AddressWe would welcome an early career or experienced Occupational Therapist looking to make a meaningful and rewarding impact in their local community. Minimum 3 days per week or full time oportunities.
Reporting to the Team Leaderon a daily basis you will be:
- Managing an allocated caseload and completing therapeutic services in a timely manner
- Assessing participants emotional, psychological, cognitive, developmental and physical level of function and capacity through clinical observations and standardised assessments
- Interpreting findings to formulate treatment goals unique to each participant
- Providing therapeutic interventions that are evidence-based and help participants get more out of life
- Providing support and advice on adaptations to the environment including home, school, work and residential facilities
- Recommending provision of Assistive Technology to assist participants with their functional limitations and to promote independence
- Maintaining awareness of current legislation to ensure compliance
We hope to empower participants by:
- Using a strengths-based approach to guide our assessment, goals and ultimately our intervention
- We use a combination of standardised and non-standardised assessment, curated to the participants needs to guide our clinical reasoning
- Exploring and navigating complex cases, engaging in 1:1 supervision as well as team and national based in-services are just some of the ways you can expect to be supported
Why this role?
- Benefits – Professional Development allowance, staff referral scheme, Fitness Passport, option to purchase additional leave… just to name a few
- Flexibility – You can select the hours and days - full-time or part-time - which work best for you as an individual
- Excellent remuneration – Industry leading salary + kilometre reimbursement + laptop + smartphone + our Performance with Purpose Reward and Recognition Program + salary packaging options
- Work life balance – Combine the convenience of working from home with the social interaction of working in the community and support of office and clinic hours
- Support -- You will have a clinical supervisor providing weekly support along with a dedicated team of mentors
- Career progression – Access to ongoing training tailored to your interests and long-term goals combined with professional development opportunities through Ability Action Australia and our parent company MedHealth
- Passionate and uplifting culture – You will be part of a purpose and values driven team focused on delivering outstanding service to our NDIS participants
You will need:
- Current registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Excellent time management and organisational skills to manage a varied caseload
- Proactive attitude, motivated by improvement and the opportunity to test and learn from new ideas
- Looking for a fun, collaborative and supportive work environment
- A genuine passion for working in the disability sector
Click on the Apply button OR call me - Renee Sinclair - on 0429 293 152 for a confidential conversation OR email me via rsinclair@abilityactionaustralia.com.au
If your resume is not quite up-to-date, you can add me on LinkedIn for a more informal conversation - https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-sinclair-84200a243/
