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Form of workOutcomes Connect Australia is an allied health practice which is committed to delivering best-practice, outcome-focused services. We are renowned for the exceptional support we provide and our commitment to ensuring our participants achieve their goals!
Our Positive Behaviour Support Model encompasses the multidisciplinary expertise of Behaviour Support Practitioners, Occupational Therapists and Speech Pathologists to understand the drivers of behaviours from a communication, sensory and environmental perspective.
Job Description.
We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist who lives anywhere in Victoria, is looking to take the next step in their career, and can demonstrate their ability to effectively lead and mentor other Occupational Therapists in a multidisciplinary team environment.
This can be a full-time or part-time position for the right person.
Culture and benefits
- Collaborative team – fun and supportive team who love what we do and love sharing the passion in working together to achieve optimal outcomes
- Ability to make an impact – our evidence-based models are highly effective, allowing you to make a real difference to the lives of those we support
- Generous salary package - above award wages + financial rewards for outstanding work, annual Health and Wellbeing subsidy of $600, access to salary packaging options (including novated leasing) + an iPhone and laptop
- Work-life balance - flexible work arrangements to plan your work to best suit your lifestyle while also meeting the needs of your team and clients
- Personal and professional growth - professional development program, fortnightly PD sessions, and weekly supervision
About the role
As you will be in a critical role withinin our broader team structure, your well-established clinical and people management skills will not only see you make a significant impact on the lives of your participants but also support both the ongoing development and expansion of our occupational therapy team.
Some of the responsibilities for the successful candidate will include...…
- leading a team of clinicians to embrace Outcomes Connect Australia’s vision to deliver evidence-based, outcome-focused allied health services which enable participants and their significant others to live their best lives
- oversee and develop the performance of clinicians, supporting them to optimise clinical practice and participant outcomes, along with managing their performance to KPIs
- providing specialist clinical services to participants in a community-based setting upholding the values of participant empowerment, choice and control, and strengths-based practice
- leading continuous improvement opportunities that promote ongoing improvements within Outcomes Connect Australia’s clinical practice
- leading management processes, quality assurance projects, teaching and research responsibilities
About you
To be considered suitable you will have...
- Considerable experience as an Occupational Therapist
- A passion for being a leader in your field and delivering quality evidence-based therapeutic interventions
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication (verbal and written), and problem-solving skills
- Experience in leading, as well as providing training and supervision, to other Occupational Therapists
- Experience providing services under the NDIS would be an advantage but is not essential
- Degree qualified Occupational Therapist
- Current full registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Able to obtain a Medicare provider number
If you are interested in a role with our supportive team, please submit your application online or contact me - Clare Neal - via 0436 465 *** or **********@abilityactionaustralia.com.au with any queries.
You are welcome here.
Our fast-growing team of more than 3,000 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.
We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.
