Occupational Therapist - Broome

The Patches Difference

We are Patches. Our aim is to support individuals and families to reach their goals at every step of the journey. We achieve this through our holistic care model, which allows individuals and families to have access to assessment and therapy under the one roof.

If you’re looking for an opportunity where you can really make a difference and our Values resonate with yours, then come join us!

Our clinics are welcoming and well equipped to facilitate face-to-face, family and telehealth appointments. We offer generous, flexible, and various contractual terms to best match your needs. We are passionate about innovation and are the forefront of unique service delivery models and thrive on input from our clinicians.

At Patches, we provide comprehensive assessment, consulting, and therapy services to individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders in regional and remote areas. We love that we are a multidisciplinary team with various opportunities available. Not to mention, we have a great administration support team.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our Therapy services, ensuring the highest standards of care and service excellence.

A typical day in the role may look like…

• Provide face-to-face or Telehealth services to our participants from our Broome office.
• Work with a paediatric caseload.
• In addition to the above, you will provide Occupational Therapy services to our participants in their homes, schools, or community centres within the Broome area.
• Monthly or fortnightly outreach trips within the Kimberley and Derby regions to provide face-to-face services to our regional participants.
• Regular multidisciplinary meetings with other Patches’ disciplines to optimise holistic care and multidisciplinary goal setting for participants.
• Complete relevant non-face-to-face work, including writing progress notes, resource preparation and report writing.
• Support from OT colleagues that provide experience in remote service, technology prescription, paediatric home modifications, mealtime support, relational therapy, behaviour support, and sensory processing approaches
• Patches prioritises evidence-based practice and a parent-child relational model.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience and knowledge of the disability sector, particularly working within the NDIS.
• Experience working with a paediatric and/or youth background, including practical knowledge of current developmental assessments, tools, and intervention.
• Relevant professional registration
• National Police Clearance 
• Working with Children Check
• NDIS Worker Screening Check
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module
• Australian Driver’s License
• Proof of Work rights (Australian Passport/ Citizenship certificate, or a Valid Visa)

What we can offer:

• Competitive above aware remuneration
• 5 weeks annual leave with 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to professional development opportunities including in-house training, supervision, peer meetings, and more.
• Professional development budget and up to 5 days of leave for PD.
• Access to bonus incentive programme.
• Full admin support with bookings, referral management, cancelations, invoicing, and NDIS management.
• Flexible work hours.
• Opportunity to work collaboratively and alongside some great and highly experienced clinicians in a multidisciplinary team.
• Novated leasing and salary packaging.
• Make the world a better place through the work Patches undertakes day in, day out.
• Access to our employee assistance programme.

This position is located at our fantastic practice in Broome. If you're applying from another state, don't hesitate to discuss the potential for relocation assistance with us.

To find out more about Patches visit:

Website: https://patches.com.au

For more information contact ***********@patches.com.au.

At Patches, we are committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We embrace diversity and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.