Occupational Therapist - 12 RDOs per year

Talent Quarter; Darwin; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12 RDOs per year

PD budget $1,500

5 days study leave

Mental health days

Weekly team lunches

Team-building events

EAP counselling

Company laptop & mobile

Work vehicle access

Allied Health Assistant support

Full admin and finance support

Regional and remote NT work

Job summary

Talent Quarter in Darwin, NT is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join a supportive multidisciplinary team, working across clinic and community settings with a varied caseload of children, adolescents and adults, while focusing on clinical work.

You’ll have a dedicated admin team, Allied Health Assistant support and access to work vehicles, with a salary of $75,000–$110,000 plus super and opportunities for regional NT travel.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months’ clinical experience.
• Relevant Occupational Therapy qualification.
• Full AHPRA registration.
• Current driver’s licence.
• Experience in private practice and/or NDIS is highly regarded.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Confidence working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse caseload across disability and NDIS services.
• Develop clinical skills across paediatric and adult disability.
• Conduct assessments (functional, psychosocial, ADL) and equipment prescriptions.
• Provide home modifications and seating/wheelchair recommendations.
• Collaborate with families, schools and support workers; NDIS reporting.

Skills

12 months’ clinical experience

Driver’s licence

NDIS experience

Communication skills

Independent and team work

Education

Occupational Therapy qualification

Full AHPRA registration

Job description

Occupational Therapist | Darwin, NT

$75,000–$110,000 + Super | Full-Time Permanent | 12 RDOs + Mental Health Days + $1,500 PD Budget

What if you could actually focus on being an OT?This is an opportunity to join a supportive multidisciplinary team in Darwin where staff genuinely come first.

You’ll work across clinic and community settings with a varied caseload of children, adolescents and adults, while having the support around you to actually focus on clinical work.

No chasing invoices. No booking your own appointments. No doing everything yourself.

You’ll have a dedicated admin team, Allied Health Assistant support and access to work vehicles during work hours.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll manage a diverse caseload across disability and NDIS services, with the opportunity to develop your clinical skills across areas including:

• Functional and capacity assessments
• Psychosocial assessments
• Home safety and ADL assessments
• Equipment and assistive technology prescription
• Wheelchairs and seating
• Home modifications
• Paediatric OT
• Adult disability
• Sensory processing
• Cognitive and perceptual impairments
• Working with families, schools, carers and support workers
• NDIS assessments and recommendations
• Multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary work

The role is a mixture of clinic, home, school and community-based work, with opportunities to work across Darwin, Humpty Doo and Palmerston.

There are also opportunities for regional and remote trips across the NT if that’s something you’d like to get involved in.

What you’ll get: $75,000–$110,000 + super, depending on experience.

And this is where the role really stands out:

• 12 RDOs per year
• 5 days study leave
• $1,500 individual PD budget
• Quarterly in-house PD training
• Annual staff retreat days
• Mental health days separate from annual leave
• Weekly Friday team lunches
• 2 team-building events each year
• EAP counselling
• Work laptop and mobile
• Work vehicles available during work hours
• Allied Health Assistant support
• Full administration and finance support
• Opportunities for regional and remote NT work

The support around youThe team has deliberately structured the role so clinicians can be clinicians.

Your admin team handles:

• Appointment bookings
• Invoicing
• Client communication
• General administration

Allied Health Assistants can also support you with therapy programs, assessments and sessions under your clinical direction.

You’ll still have clinical responsibility and autonomy, but you won’t be expected to do every administrative task that comes with managing a caseload.

The team also takes a sensible approach to NDIS billing, with an expectation of approximately 5–6 billable hours per day.

About youWe’re looking for an Occupational Therapist with:

• Minimum 12 months’ clinical experience
• Relevant Occupational Therapy qualification
• Full AHPRA registration
• Current driver’s licence
• Experience in private practice and/or NDIS is highly regarded
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Confidence working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team

Experience across paediatrics, adult disability, psychosocial OT, equipment prescription, home modifications, functional assessments or sensory processing would be highly regarded.

Why Darwin?If you’re ready for something different, Darwin offers the opportunity to build your career while enjoying a very different lifestyle from the southern states.

You’ll have access to a broad and interesting clinical caseload, opportunities to experience regional and remote NT work, and a team that genuinely invests in its people.

At Talent Quarter, we believe everyone deserves to feel safe, respected and valued for who they are.

We’re committed to an inclusive recruitment experience where people of all backgrounds, identities, cultures, abilities and lived experiences are welcomed and valued — including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, neurodivergent people, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ people and people of all ages.

Our values are simple: Be Real, Keep it Safe, Build and Nurture Connections, Own It, Create Joy, and Raise The Bar. They shape how we treat people, how we work together and the kind of environment we want to create. For us, that means leading with empathy, listening without judgement, respecting different perspectives and experiences, and making sure everyone feels welcomed, supported and valued for who they are.

If there’s anything we can do to make your experience with Talent Quarter more comfortable, please let us know. We’ll work with you to understand what you need and make appropriate arrangements wherever we can.’