Rehabilitation Consultant - Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist

WorkFocus Australia; Wangaratta; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Mentorship and leadership support

Career progression opportunities

Employer benefits package

Job summary

WorkFocus Australia is seeking a Rehabilitation Consultant to join a multidisciplinary team of allied health professionals. You will help clients regain independence and achieve goals in life and work, with strong focus on customer care and professional development.

Join a flexible, supportive environment offering mentorship, career progression, and opportunities to work across multiple locations in Australia.

Qualifications

• Australian recognised degree qualification with full accreditation in one of the listed allied health professions.
• Willingness to travel with a current vehicle and driver's licence.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and commitment to customer service.
• Punctuality and effective time management.

Responsibilities

• Conduct initial assessments and identify RTW barriers.
• Design/implement/monitor RTW programs for injured workers to return to work.
• Carry out ADL, home, worksite, functional, ergonomic, and equipment assessments.
• Liaise with clients, insurers, medical practitioners and employers to achieve outcomes.
• Develop strategies to progress files and meet RTW benchmarks with minimal costs.
• Design and monitor programs that help injured employees return to the workforce.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Customer service

Education

Accreditation in OT/Physiotherapy/Chiropractic/Osteopathy

Job description

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, Exercise Physiologist, Osteopath or Physiotherapist to join our multidisciplinary team of allied health professionals as a Rehabilitation Consultant.

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!

Job Description

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

• Conduct initial assessments and identify RTW barriers and design/implement/monitor programs that assist injured employees return to the workforce
• Undertaking assessments including activities of daily living, home, worksite, functional, ergonomic, equipment assessments
• Identifying Return to Work (RTW) barriers
• Liaising with clients, insurers, medical practitioners and employers to achieve outcomes appropriate for all parties
• Develop and implement strategies to progress files and achieve RTW benchmarks with minimum case costs
• Designing, implementing and monitoring programs that assist injured employees to return to the workforce

Qualifications

What you’ll bring to the role

• Australian recognised degree qualification and full Accreditation in Occupational Therapy, Exercise Physiology, Chiropractic, Osteopathy or Physiotherapy
• Willingness to travel (A current vehicle and drivers licence is required)
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Determination to consistently provide a high level of customer service
• A keen sense of punctuality and the effective ability to manage your time

Additional Information

What we offer you

• Truly flexible working, in the community, from home and the office – you set your schedule
• Structured mentorship and leadership support
• Learn and be mentored from a multi-award-winning team!
• Multiple career pathways and professional development opportunities – 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
• Opportunities to work in over 80 locations in Australia
• 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.