Occupational Therapist

Company description:

genU

Job description:

• Employment Status: Flexible work arrangements. This is a permanent position and can be either Full-Time or Part time, we are flexible!
• Location: Geelong Hub. We have a beautiful office space, onsite café, a supportive and knowledgeable team, a generous individual PD budget for each therapist and offer flexible working arrangements.
• Salary range: This role will be paid in accordance with the Health Professionals and Support Services Employees Award 2020 at $76kp.a - $115k p.a, commensurate with experience.
• Add in the 65% billable hours: A key difference within this role is that you are only claiming 65% of your time (or 23.62hours for a full time employee) with the other 35% left for personal development, administrative tasks and team support.
• Professional Development: 2 hours per week is available to each therapist / practitioner to focus upon Professional Development
• An extremely supportive and knowledgeable team who work very well together, this is quite a unique group who encourage each other to achieve and celebrate each other's wins / successes.

At genU, our Allied Health team improves the lives of our community by improving the wellbeing and ability to manage everyday tasks of our clients. Our Allied Health team consists of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Dietetics Specialist Behaviour Support and Allied Health Assistance.

You will be operating within the NDIS Framework to complete all relevant specialist assessments including independent living skills assessments and other functional and adaptive behaviour assessments. You will also develop individual skill development plans.

You will be supported not only by motivated peers but also by a knowledgeable and passionate leadership team. Here we care for each other as family and have as much fun as possible along the way. If you are an Occupational Therapist who is genuinely committed to improve the wellbeing of those we serve, a brilliant and supportive team is ready to welcome you with open arms!

Please call or email as we would love for you to pop into our office for a coffee and chat! We can tell you all about our role, our wonderful team and the services we offer so you can ascertain if we're the right team for you.

As a genU Occupational Therapist, you will be working in collaboration with participants, family members, carers, Support Coordinators and other allied health professionals to deliver a high quality and responsive service. Your excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills will be critical to your success in this role. Get in touch with us to explore this opportunity further!

To be successful in this role it is a requirement that you have:

• A tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy and registration with AHPRA
• 12 months previous experience as an Occupational Therapist is preferrable though, we're willing to consider Graduate Occupational Therapists.
• Experience completing assessments and making recommendations

You will also meet the following essential requirements:

• Current NDIS Worker Screening Check or willingness to obtain;
• Current NDIS Working With Childrens Check or willingness to obtain;
• Current NDIS Worker Orientation Module certificate or willingness to obtain;

Here at genU we're a group of passionate, driven people who want everyone's lives to be happier and healthier, especially people with disabilities, the ageing and those experiencing disadvantage. We operate solely for community benefit and invest back into the same communities in which our services are delivered.

genU welcomes diversity, including diversity of race, culture, spirituality, gender, age, identity, ability, and sexuality. We are committed to providing a welcoming, innovative, safe, empowering and respectful environment for all and living these values each and every day.  

genu staff have access to a range of benefits, including but not limited to the following:

• Investment in You: genU is committed to providing opportunities for career progression. You will have access to a range of accredited training modules, staff mentoring programs and our internal jobs board. 
• Commitment to Staff Health & Wellbeing: 24/7 access to an innovative, holistic employee assistance program that supports your emotional, mental, financial, and physical health.
• Increase your Take Home Pay: salary package up to $15,900 per annum each FBT year plus further meals and entertainment benefits.
• Employee Discount Program: save money with employee discounts and savings at over 450 of Australia's most loved retailers and service providers including Coles, Woolworths & JB HI-FI.  
• Study Scholarship: all genU employees are eligible for a 25% scholarship towards undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Torrens University.
• genU fleet cars: Access to our genU Fleet cars and free onsite parking for your car!

genU is committed to providing accessible, inclusive and equitable recruitment processes for all candidates. For further details about the role of if you would like to discuss reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process please contact Lyndal Rickard on **************@genu.org.au or 0477 015 ***.

Applications close 27 May 2024 9am.