Senior Occupational Therapist — Lead Community Care & Wellness

Right at Home; Rockhampton Regional; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Right at Home Australia is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to lead and grow Allied Health services in the Central Queensland region, delivering person-centred OT in homes and communities.

This role offers scope to shape new Allied Health and Day Respite Services, collaborate with nurses and care teams, and travel across service regions.

Qualifications

• Current AHPRA registration as an Occupational Therapist.
• Professional indemnity insurance.
• Minimum 3 years clinical experience in community, rehabilitation or aged care is highly regarded.
• Demonstrated passion for wellness, restorative care and reablement.
• Strong leadership, mentoring and team development skills.
• Commitment to delivering person-centred, high-quality care.
• Current driver’s licence and willingness to travel.
• Current national police check (within last 12 months).
• Current first aid and CPR.
• Relevant aged care healthcare compliance documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the development and delivery of Occupational Therapy services within the community.
• Help establish and build a high-performing Allied Health team.
• Deliver evidence-based, person-centred therapy in clients’ homes and community settings.
• Champion wellness and reablement to help clients maintain independence and quality of life.
• Conduct functional mobility and home safety assessments.
• Recommend and facilitate assistive equipment, home modifications and practical strategies for safe living.
• Collaborate with nurses, care partners and other health professionals for client outcomes.
• Contribute to service innovation, quality improvement and best-practice care.
• Travel across our service regions as required.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Team development

Wellness

Reablement

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Organisational skills

Stakeholder engagement

Clinical reasoning

Documentation accuracy

Technology proficiency

Job description

Welcome to Right at Home’s
Job Opportunities

The Right at Home Mission and Values

Right at Home has a mission to ‘improve the quality of life for those we serve’. We do this by choosing the Right People™, to deliver the Right Services™ with the Right Approach™. To continue this unwavering standard of quality care, we look for people who build our culture, who are sensitive and adaptable to clients’ different personalities, cultural backgrounds, and home dynamics, and who align with our values of flexibility, approachability, accountability, collaboration and integrity.

Benefits of Becoming a Right at Home Caregiver, Nurse, or Allied Health Practitioner

The foundation of becoming a successful Right at Home caregiver, nurse, or allied health practitioner is a deep passion for people and a commitment to providing high-quality care. In return, Right at Home provides flexibility and work security and a sense of belonging to a local office. You will be backed by a national support team meaning less travel and more client interaction. Right at Home values and supports your contribution and focuses on your career development with mentoring by experienced nurses, care managers, and allied health professionals with ongoing training and supervision. Competitive pay and a reward and recognition program called Right at Home! at some local offices are all part of the advantages of working for Right at Home.

Right About You!™

Right About You! is our employee recognition, wellbeing, and discounts program. The program recognises and supports Right at Home employees, bringing to life our values and culture with the use of eCards to recognise employees and peers doing great work. A key benefit of Right About You! is to help our workforce save money everyday, with discounts at over 400 Australian and international retailers. The best part? ALL of the discount offers can be used in conjunction with any sale prices or promotions offered by the retailer - so our employees save even more on things like groceries, petrol, clothing, entertainment, gadgets, appliances, travel and much more!

If spending is not their thing, our caregivers click through to our wellbeing portal for tips and tricks on how to maintain a healthy balance in their life. If they are looking for some midweek meal inspiration, needing help winding down at the end of a busy day, or just looking for simple ways to move more, there are loads of videos, recipes, articles, tools and tips to support their physical, financial and mental wellbeing. As part of Right at Home’s RightPeople ™ , we have ensured that whatever makes our employees tick, Right About You! ™ has it covered.

Right at Home is Australia’s leading quality home care provider, caring for seniors, adults living with a disability and adults recovering from a hospital stay. There’s nothing more important than providing care for those in need. Right at Home offers careers for Certificate III Companion Care Level Caregivers right through to Registered Nurses and Allied Health Professionals including physiotherapists and OTs who provide complex medical and wellbeing support to clients.

We want to help and support you and your career and provide you with the opportunity to serve a community who needs you so you can make a real difference in the lives of the most vulnerable while growing and thriving as a person. As a Right at Home caregiver, nurse, or allied health practitioner, our mission of ‘improving the quality of life for those we serve’ becomes your mission, too.

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Senior Occupational Therapist | Make a Difference. Shape the Future. Have Fun Along the Way!

Something exciting is happening at Right at Home Central QLD!

We’re launching our brand-new Allied Health and Day Respite Services, bringing together a passionate team focused on wellness, reablement, independence and helping older Australians live their best lives at home and in their community.

And we’re looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and people-focused Senior Occupational Therapist to join us at the beginning of this exciting journey!

This isn’t just another OT role. It’s an opportunity to help build something special from the ground up.

You’ll have the opportunity to shape our Allied Health services, bring your ideas to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of older Australians while working alongside a supportive team that genuinely values what you do.

What You'll Be Doing

As our Senior Occupational Therapist, you’ll play a key role in building and delivering high-quality, person-centred Occupational Therapy services across the community.

You will:

• Lead and grow the development and delivery of Occupational Therapy services within the community
• Help establish and build a high-performing, passionate Allied Health team
• Deliver evidence-based, person-centred therapy in clients’ homes and community settings
• Championwellness and reablement, helping clients maintain independence, confidence and quality of life
• Conduct functional, mobility and home safety assessments
• Recommend and facilitate assistive equipment, home modifications and practical strategies to support safe and independent living
• Collaborate with nurses, care partners and other health professionals to achieve great outcomes for our clients
• Bring your ideas and contribute to service innovation, quality improvement and best-practice care
• Travel across our service regions as required

Why Work with Us?

• Make a real difference in the community
• Help build something new
• Grow your career
• Flexibility that fits your life

Qualifications

Current AHPRA registration as an Occupational Therapist

Professional indemnity insurance

Minimum 3 years clinical experience (community, rehabilitation or aged care experience highly regarded)

Demonstrated passion for wellness, restorative care and reablement

Strong leadership, mentoring and team development skills

Commitment to delivering person-centred, high-quality care

• Current driver’s licence and willingness to travel
• Current national police check (completed in the last 12 months)
• Current first aid and CPR

Relevant aged care healthcare compliance documentation

Preferred Skills

Excellent time management and organisational skills

Strong communication and interpersonal abilities

Relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills

Sound clinical reasoning, problem-solving and critical thinking

High attention to detail and documentation accuracy

Confident using technology and clinical systems

• Understanding of aged care standard, compliance and ethical practice
• Genuine commitment to client-centred care and positive ageing

APPLY TODAY!

To learn more or submit your application, please contact our Recruitment Team:

Or apply through our Right at Home website

Join us and help redefine the future of Allied Health in home care, because there is no place like Right at Home.