Occupational Therapist - Graduate Program 2027

Illawarra Rugby League; Tasmania; Hybrid; AUD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Ability Action Australia is recruiting soon-to-be-graduated Occupational Therapists for its graduate program. You will be mentored, supervised and celebrated as you begin your OT career, with opportunities to learn in both clinical and business contexts.

You’ll support participants in community or clinic settings, develop assessment and reporting skills, and collaborate with carers to reach goals, while enjoying a supportive team culture across Australia.

Qualifications

• 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 an OT pun (bonus points)
• Licensed driver with own vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Support participants in the community or clinic.
• Complete assessments, write reports and support participants with therapy.
• Advocate for and work with participants and carers to help achieve goals.

Skills

AHPRA registered or eligible for AHPRA

Curious and compassionate

Excited to learn

Flexibility and growth

Make a difference

OT pun friendly

Driver with own vehicle

Job description

Company Description

Welcome to Ability Action Australia!

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.

Help us help otherswith life changing support that canimprove their independence, access, development, health and wellbeing, and function.

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 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 you 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 $89,600 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
• Weekly supervision, mentoring & a buddy who always has your back

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

Qualifications

WHO YOU ARE

You’re a soon-to-be graduated OT who is:

• 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

Additional Information

READY TO LEVEL UP YOUR OT CAREER?

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.