Occupational Therapist - Graduate Program 2027

Ability Action Australia; City of Greater Dandenong; Hybrid; AUD 78,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary of 86,800 AUD including super

KM travel reimbursement

AUD 1,500 annual PD allowance

Performance-based incentives

Laptop, smartphone & clinical toolkit

Flexibility: work from office, home or

Professional indemnity insurance

Salary packaging options

Job summary

Ability Action Australia is recruiting for its 2027 Graduate OT program. If you’re graduating in 2026, you’ll join a national therapy services team that supports NDIS participants, kids, teens and adults with weekly supervision and structured growth.

As a Graduate OT, you’ll complete assessments, write reports, support participants in community and clinic settings, and work toward becoming a clinically confident practitioner with ample PD and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must be AHPRA registered or eligible for registration.
• Graduating in 2026 with an OT qualification.
• Demonstrates empathy, adaptability and strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Supporting participants in the community or clinic.
• Completing assessments, writing reports and supporting participants with therapy.
• Advocating for and working with participants and carers to help achieve goals.

Skills

Curious and compassionate

Excited to learn new things

Ready to make a difference in people’s

Education

AHPRA registered or eligible for AHPRA registration

Graduating in 2026 (OT)

Job description

Welcome to Ability Action Australia! We’re a national therapy services provider helping NDIS participants, kids, teens and adults get more out of life every day.

Our teams are supportive, our vibes are friendly, our supervision is actually weekly (shocking, we know), and our Grad Program is designed to turn you from “fresh grad” to “confident clinician” in record time, without the burnout.

Welcome to Ability Action Australia! We’re a national therapy services provider helping NDIS participants, kids, teens and adults get more out of life every day.

Our teams are supportive, our vibes are friendly, our supervision is actually weekly (shocking, we know), and our Grad Program is designed to turn you from “fresh grad” to “confident clinician” in record time, without the burnout.

Job Description

Where your OT career begins… and your future takes shape.

Hey future OT extraordinaire! If you’re graduating in 2026 and looking for a workplace where you feel supported, valued, mentored, celebrated (and occasionally fed snacks?) Congratulations. you’ve found your people.

Welcome to Ability Action Australia.

Where people develop

Where careers grow

Where grads thrive

Where a real difference is made

Where “am I doing this right?” becomes “I’ve SO got this.” where the foundations for your OT career are set

ABOUT US

We’re a national therapy services provider helping NDIS participants, kids, teens and adults live their best everyday lives. Our goal - to the best service provider in the country!

We’re supportive, passionate, and big believers in:

• 1:1 Weekly supervision that actually happens
• Growth without burnout
• Teams who lift each other up
• Supporting graduates to become clinically confident Occupational Therapists

OTs love working with us because we combine structure + flexibility, support + independence, professionalism and fun.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE OUR 2027 GRADUATE PROGRAM

You will learn a whole lot, not just clinical skills but business skills, people skills and all the intangible things that can take you from good to great. You will make mistakes, learn and grow, be challenged, succeed in ways that matter, forge great relationships, have lots of fun, transform lives and learn from experts in the field.

Some of the things your will do in this role Include;

• Supporting participants in the community or clinic
• Completing assessments, writing reports and supporting participants with therapy
• Advocating for and working with participants and carers to help achieve goals

Here’s what you get:

• A guaranteed salary of $86,800 including super
• KM travel reimbursement
• $1,500 annual PD allowance
• Performance-based incentives (potential to earn more + give to the community)
• Laptop, smartphone & clinical toolkit
• Flexibility Work from the office, home or your favorite café,
• Professional indemnity insurance
• Salary packaging options, including novated leasing, option to purchase additional leave

Basically: you’re supported, resourced and set up to grow.

WHO YOU ARE

• AHPRA registered or eligible for AHPRA registration
• Curious and compassionate
• Excited to learn and try new things
• Keen for a workplace with flexibility, growth and Support
• Ready to make a difference in people’s lives
• Not afraid of a good OT pun (bonus points if you make your own)
• A licensed driver with your own vehicle

You bring the passion. We bring the support. So you can be unstoppable.

READY TO LEVEL UP YOUR OT CAREER?

I’m Vanessa Dias, your Grad Program wing-woman, real-life human contact, and the very enthusiastic Talent Acquisition Consultant who will happily chat your ear off about all things AAA, grads & OT life!

Additional Information

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.

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.