Rehabilitation Consultant - Occupational Therapist

MedHealth; Darwin; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working in community, home, &

Mentored by award-winning team

Multiple career pathways & development

Additional annual leave

Paid parental leave

Salary packaging & other benefits

Job summary

MedHealth in Darwin, NT, seeks an Rehabilitation Consultant (Occupational Therapist) to join a multidisciplinary team. New graduates and relocations welcome. You will support clients to regain independence in life and work, while benefiting from mentoring and flexible community-based opportunities.

Join a leading Australian work and wellness provider, and contribute to a wide range of rehabilitation services designed to improve participation and outcomes for clients across diverse settings.

Qualifications

• Australian recognised degree in Occupational Therapy with AHPRA accreditation.
• Willingness to learn and positively impact lives.
• Ability to engage clients and stakeholders in wellness and work journeys.
• Commitment to high level customer service for clients and customers.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and access to own vehicle.
• Working with Children Check and Police Clearance would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Undertake occupational therapy assessments across activities of daily living, home, worksite, ergonomic and equipment needs.
• Develop and implement rehabilitation plans.
• Design and implement intervention programmes to improve functional performance, independence and work capacity.
• Identify barriers and design/monitor programs to maximise work participation.
• Understand funding schemes to empower clients to reach wellness and recovery goals.
• Liaise with clients, families, funding bodies, practitioners, employers and stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

Skills

Willingness to learn

Client engagement

Stakeholder engagement

Customer service

Driver's license

Education

Australian recognised degree in Occupational Therapy

AHPRA accreditation

Job description

Rehabilitation Consultant - Occupational Therapist

• Full-time
• State: NT
• Job Status: Full Time

Join Australia’s most awarded work and wellness provider and set your career path to success!

We’re currently looking for a talented Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team of allied health professionals as a Rehabilitation Consultant. New Graduates and people looking to relocate welcome!

If you’re passionate about making a real difference in people’s lives and providing excellent customer care, this is the place for you! Help your clients regain their independence and achieve their goals in life and work.

We want to see you succeed in your career, so the same dedication we have for supporting our clients, we also have for supporting you. We will champion your professional development, career progression and wellbeing.

Join us in helping make an impact.

How you’ll be making an impact in people’s lives:

• Undertaking Occupational Therapy assessments including activities of daily living, home, worksite, functional, ergonomic, equipment assessments
• Undertaking assessments to develop and implement effective rehabilitation plans
• Designing and implementing intervention programmesusing occupation to improve functional performance, independence and work capacity
• Identifying barriers and designing, implementing and monitoringprograms that support people to achieve maximal work participation
• Understanding a variety of healthcare and rehabilitation funding schemes and empowering your clients to achieve their wellness and recovery goals
• Liaisingwith clients, family members, funding bodies, medical practitioners, employersand stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Australian recognised degree qualification in Occupational Therapy and AHPRA accreditation
• Willingness to learn and impact positively on people’s lives in tangible ways
• The ability to engage clients and stakeholders in the wellness and work journey
• A commitment to a high level of customer service to your clients and customers
• Willingness to work in the community (must have drivers licence and access to own vehicle)
• Current or able to get a Working with Children Check and Police Clearance

What we offer you

• Truly flexible working, in the community, from home and the office – you set your schedule
• Learn and be mentored from a multi-award-winning team!
• Multiple career pathways and professional developmentopportunities – 90% of our leadership team have been promoted from within!
• Generous financial incentives program to reward you for your impact
• Purchase additional annual leave
• Paid parental leave
• Additional employer benefits package including salary sacrificing, fitness passport, novated leasing, Star Finder referral program and so much more!

At WorkFocus, we get people well and working.

Since 1989, we have impacted the lives of over 100,000 Australians by providing a range of services to prevent and minimise the social, physical, psychological and financial consequences of injury and illness. Our team of allied health professionals champion the health benefits of good work, supporting and empowering people through the recovery process to return them to better health and life.

By joining WorkFocus Australia you will also be joining the MedHealth Group, a family of industry leading health, medical and employment enterprises, which has been voted 2 years in a row as an Australia’s Financial Times ‘Best Place to Work’ organisation, allowing you to build and take your career all over Australia.

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.