needs. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will collaborate with consumers, families, carers and external services to coordinate care, support recovery and promote access to appropriate mental health supports.

Based in Melton, you will contribute to a recovery-oriented, evidence-informed service that embeds lived and living experience across service delivery, leadership and evaluation. This role suits an experienced Occupational Therapist with strong clinical reasoning, excellent communication skills, and a sound understanding of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, who is passionate about integrated, community-based mental health care.

About you:

• Provide comprehensive and flexible therapeutic support services to people including an advanced level of assessment, intervention, treatment planning and evaluation, education and research in accordance with professional, ethical and National Standards utilising clinical experience.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary interprofessional team and other relevant stakeholders to promote and facilitate access to primary mental health care services including the provision of support to assist staff to recognise and respond to mental health conditions and provide effective clinical management.
• High level awareness of legislation governing mental health practice especially the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
• Ability to clearly document clinical decisions in a number of online platforms.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating care by communicating and advocating for the consumer and their family/carers with programs and external service providers.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)

Click here for the Position Description.

About Western Health 

Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage.  

We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include oncology, renal, mental health, women’s health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics and cardiology.  

We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia’s most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges. 

Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison located in Ravenhall. 

Why join us? 

Compensation and benefits 

• Competitive salary packages aligned with market standards. 

• Health and wellbeing programs, including flexible work arrangements. 

• Scholarships and grants to support your continuous learning journey. 

Learning and development opportunities 

• Access the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA) for personalised learning pathways. 

• Professional growth programs, including postgraduate studies and clinical education. 

• Mentorship and career support. 

Community impact and inclusion 

• Make a meaningful difference in patients’ lives through compassionate care. 

• Join a workforce that champions diversity and inclusion. 

• Engage in community wellbeing initiatives and groundbreaking healthcare research. 

Organisational culture and environment 

• Thrive in a collaborative, compassionate and innovative team environment. 

• Be part of a culture that celebrates continuous improvement and excellence in healthcare. 

Ready to make an impact? 

If you’re passionate about contributing to a recovery-oriented, evidence-informed healthcare, we’d love to hear from you. Simply click on the “apply” button and follow the prompts. 

If you are currently employed at Western Health, please ensure you sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the intranet before applying.  

Closing date: 11:59pm on 6 April 2026.

Enquiries: For further information about this role, contact Cassie Low via Cassie.Low@wh.org.au. 

Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation Status Clearance and a Working with Children Check (if applicable).

Western Health is committed to the psychosocial safety of all applicants and employees.

Western Health does not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from recruitment agencies.

Western Health