Occupational Therapist - Clinical Lead

Advance Therapy; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Professional development

Visa sponsorship

Travel allowances

Equipment provided

Job summary

Advance Therapy is seeking an Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead based in Sunshine or Pascoe Vale South. The role includes a caseload across paediatric and adult clients, with pre-booked leadership time and supervision of junior clinicians.

Travel is within a 30-minute radius from the clinic, and the position supports clinical reasoning and program development. The role emphasizes clinical leadership rather than people management, with supervision time and leadership activities integrated into

Qualifications

• AHPRA registration required.
• Experience supervising junior clinicians and/or students desirable.
• Solid working knowledge of the NDIS and its operating practices.
• WWCC, NDIS Worker Screening Check and police check required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise junior clinicians within the OT team.
• Provide clinical leadership and participate in group PD sessions.
• Support the Clinical Manager with projects and business development.
• Coordinate and supervise travel and rosters within the 30‑minute radius.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

NDIS knowledge

Clinical reasoning

Education

AHPRA registration

Job description

Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead - Sunshine or Pascoe Vale South

Work type: Full-time, part-time (0.8/0.9 FTE), or full-time across four days
Salary: $105,000 - $120,000 + Super + Travel + Allowances
Sign-on Bonus: $5,000

Standout bullets

Leadership time booked into your week, not fitted on top

Clinical leadership without the performance management

All travel based from the clinic, 30-minute radius, no zoning

About us

Advance Therapy is a registered NDIS provider with clinics in Sunshine and Pascoe Vale South. Our growing multidisciplinary team consists of 15 clinicians across Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, and Physiotherapy, supporting participants aged 2 to 100 under NDIS, Support at Home, Medicare, Private, and DVA funding.

Our company was founded and is run by clinicians who understand the industry first-hand.

Our Clinical Managers have over ten years of experience, and our Clinical Leads have five or more. Someone is always on site to talk through a case, rather than waiting for scheduled supervision.

The role

A caseload of new and existing clients, tailored to your areas of strength and interest — paediatric, adult or a mix. Alongside it, you will supervise junior and intermediate clinicians within your profession, lead group PD sessions with our other clinical leads, and support the Clinical Manager with projects and business development.

Leadership time is pre-booked into your week, not added on top of a full caseload.

Supervising others is one of the best ways to sharpen your own practice. Most of our leads say explaining their clinical reasoning to someone else has made them more deliberate with their own practice.

The Clinical Lead role is not a people management role. Performance management, rostering and HR sit with the clinical and practice managers. Your supervision time and leadership support clinical reasoning, complex cases, and skill development of our OT's.

Your hours are your hours

All work is completed within paid hours. We don't expect our team to write reports at night, catch up on notes over the weekend, or do admin from home. Notes, reports, correspondence, preparation, supervision and travel all count as work. If a week runs over, you can take time back as time in lieu or receive paid overtime.

Complex participants and unfamiliar areas of practice may take longer, and we allow for that when allocating within your rostered day, along with travel.

How we work

We are a values-driven practice. Quality, growth, accountability and transparent communication shape day-to-day decisions. Quality means outcomes for the participant, not maximising the hours in their plan.

We employ a dedicated team of admin staff, practice managers, and allied health assistants. They handle service agreements, funding follow-up, invoicing, scheduling and forms, so that work never lands on clinicians. Our unique model means we do not set billable KPI targets or ask clinicians to chase unrealistic numbers. Clinicians see their own clinical service utilisation data, reviewed alongside a manager who can provide the support and adjustments needed — caseload balance, complexity mix, travel, or extra support in new or developing areas.

Our team tells us three things that make Advance Therapy unique.

We discuss referrals before allocating them. Someone has thought about who fits the participant, what the work would do for the clinician taking it on, and what support they would need to do it well.

The team is experienced and shares what it knows. There is always someone available in the team to bounce ideas off. We share our templates, assessments, and resources so everyone has the right tools for the job.

Where someone is upskilling in a new or emerging area, they get extra time, templates and support to build into it. Nobody is handed a caseload and left to work it out.

What we offer

$105,000 - $120,000 + super, documented pay scale with annual progression

$5,000 sign-on bonus, to help with the role transition or relocation

$2,000 a year for professional development plus 2 days paid PD leave

Paid registration for Victorian professional body conferences or disability seminars

All equipment, software and clinical resources supplied and maintained

Approved business sponsor - visa and permanent residency pathways for clinicians already working in Australia

Vibrant clinic spaces with dedicated therapy rooms, gyms and shared offices, monthly team lunches and regular celebrations for cultural and awareness days and events

About you

AHPRA registration, with 5+ years' experience desirable

Experience supervising junior clinicians and/or students

Solid working knowledge of the NDIS and/or SAH and its operating practices

WWCC, NDIS Worker Screening Check and police check

Hours and location

Full time or Part time (minimum 0.8 FTE)

Hours can be spread across 4 or 5 days to accommodate flexible arrangements

Flexible start and finish times include options for Time in Lieu

Sunshine or Pascoe Vale clinics, or flexible across sites

Options for Leave Purchasing

All travel is based from the clinic, and we only take clients within a 30-minute radius

On-site role - escalations, debriefs and clinical support happen in person, not in a scheduled call

Find out more about us online https://www.advancetherapy.com.au/