Occupational Therapist

Ipar; Melbourne; Vor Ort; AUD 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

On-the-job training

Travel reimbursements

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team culture

Zusammenfassung

IPAR in Melbourne is seeking an Occupational Therapist to support injured or ill workers in regaining functional capacity and independence with daily living activities in home and community.

You will collaborate with clients, employers, medical professionals, and insurers to deliver evidence-based, goal-oriented rehabilitation, with flexible casual hours up to full-time casual.

Qualifikationen

• Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy.
• Full Professional Registration with AHPRA.
• Previous experience working in Occupational Rehabilitation is highly regarded.
• Fabulous communication skills – there is a lot of getting to know your clients and stakeholders!
• Compassion and kindness always go a long way as does empathy.
• Strong time management skills are a must.

Aufgaben

• Conduct comprehensive ADL assessments to evaluate an individual's functional abilities and support needs within the home and/or community to promote their independence.
• Liaise with employers, case managers, medical professionals, and insurers to provide clinical updates and ensure alignment of rehabilitation goals.
• Make recommendations for equipment, home modifications, or support services based on assessment findings.
• Identify suitable equipment and service providers, including attendance to equipment trials where indicated.
• Prepare timely, high-quality reports outlining findings, recommendations, and clinical reasoning.
• Educate clients and families on adaptive strategies, energy conservation, and safe task performance.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and adhere to professional, legal, and ethical standards of practice.
• Contribute to continuous quality improvement, participate in team meetings, and maintain professional development.

Kenntnisse

Communication skills

Empathy

Time management

Ausbildung

Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy

AHPRA registration

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

In the position of Occupational Therapist, you will support injured or ill workers in regaining functional capacity and independence with their ADLs within the home and community. You will collaborate with clients, employers, medical professionals, and insurers to deliver evidence-based, goal oriented interventions.

We are flexible in being able to offer casual hours based on your availability up to FT casual work.

Every day is different but each day you will have the opportunity to assist people to return to wellness, work and ultimately experience an improved quality of life.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Conduct comprehensive ADL assessments to evaluate an individual's functional abilities and support needs within the home and/or community to promote their independence.
• Liaise with employers, case managers, medical professionals, and insurers to provide clinical updates and ensure alignment of rehabilitation goals.
• Make recommendations for equipment, home modifications, or support services based on assessment findings.
• Identify suitable equipment and service providers, including attendance to equipment trials where indicated.
• Prepare timely, high-quality reports outlining findings, recommendations, and clinical reasoning.
• Educate clients and families on adaptive strategies, energy conservation, and safe task performance.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and adhere to professional, legal, and ethical standards of practice.
• Contribute to continuous quality improvement, participate in team meetings, and maintain professional development.

We offer excellent on-the-job training, travel reimbursements, professional development opportunities and support. We focus on sustaining a great and fun company culture nationwide, and place our value in our people, our best assets!

Qualifications

You'll be a driven and energetic professional with hopefully all of the qualities below!

• Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy
• Full Professional Registration with AHPRA
• Previous experience working in Occupational Rehabilitation industry would be highly regarded;
• Fabulous communication skills - there is a lot of getting to know your clients and stakeholders!;
• Compassion and kindness always go a long way as does empathy;
• It's the kind of career where well developed time management skills are a must & plus!;
• A current Driver’s License and access to own car with comprehensive insurance is a must.

Additional Information

Every day, we seek better together, for our clients, our customers, our community and each other.

Here at IPAR, we have three simple but powerful values that drive every decision we make as a business and as a team. Our values have been created by our people and reflect the incredible team that work here, and what is important to them.

Great People - To be an IPARian means being caring, collaborative and inclusive. We’re accountable, approachable and authentic, lifting ourselves and others to be the best we can be each and every day.

Big Hearts - We’re here to make a positive difference for our clients, our customers, our team and our community. We believe in making meaningful connections as we support people in their time of need.

Bold Ideas - Is there a better way? Let’s find it. We show curiosity and courage in the face of challenge or change and draw on experts, insights and evidence to continually deliver the highest quality solutions.

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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.