The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers.

Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Statewide Mental Health Occupational Therapy Educator

Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing (on secondment from The Royal Melbourne Hospital)

• Senior OT role focused on workforce development and education
• Full-time secondment from RMH to the Victorian Collaborative Centre (fixed term to 18 Sep 2026)
• 5 weeks annual leave with protected time for training and supervision

About the Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing

The Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing is a Victorian public entity governed by an independent skills-based Board who report to the Minister for Mental Health. The Collaborative Centre is deeply committed to achieving its vision of better mental health and wellbeing for all Victorians through collaborating and learning together. In partnership with people with lived and living experiences, our core purpose is to translate evidence into innovation and effective practice and collaborate with the workforce and researchers towards our common goal of driving groundbreaking change to Victoria's Mental Health and Wellbeing system.

Your new role:

The Statewide Mental Health OT Educator provides senior leadership to strengthen and sustain the Victorian public mental health occupational therapy workforce. The role leads statewide workforce development and education, identifies learning needs, delivers strategic training solutions, and contributes OT expertise to multidisciplinary workforce initiatives. This position builds strong partnerships across area mental health services, universities, and key stakeholders to support workforce capability and future-focused growth.

In this role, you will:

• Lead statewide workforce planning and development for mental health occupational therapists
• Use scoping and benchmarking data to drive strategic workforce priorities
• Design, deliver and evaluate education and workforce capability programs
• Build OT capability in developing and measuring workforce initiatives
• Partner with research and academic programs support knowledge translation
  Drive strategic plan implementation and OT supervision framework uplift

About you:

• Registered Occupational Therapist with AHPRA registration (Occupational Therapy Board of Australia)
•  7–10+ years public mental health OT experience in government and regulated services
  Cert IV TAE or demonstrated experience designing, delivering and evaluating training programs
• Leadership experience leading projects, teams and workforce development initiatives
• Experience planning and evaluating OT professional development and providing clinical supervision
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills and experience co-producing education with lived experience partners

Benefits of working at the RMH:

• Salary packaging options, earn up to $12,000 tax free earnings!
• 5 weeks annual leave plus monthly ADO’s for full-time employees.
• Discounted gyms and health centre access with Fitness Passport.
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities.
• RMH is a values led organisation – People First, Lead with Kindness and Excellence together!

For a full Position Description, please click here.

Interested? Click on the apply button! Recruitment is ongoing, and interviews may commence as applications are received. Early applications are encouraged as the role may close once filled.

Name and Contact: 

Andrew O’Sullivan, Manager Sector Capability, Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing Ph: 0438 523 557 email: andrew.o’sullivan@vccmhw.vic.gov.au

Alternate contact (until 19th January 2026): Kerrie Clarke (Statewide Psychology Educator) Ph: 0447 981 576; email: Kerrie.clarke@vccmhw.vic.gov.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.

The RMH is committed to creating a culturally safe environment as a collective responsibility. We draw on our principles of self-determination, equity, accountability, and shared learning to create a culturally responsive health system that challenges how we strive for continuous quality improvement to meet the expectations of the communities and patients we serve.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards.

As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.