Rehabilitation Consultant: Return-to-Work Specialist

Altius Group; Darwin; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above award salary

Generous bonus scheme

Annual salary review

Job summary

Altius Group is seeking an Rehabilitation Consultant to support recovery and rehabilitation for individuals with injury, illness, or disability in Darwin. You will develop personalised plans and coordinate assessments to facilitate return-to-work and reintegration into daily life and work.

The role requires relevant allied-health qualifications, full registration, and Australian working rights; you will collaborate with insurers, employers, and healthcare professionals to achieve positive

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapist or Exercise Physiology.
• Full registration with AHPRA or ESSA.
• Full Australian working rights.
• Current driver's license and car.

Responsibilities

• Develop personalised rehabilitation plans that support a whole-of-person approach to rehabilitation.
• Complete a range of assessments including Functional Capacity Evaluations, Workplace Assessments, Ergonomic Assessments and Activities of Daily Living Assessment (ADLS).
• Use lateral thinking and forward planning skills to identify potential return to work pathways in line with likely recovery milestones.
• Utilise problem-solving skills, clinical experience, and knowledge of injury management to perform assessments and facilitate the return to work of claimants.
• Work closely with clients, their families, insurers, employers and other healthcare professionals to evaluate physical, psychological, and social factors.
• Present case information to various stakeholders and providing credible recommendations/solutions to drive the desired goal.

Skills

Caseload management

Clinical assessments

Education

Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy

Tertiary qualification in Physiotherapy

Tertiary qualification in Exercise Physiology

Job description

Altius Group is seeking an Rehabilitation Consultant to support recovery and rehabilitation for individuals with injury, illness, or disability in Darwin. You will develop personalised plans and coordinate assessments to facilitate return-to-work and reintegration into daily life and work.

The role requires relevant allied-health qualifications, full registration, and Australian working rights; you will collaborate with insurers, employers, and healthcare professionals to achieve positive