Senior Occupational Therapist

Ability Action Australia; Newcastle; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Referral incentives

Additional leave purchase options

Corporate discounts

Flexible hours

Kilometre reimbursement

Laptop & smartphone

PD allowance

Mentorship program

Career development

Job summary

Ability Action Australia is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to support participants across the Newcastle and Hunter region. The role offers flexibility with work hours and a mix of home, community visits and clinic spaces.

You will provide clinical leadership, manage a varied caseload and mentor graduates while contributing to team development and professional growth within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Current Occupational Therapy registration with AHPRA.
• Experience as an OT or Senior OT beyond graduation.
• Interest in mentoring graduates and early career clinicians.

Responsibilities

• Manage an allocated caseload and deliver timely therapeutic services.
• Assess participants across developmental, cognitive, emotional and physical function using observations and standardised assessments.
• Formulate treatment goals and provide evidence-based interventions.
• Maintain awareness of current legislation to ensure compliance.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to support outcomes.
• Tailor caseload to experience and professional goals.
• Support growth and development of graduates and early career clinicians.

Skills

AHPRA registration

OT clinical experience

Mentor graduates

Time management

Team collaboration

Job description

Job Description

As our #AAA team continues to grow, we’re looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist to support participants across the Newcastle and Hunter region. Depending on your location, you’ll have the opportunity to work close to home.

As an experienced clinician, you’ll bring your expertise to a supportive and collaborative environment where you can make a meaningful impact in the lives of your participants, contribute to team development, and continue growing professionally.

• Manage an allocated caseload (based on your negotiated hours) and deliver timely therapeutic services
• Assess participants’ developmental, cognitive, emotional, psychological and physical function and capacity through clinical observations and standardised assessments
• Interpret findings to formulate treatment goals unique to each participant
• Provide evidence‑based therapeutic interventions to help participants enhance their quality of life and meet their goals
• Maintain awareness of current legislation to ensure compliance
• Collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team to support participant outcomes
• Caseload will be tailored to your experience, interests and professional goals
• Support the growth and development of graduates and early career clinicians.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Current Occupational Therapy membership with AHPRA
• Experience as an Occupational Therapist or Senior Occupational Therapist beyond graduation
• Passionate about community‑based support for people with disability
• Excellent time management and organisational skills to manage a varied caseload
• Thrives in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment
• Desire to mentor graduates and early career clinicians

As you support many, we support you. You’ll enjoy:

• Exceptional benefits including salary packaging, referral incentives, additional leave purchase options and exclusive corporate discounts
• Real flexibility to design your work hours and days around your lifestyle
• A competitive package featuring an industry‑leading salary, kilometre reimbursement, laptop, smartphone, PD allowance and performance incentives
• A balanced way of working with a mix of home, community visits and access to office and clinic spaces
• Meaningful clinical support through weekly supervision, dedicated mentors and guidance from senior clinicians
• Clear career development with tailored training, ongoing professional development and career pathways across Ability Action Australia & MedHealth

Additional Information

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.