Graduate Occupational Therapist – 2027 Program

Ability Action Australia; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 78,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Guaranteed salary including super

Km travel reimbursement

PD allowance 1500 AUD

Performance-based incentives

Laptop and smartphone

Flexible work locations

Professional indemnity insurance

Salary packaging options

Weekly supervision and mentoring

Job summary

Ability Action Australia is inviting new graduates to join the 2027 Occupational Therapist Graduate Program. You will be supported with weekly supervision, mentorship, and a pathway from student to confident clinician while delivering therapy across community and clinic settings.

You will gain exposure to assessments, reports, and hands-on therapy, with flexible work from office, home, or a café. Applicants should be an upcoming OT graduate with AHPRA registration or eligibility.

Qualifications

• Soon-to-be graduated OT seeking structured Grad Program.
• Strong curiosity and compassion with a desire to learn and grow.
• Ability to adapt and be flexible in a supportive environment.

Responsibilities

• Supporting participants in the community or clinic.
• Completing assessments, writing reports and supporting participants with therapy.
• Advocating for and working with participants and carers to help achieve goals.

Skills

Curious

Compassionate

Willing to learn

Flexible

Education

AHPRA registration or eligible

Job description

Occupational Therapist - Graduate Program 2027

• Full-time
• State: VIC
• Job Status: Full Time

Welcome to Ability Action Australia! We’re a national therapy services provider helping NDIS participants, kids, teens and adults get more out of life every day.

Our teams are supportive, our vibes are friendly, our supervision is actually weekly (shocking, we know), and our Grad Program is designed to turn you from “fresh grad” to “confident clinician” in record time, without the burnout.


Where your OT career begins… and your future takes shape.

Hey future OT extraordinaire!
If you're graduating in 2026 and looking for a workplace where you feel supported, valued, mentored, celebrated (and occasionally fed snacks?) Congratulations. you’ve found your people.

Welcome to Ability Action Australia.
Where people develop

Where careers grow
Where grads thrive

Where a real difference is made
Where “am I doing this right?” becomes “I’ve SO got this.”
where the foundations for your OT career are set

ABOUT US

We’re a national therapy services provider helping NDIS participants, kids, teens and adults live their best everyday lives. Our goal - to the best service provider in the country!

We’re supportive, passionate, and big believers in:
✔ 1:1 Weekly supervision that actually happens
✔ Growth without burnout
✔ Teams who lift each other up
✔ Supporting graduates to become clinically confident Occupational Therapists

OTs love working with us because we combine structure + flexibility, support + independence, professionalism and fun.


WHY YOU’LL LOVE OUR 2027 GRADUATE PROGRAM

You will learn a whole lot, not just clinical skills but business skills, people skills and all the intangible things that can take you from good to great. You will make mistakes, learn and grow, be challenged, succeed in ways that matter, forge great relationships, have lots of fun, transform lives and learn from experts in the field.

Some of the things your will do in this role Include;

✔Supporting participants in the community or clinic

✔Completing assessments, writing reports and supporting participants with therapy

✔Advocating for and working with participants and carers to help achieve goals

Here’s what you get:

A guaranteed salary of $86,800 including super
KM travel reimbursement
$1,500 annual PD allowance
Performance-based incentives (potential to earn more + give to the community)
Laptop, smartphone & clinical toolkit
Flexibility Work from the office, home or your favorite café,
Professional indemnity insurance
Salary packaging options, including novated leasing, option to purchase additional leave
Weekly supervision, mentoring & a buddy who always has your back

Basically: you’re supported, resourced and set up to grow.

WHO YOU ARE

You’re a soon-to-be graduated OT who is:
• AHPRA registered or eligible for AHPRA registration
• Curious and compassionate
• Excited to learn and try new things
• Keen for a workplace with flexibility, growth and Support
• Ready to make a difference in people’s lives
• Not afraid of a good OT pun (bonus points if you make your own)
• A licensed driver with your own vehicle

You bring the passion.
We bring the support.
So you can be unstoppable

READY TO LEVEL UP YOUR OT CAREER?

I’m Vanessa Dias, your Grad Program wing-woman, , real-life human contact, and the very enthusiastic Talent Acquisition Consultant who will happily chat your ear off about all things AAA, grads & OT life!

#AAA

#LI-VD1

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 4,000 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 LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.


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