Occupational Therapist

Recovery Station exists to empower individuals to live a quality life. We believe in creating the ideal work environment for you because when you are happy, healthy, well-skilled and fulfilled, you're in the best position to have a positive impact on the wellbeing of everyone around you.

Key Traits of Recovery Station:

• We love what we do because everyone's role contributes to helping our clients live a more independent, empowered life
• Collaborating with passionate, likeminded colleagues facilitates personal and professional growth
• Keeping personalised care at the heart of what we do challenges us to seek new and innovative ways to deliver life-changing service

Joining Recovery Station means aligning with a company that believes in empowering you and your future.

How We Make an Impact

For over 15 years, Recovery Station has been providing community and clinic based allied health services, with a strong focus on disability and senior health. We have consistently grown and now proudly offer support to people with diverse needs across the Greater Hunter, Central Coast, Sydney and Illawarra regions.

Together, our passionate, multidisciplinary team of OTs, Mental Health OT's, MH Social Workers, Psychologists, Speech Pathologists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Dietitians and Allied Health Assistants collaboratively share their knowledge and experience to holistically design an individualised service to help improve the quality of life for people living with a disability or looking to age as independently as possible.

How We Foster a Positive Team

To maintain a happy, healthy, productive culture we like to listen to you and understands what drives you in your career.
Thus far, we've learned that our team benefits most from:

• Flexibility to schedule work around family, other employment or personal commitments (no weekend work)
• A culture of care, compassion and service to the community
• Remuneration packages that reflect your experience plus the option of performance bonuses + RDO incentives
• Freedom to work how best suits you eg writing reports from home or in the office with colleagues
• Discretion to utilise telehealth where appropriate (Laptop provided + paid phone/data allowance)
• Office support to assist with admin and diary scheduling
• Free, convenient parking so it's easy to come into the office
• Dedicated wellness program including EAP and social catch ups such as team drinks, lunches, online cooking + art classes, trivia and birthday events to have fun and celebrate success
• Annual paid day off for “Recovery Station Day”

From a professional development perspective:

• A program of extensive training with individualised CPD plans towards your goals and interest areas for clinical specialisation
• All-company training day where we bring the entire business together and invite external presenters for each discipline (hosted at McDonald Jones Stadium)
• Leadership pathways for clinicians seeking career progression and added responsibility via either students placements, supervision or increased complexity of caseload depending what you enjoy
• A well-developed clinical supervisory and peer review structure including the QA of reports and in-service training sessions
• Case liaison with other members of our MDT to broaden your clinical knowledge and provide holistic care to our clients
• A clinically diverse caseload to ensure variety and learning opportunities

The Role

This role will be based from our Toronto office and is available in either a full-time or part-time capacity as we can be accommodating for the right candidate. Depending where you are based, we can tailor your caseload to service clients within either the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie or Maitland regions.

Over time and in consultation with you, you will be taught how to confidently:

• Provide high level clinical services including client assessment and treatment, therapy, equipment prescription, home assessment and modifications
• Run various educational sessions and therapy programs
• Produce high standard, comprehensive Occupational Therapy reports

If you have a foundation in residential aged care, paediatrics or hospital work and are curious about making the move to an adult, community caseload - reach out and let us know as we have a supportive team that is happy to help you make the transition.

Qualifications and Skills

• Approved qualification in Occupational Therapy and AHPRA registration
• Current driver's license with use of own vehicle

Responsibilities and Duties

This community based role presents an opportunity to service a diverse caseload with career pathways for our Occupational Therapists to specialise in areas they are passionate about and even progress to fields such as Mental Health, Neuro, Mods, Complex AT or Driving Assessments if desired.

You will be comfortable writing comprehensive reports based on your comprehensive clinical understanding, application of various clinical assessments and implementation of appropriate interventions or equipment prescription to address prioritised needs.

Within this role you will have the independence to work primarily in client's homes, group homes and where appropriate in our clinics. You will be working within a motivated team that embraces therapy that is person-centered, goal based and uses the latest evidence based methods.

Due to our multiple offices and steady referrals, the caseload for this position can be structured to service an area locally to you.

The Next Steps
If any or all of the above resonates with you then we'd love to hear from you. Please send your CV via Seek or reach out to Jackson on 0413 854 368 or recruitment@recoverystation.com.au if you have any questions.