Child Development Practitioner - Occupational Therapist

Omnia Community Health; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible working

Level loading 17.5%

Meal and entertainment packaging

Professional development supervision

Purchased leave

Employee assistance program

Fitness Passport

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Omnia Community Health seeks an experienced Grade 2 Occupational Therapist to join the Children’s and Youth West 1 team, delivering high-quality OT services and supporting graduate development.

You will supervise students and early career therapists, collaborate with a wide multidisciplinary team, and maintain thorough clinical documentation while travelling across service locations in Victoria.

Qualifications

• Registration with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (AHPRA).
• Relevant experience in community health, disability, paediatrics, rehabilitation or a related area.
• Experience providing supervision, mentoring or support to students, graduates or early career clinicians.
• Strong clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Commitment to person-centred, strengths-based practice.
• A valid Working with children’s check and NDIS worker screening.
• Current Victorian Driver Licence and willingness to travel across service locations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality occupational therapy assessment, intervention and care planning.
• Manage a varied caseload within a community health setting.
• Provide clinical supervision, mentoring and support to graduate and early career occupational therapists.
• Facilitate skill development and professional growth through coaching and reflective practice.
• Collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary team and with external stakeholders.
• Support student placements and workforce development initiatives as required.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Clinical reasoning

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Person-centred practice

Willingness to travel

Driver license

Job description

Child Development Practitioner - Occupational Therapist

Omnia Community Health wasestablished through the merger in January 2026 of Sunbury and Cobaw CommunityHealth and Nexus Primary Health. Bringing together the deep communityconnections, shared values and specialist expertise of both organisations,Omnia builds on more than 50 years of experience delivering health andwellbeing services within the not-for-profit sector.

We offer a broad range ofservices across the lifespan including general practice, allied health,disability support, mental health, early childhood, family services, aged careand community wellbeing. These services are delivered from our sites inBroadford, Kinglake, Kyneton, Romsey, Seymour, Sunbury and Wallan, withadditional outreach across surrounding communities.

We are committed to enhancingaccess to safe, high-quality, and sustainable health and community servicesacross the Hume, Macedon Ranges, Mitchell, Murrindindi and Strathbogie localgovernment areas.

About the Role

We are seeking an experiencedand passionate Grade 2 Occupational Therapist to join the Children’s and YouthWest 1 team. This is an exciting opportunity for a clinician who enjoysdelivering high-quality occupational therapy services while supporting thedevelopment of graduate and early career therapists.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver high-qualityoccupational therapy assessment, intervention and care planning.
• Manage a varied caseload withina community health setting.
• Provide clinical supervision,mentoring and support to graduate and early career occupational therapists.
• Facilitate skill development andprofessional growth through coaching and reflective practice.
• Collaborate effectively within amultidisciplinary team and with external stakeholders.
• Support student placements andworkforce development initiatives as required.
• Maintain accurate and timelyclinical documentation.

About You

You are an experiencedOccupational Therapist who is passionate about supporting others to developtheir clinical skills and confidence.

You will demonstrate:

• Registration with theOccupational Therapy Board of Australia (AHPRA).
• Relevant experience in communityhealth, disability, paediatrics, rehabilitation or a related area.
• Experience providingsupervision, mentoring or support to students, graduates or early careerclinicians.
• Strong clinical reasoning andproblem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication andinterpersonal abilities.
• A commitment to person-centred,strengths-based practice.
• A valid working with children’scheck and NDIS worker screening.
• Current Victorian Driver Licenceand willingness to travel across service locations.

Benefits and Perks

Our benefits enhance everydaywellbeing and encourage you to take time to make a difference in the community:

Generous salary packaging andflexible working arrangements. Inaddition to your salary and superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leaveloading and access to the full $15,900 salary packaging benefits plus up to$2,650 meals and entertainment packaging benefits.

Supervision embedded and valuedwithin the team and support with your professional development.

The option to access purchasedleave.

Free professional counsellingfrom our world class employee assistance program.

Access to the Fitness Passportprogram (subsidised access to selected gyms across Victoria) andorganisational-led employee wellbeing initiatives such as virtual challengesand all-staff development day.

Further Information

For a confidential discussion,please contact Madison Roffey - Manager Children’s Allied Health and EarlyChildhood Services at **************@omniach.org.au