Senior Occupational Therapist – Hybrid Community Care

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

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Referral incentives

Leave purchase options

Corporate discounts

Flexible hours

Hybrid work

Supervision

Career development

Kilometre reimbursement

Job summary

Ability Action Australia is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to support participants across the Newcastle and Hunter region. You’ll deliver clinical services, assess function, and tailor interventions to individual goals, in a supportive, multidisciplinary environment.

This role offers flexible design of hours, mentorship for graduates, and opportunities to grow professionally while contributing to quality community-based support for people with disability.

Qualifications

• Current Occupational Therapy registration with AHPRA.
• Experience as an OT or Senior OT 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.

Responsibilities

• Manage an allocated caseload (based on negotiated hours) and deliver timely therapeutic services.
• Assess participants’ developmental, cognitive, emotional, psychological and physical function using observations and standardised assessments.
• Interpret findings to formulate treatment goals unique to each participant.
• Provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions to help participants enhance quality of life and meet 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.

Skills

AHPRA registration

OT/Senior OT experience

Community-based disability support

Time management

Team collaboration

Mentoring graduates

Job description

Ability Action Australia is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to support participants across the Newcastle and Hunter region. You’ll deliver clinical services, assess function, and tailor interventions to individual goals, in a supportive, multidisciplinary environment.

This role offers flexible design of hours, mentorship for graduates, and opportunities to grow professionally while contributing to quality community-based support for people with disability.