ADF Rehabilitation Consultant

Advanced Personnel Management; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Discount gym

Employee benefits

Networking programs

Job summary

Acumen Health is recruiting an occupational therapist to join a national rehabilitation team delivering meaningful outcomes for occupational rehabilitation.

You will work across local ADF bases in a hybrid role with options for work from home, supporting Veterans and current ADF members, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to advance rehab from injury to healing.

Responsibilities

• Take a holistic care approach within a multidisciplinary team to support rehab to healing
• Conduct a variety of assessments such as functional capacity evaluations, worksite, ergonomic, or activities of daily living assessments
• Collaborate with stakeholders including employees with injury, medical specialists, and other treatment providers
• Work across ADF and DVA portfolios supporting Veterans and current ADF members

Job description

Join Acumen Health and be part of a national team delivering meaningful outcomes in occupational rehabilitation. With strong local support, exposure to complex and psychological injury cases, and clear governance around your work, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your capability while making a real impact.

This is a unique opportunity! Acumen is the only rehabilitation service provider to ADF personnel. Your rewards are truly meaningful and purposeful. Be part of a team that gets our military fully fit and ready to defend and protect Australia.

• Taking a more holistic care approach, work within a multidisciplinary team to support the journey from rehab to healing
• Perform a variety of assessments depending on your area of clinical expertise. This could include functional capacity evaluations, worksite, ergonomic or activities of daily living assessments
• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders including the employee who has suffered injury, illness, or trauma, medical specialists, and other treatment providers
• Work across ADF and DVA portfolios, supporting our Veterans and current ADF members.

You will work across local ADF bases in this hybrid role. Location may vary between the Acumen office, local defence force bases and some work from home options. Part-Time or Full-Time options are available. If you prefer a more structure environment, we have roles available where you will work on one base only.

What will make you successful:

• Current unrestricted registration with AHPRA, ESSA (as an EP), ASORC or AASW
• Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Osteopathy, Rehabilitation Counselling, Nursing, Psychology or Social Work
• Ability to engage across multidisciplinary teams to support the achievement of a common goal
• Passion to help people rehabilitate
• Occupational Rehabilitation experience will be highly regarded
• Minimum of 12 months clinical experience working in your profession with appropriate registration
• The ability to work “on base” regularly during the hours of 07:30 – 15:30

Joining the APM group, you have the opportunity to grow your career in Human Services across multiple global brands and geographies. A diverse team of over 16,000 people across 11 countries with a shared purpose – to enable better lives for our employees and the communities we work in. Our work enables the people we serve to realise their ambitions and aspirations through sustainable employment, independence, better health and wellbeing and increased social participation.

• great work-life balance
• extensive learning opportunities
• networking programs
• employee benefits
• discount gym
• health insurance
• discounts at hundreds of retail outlets

But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others, who rely on our services.

Ready to join?

We're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity. We welcome all people to join our team, including people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, living with disability, all gender identities, Veterans, LGBTQIA+, people of any socioeconomic status, of any age, race, national origin or ethnicity. We believe each person’s uniqueness makes us even better at the work we do.

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