ADF - Rehabilitation Consultant

Acumen Health; Richmond; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fitness Passport

Retail discounts

Job summary

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 to the highest standards while making real impact.

As an ADF Rehabilitation Consultant, you will apply your clinical reasoning skills to support ADF personnel who have sustained a physical and/or psychological injury.

Qualifications

• Current unrestricted registration or membership with the relevant industry body (AHPRA, ESSA, ASORC or AASW).
• Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Psychology, Rehabilitation Counselling, Nursing, Osteopathy or Social Work.
• Minimum of one-year clinical work experience, with professional registration.
• Ability to engage across multidisciplinary teams to support the achievement of a common goal.
• Occupational rehabilitation experience will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Taking a holistic care approach, work within a multidisciplinary team to support the journey from rehab to healing
• Develop, implement and monitor occupational rehabilitation plans
• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders including the employee who has suffered injury, illness, or trauma, medical specialists, other treatment providers and allied health professionals
• Perform a variety of assessments depending on your area of clinical expertise. This could include worksite, ergonomic or activities of daily living assessments.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Psychology, Rehabilitation Counselling, Nursing, Osteopathy or Social Work

Job description

• Job Function Group: Health
• Job Function: Rehabilitation Consultant
• Employment Type: Full Time

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 to the highest standards while making real impact.

Support people where your rewards are truly meaningful and purposeful.

As an ADF Rehabilitation Consultant, you will apply your clinical reasoning skills to support ADF personnel who have sustained a physical and/or psychological injury. This is a unique role to be part of the team that gets our military fully fit and ready to defend and protect Australia.

• Taking a holistic care approach, work within a multidisciplinary team to support the journey from rehab to healing
• Develop, implement and monitor occupational rehabilitation plans
• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders including the employee who has suffered injury, illness, or trauma, medical specialists, other treatment providers and allied health professionals
• Perform a variety of assessments depending on your area of clinical expertise. This could include worksite, ergonomic or activities of daily living assessments.

KPI’s based on service delivery outcomes, NOT billable hours. Genuine person-centred focus and goal setting.

Set working hours means you can truly have WORK / LIFE balance – no overtime, no outside of work hours work. Enjoy early starts and early finishes: 7:30am - 3:30pm Monday to Friday. You will be located at RAAF Base Richmond.

Why you’ll love working at Acumen Health, part of the APM Group

Use evidence-based practice and a structured approach including trauma-informed practice and validated assessment tools.
Our teams are supported by clear clinical governance and practical systems, giving you the confidence to make decisions, manage risk and deliver strong outcomes for your clients.

As part of 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.

Enjoy all the perks of a global conglomerate including access to the Fitness Passport program plus discounts at hundreds of retail outlets.

What will make you successful:

• Passion to help people rehabilitate
• Current unrestricted registration or membership with the relevant industry body (AHPRA, ESSA, ASORC or AASW)
• Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Psychology, Rehabilitation Counselling, Nursing, Osteopathy or Social Work
• Occupational rehabilitation experience will be highly regarded
• Minimum of one-year clinical work experience, with professional registration appropriate to your tertiary qualification
• Ability to engage across multidisciplinary teams to support the achievement of a common goal

Ready to join?

We're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity. We welcome all people to join our team, including Veterans, people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, living with disability, all gender identities, 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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