Occupational Therapist

Medhealth3; Gunnedah; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Referral incentives

Flexible hours

PD allowance

Job summary

Ability Action Australia & MedHealth is seeking an Occupational Therapist to support participants across the Gunnedah region, with work close to home depending on your base. You will manage a caseload, deliver timely services, and assess development and function to tailor treatment goals for each participant.

You will work in a collaborative team, maintaining current legislation awareness and benefiting from generous support, including supervision, PD allowance, and flexible hours to suit your

Qualifications

• Current Occupational Therapy registration with AHPRA.
• Passionate about community-based support for people with disability.
• Thrives in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage an allocated caseload based on negotiated hours and deliver timely therapeutic services.
• Assess participants' development, cognition, emotion, and physical function through clinical observations and standardised assessments.
• Interpret findings to formulate treatment goals unique to each participant.

Skills

Community-based care

Time management

Collaboration

Education

AHPRA registration

Tools

Assessment tools

Job description

As our #AAA team continues to grow, we're looking for an Occupational Therapist to support participants across the Gunnedah region. Depending on where you're based, work close to home!

In this role you will:

• Manage an allocated caseload (based on your negotiated hours) and deliver timely therapeutic services
• Assess participants' developmental, cognitive, emotional, psychological and physical function and capacity through clinical observations and standardised assessments
• Interpret findings to formulate treatment goals unique to each participant
• Provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions to help participants enhance their quality of life and meet their goals
• Maintain awareness of current legislation to ensure compliance

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Current Occupational Therapy membership with AHPRA
• Passionate about community‑based support for people with disability
• Thrives in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment
• Time management & organisational skills to manage varied caseload

As you support many, we support you. You'll enjoy:

• Exceptional benefits including salary packaging, referral incentives, additional leave purchase options and exclusive corporate discounts
• Real flexibility to design your work hours and days around your lifestyle
• A competitive package featuring an industry-leading salary, kilometre reimbursement, laptop, smartphone, PD allowance and performance incentives
• A balanced way of working with a mix of home, community visits and access to office and clinic spaces
• Meaningful clinical support through weekly supervision, dedicated mentors and guidance from senior clinicians
• Clear career development with tailored training, ongoing professional development and career pathways across Ability Action Australia & MedHealth

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.