Occupational Therapist Position

Occupational Therapist Position

Are you our next Occupational Therapy superstar? 

An opportunity has become available to join the Simply Health Group (t/a Simply Engage Occupational Therapy & Simply Nutrition Dietitians) team as an Occupational Therapist. 

You will be part of a small, dynamic, fun and hard-working team with full administrative and clinical support. You will have the opportunity to support many clients every year and positively impact their health and well-being. You will portray our company values to distinguish our service delivery, build trust, and emphasise the quality of care we provide.
If this sounds like you, then please read on!

Key Responsibilities

• Use motivational interviewing approaches to support your clients in achieving the goals they need or want to do. 
• Design and implement innovative, thoughtful, and meaningful client-centred therapy plans with participants, their families, supports and groups. 
• Review, adjust and critique therapeutic plans to ensure their efficacy. 
• Ensure evidence-based and quality service delivery via therapy, report writing and within your team.
• Advocate persistently for your clients through quality report writing, i.e., functional capacity assessments, minor home modifications, equipment prescriptions, housing assessments, support advocation and plan reviews. 
• Use, interpret and incorporate results from clinical assessments into client reports and therapeutic plans. 
• Prescribe necessary equipment and minor home modifications. 
• Ability to manage a varied caseload, including individuals who experience cognitive, neural, physical and psychological difficulties. 
• Conducting individual or group consultations within an office or a client's home environment.
• Designing and facilitating group-based therapy work in conjunction with allied health assistants. 
• Collaborating within a multidisciplinary team to ensure the best client outcomes. 
• Administration: re-booking clients
• Adhering to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
   

Career Progression

• Build client numbers within your region and become a team leader
• Business development opportunities
• Become a specialist Occupational Therapist in your choice of area

What we are looking for—ABOUT YOU

• A good human and a great Occupational Therapist.
• Hold a bachelor's or postgraduate degree in Occupational Therapy with current registration with AHRPA.
• Work tirelessly for your clients, with them at the centre of all your tasks.
• Warm, empathetic nature with a passion for caring for people.
• High moral values, a sense of integrity and be trustworthy
• Demonstrated experience with delivering face-to-face, telehealth and video conference consultations.
• Impeccable time management skills.
• Initiative to see a problem and find a solution.
• A can-do attitude with a willingness to give things a go.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to ensure accurate documentation.
• The ability to fit within our close-knit team.
• A demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment with NDIS, DVA, and private and home care caseloads.
• Strong leadership skills that promote accountability and integrity throughout the workforce
• Extremely reliable and mature outlook on dealing with a fast-paced and ever-changing operating environment
• The ability to work autonomously, as well as a member of the team.
• Ideally, have at least 2 + years of experience, however, new graduates are encouraged to apply. 
• Experience in supporting adults with cognitive, neural, physical and psychological difficulties.

What we can offer you! 

• You will join an amazingly supportive team with loyal colleagues who cheer you on and lift you up.
• An Occupational Therapy team who will always clinically support you
• Flexible working hours
• A well-established business with one of the best reputations for quality service within the industry
• A workspace where your focus is on your client's well-being and never on billable time
• No billable KPI targets! That's right; we don't track your billable hours; in fact, we dislike them. As an employer, it's our job to support you to be the best you can be. If you're chasing a billable hour, then your focus is never on the client. If you love what you do and want to make a difference in the lives of others, then you should never need to chase a billable target. It's our job to ensure the environment is right for you to achieve this.
• Monthly team CPD events
• Ability to vary your role to find a balance across different interest areas
• We cover the cost of your public indemnity and liability insurance
• We contribute / co-contribute to CPD events and training 
• A working phone and laptop will be provided
• Access to a car and/or fuel allowance
• Access to our staff health and well-being app
• Regular staff social and team-building activities 
• Above award wages (no contracting work)
• Ongoing support from Allied Health Assistants
• Career progression and development opportunities

About Us
Simply Health Group includes a team of Occupational Therapists (Simply Engage), Dietitians (Simply Nutrition), Allied Health Assistants and a supportive administration and leadership team. We are a private clinic based on the Sunshine Coast and provide services from Gympie, South Burnett and Brisbane. We provide in-clinic and home visit services locally and online consultations nationally. We are a team of dedicated, warm professionals focused on understanding & listening to our client's needs for improved health. We provide quality service to both individuals and groups. Our clients are at the centre of everything we do, and we take pride in always understanding their needs to support them best.
 
Our team is very close-knit, with some staff being on our team for ten + years. We have fostered an amazing reputation in the health industry both locally and nationally and consistently have referrers seeking us to serve their clients, groups and corporations.

Location and hours of work:

• Based in our Bli Bli (Sunshine Coast) head office
• Hours: full time (38 hrs per week) or part-time available

We think Simply Health Group is a good place to work, but don't just take our word for it. Here's what our team say: 

• Thank you for being the best bosses to our wonderful team. You both work tirelessly behind the scenes to make SHG what it is today
• Simply Health Group is lucky to have such incredible owners who go above and beyond for their staff and patients. 
• Whenever I have friends/family asking me how work is going, I find myself going on a tangent about how much I love working for Simply Nutrition and why I love my workplace and the culture here. 
• Thank you so much for creating such a genuine and welcoming work environment and a huge congratulations to you both on this very exciting next chapter for Simply Health Group, I am so excited and grateful to be a part of it!

Please note to apply for this position; you must have the right to work in Australia.
 

To be part of our leading team and have a passion for health care, please apply with a Resume and Cover Letter outlining your relevant skills and experience. 
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Interviews are to commence as they are received. Immediate start for the right applicant. 

If you want more information, please call 07 5448 4***. All correspondence will remain confidential.
 

We look forward to hearing from you!