Occupational Therapist

Ability Action Australia; Penrith City Council, Katoomba, Ipswich City; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading disability support service provider in New South Wales is seeking a passionate Occupational Therapist to join their expanding team. This role offers flexibility in hours and days worked, excellent remuneration, and numerous professional development opportunities. The ideal candidate will have current AHPRA registration and a genuine passion for the disability sector, contributing to the well-being of participants through tailored assessments and interventions.

Benefits

Professional Development allowance

Flexible working hours

Industry leading salary

Kilometer reimbursement

Laptop and smartphone provided

Performance with Purpose Reward and Recognition Program

Salary packaging options

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Current registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proactive attitude, motivated by improvement and the opportunity to test and learn from new ideas.
• Looking for a fun, collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.
• A genuine passion for working in the disability sector.

Responsibilities

• Assess participants' emotional, psychological, cognitive, developmental, and physical functioning.
• Formulate treatment goals unique to each participant based on findings.
• Provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
• Advise on environmental adaptations including home, school, work, and residential facilities.
• Recommend Assistive Technology to aid participation and independence.

Skills

Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

Proactive attitude

Ability to work independently

Passion for working in the disability sector

Education

Current registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist

Job description

We are one of the largest providers to the NDIS, supporting over 10,000 participants every year with the care they need, when and where it is needed. We have a multi-disciplinary team approach, building a quality support service around the needs and goals of our participants and their family.

Job Description

#AAA are expanding our team in Katoomba and the Lower Blue Mountains regionand would love to welcome a passionate and dedicatedOccupational Therapistto join us in making a positive impact in our community.

We are open to applications from Occupational Therapists of all levels of experience that are looking for full time or part time roles.

In this role you will:

• Assessing participants emotional, psychological, cognitive, developmental and physical level of function and capacity through clinical observations and standardised assessments.
• Interpreting findings to formulate treatment goals unique to each participant.
• Providetherapeutic interventions that are evidence-based.
• Providesupport and advice on adaptations to the environment including home, school, work and residential facilities.
• Recommendprovision of Assistive Technology to assist participants with their functional limitations and promote independence.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Current registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proactive attitude, motivated by improvement and the opportunity to test and learn from new ideas.
• Looking for a fun, collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.
• A genuine passion for working in the disability sector.

What's in it for you?

• Benefits– Professional Development allowance, staff referral scheme,option to purchase additional leave… just to name a few
• Flexibility– You can select the hours and days youwould like to work
• Excellent remuneration– Industry leadingsalary + kilometrereimbursement + laptop + smartphone + our Performance with Purpose Reward and Recognition Program +salary packaging options
• Work life balance– Combine the convenience of working from home with the social interaction of working in the community andsupport of office and clinic hours
• Support-You will have a clinical supervisor providing weekly support along with a dedicated team of mentors
• Career progression– Access to ongoing training tailored to your interests and long-term goals combined with professional development opportunities through Ability Action Australia and our parent companyMedHealth
• Passionate and uplifting culture– You will be part of a purpose and values driven team focused on delivering outstanding service to our NDIS participants

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You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 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 LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

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