Senior Orthotist & Prosthetist

Novita Services; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Meal & entertainment packaging

Novated leasing

12% superannuation

Job summary

Novita is seeking an experienced Prosthetist to join its Orthotics & Prosthetics team in Adelaide. You will manage a complex prosthetic caseload, assess and prescribe advanced solutions, and apply expert clinical reasoning to complex presentations while working with microprocessor devices.

You will mentor clinicians, collaborate in a multidisciplinary environment, and contribute to service development, safeguarding best practice and client outcomes across diverse groups.

Qualifications

• Prosthetics and Orthotics qualification with extensive prosthetic experience.
• Eligible for professional body membership.
• NDIS Worker Screening Check current or willing to obtain.
• Working with Children Check current or willing to obtain.
• Current driver’s licence.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex prosthetic caseload with emphasis on advanced clinical outcomes.
• Assess, prescribe and review sophisticated prosthetic solutions for clients with diverse needs.
• Apply expert clinical reasoning to support complex presentations.
• Work with advanced prosthetic technologies, including microprocessor‑controlled devices.
• Mentor clinicians through clinical supervision and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to achieve client‑centred outcomes.

Skills

Advanced prosthetic management

Clinical reasoning

Mentoring clinicians

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Tertiary qualification in Prosthetics and Orthotics

Eligibility for AOPA membership

NDIS Worker Screening Check

Working with Children Check

Driver's licence

Job description

Salary, super, leave loading & salary packaging

Novita nurtures ambition of every size and shape, for a career that grows with you, in a team that supports you.

Novita is South Australia’s most established provider of therapy, assistive technology, community programs and community living services for people with disabilities and we’re evolving every day.

Novita brings you the benefits of structure along with the freedom to grow within an environment that’s big, but personal. We equip you with the tools to thrive as the whole person you are, embracing whatever makes you tick, so you can reach your true potential. Our leaders remain by your side, respectful of your autonomy, because they care about you accomplishing your professional goals. And the sheer variety of Novita’s offerings means opportunities to take your career where you want it to go.

Work at a place that supports you to achieve your best, so you can support others to achieve theirs.

About the Role

We're seeking an experienced Prosthetist to join our growing Orthotics & Prosthetics team, where you'll have the opportunity to work with a diverse and complex caseload while helping shape the future of specialist prosthetic services at Novita. This role offers the chance to apply advanced clinical expertise, work with leading technologies and contribute to the development of clinicians across the service.

• Manage a complex prosthetic caseload with a focus on advanced clinical outcomes
• Assess, prescribe and review sophisticated prosthetic solutions for clients with diverse needs
• Apply expert clinical reasoning to support complex and challenging presentations
• Work with advanced prosthetic technologies, including microprocessor‑controlled devices
• Act as a trusted clinical resource for complex prosthetic cases and service delivery
• Mentor and support clinicians through clinical supervision, coaching and knowledge sharing
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to achieve meaningful client‑centred outcomes

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Significant experience managing complex prosthetic cases across diverse client groups
• Strong clinical reasoning skills and confidence managing high‑complexity presentations
• Knowledge of advanced prosthetic technologies, components and clinical applications
• Ability to act as a clinical resource and trusted advisor within a multidisciplinary environment
• Experience mentoring, supporting and developing the capability of clinicians.
• Commitment to evidence‑based practice, clinical excellence and continuous improvement

Education and Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Prosthetics and Orthotics or a related field
• Eligible for membership with the Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association (AOPA) or relevant professional body
• Eligibility to practice as a Prosthetist within Australia
• Current National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Screening Check (or willingness to obtain)
• Current Working with Children Check (or willingness to obtain)
• Current driver’s licence
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and maintaining contemporary professional knowledge

We’re serious about safeguarding our clients. If you don’t have a current NDIS Worker Check and SA Working with Children Check, we’ll let you know how to obtain these prior to starting work with us.

If you’re an experienced Prosthetist seeking greater clinical complexity, broader influence, and the opportunity to further establish yourself as a leader in your profession, this role offers the ideal next step. You'll combine hands‑on complex clinical work with opportunities to mentor others, contribute to service development and help shape the future direction of prosthetic services.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

• Total salary package includes base salary, annual leave loading and 12% superannuation
• Enjoy salary packaging up to $15,900 of your salary, increasing your take‑home pay
• Further maximise your take home pay with additional salary packaging benefits including meal and entertainment expenses, accommodation and venue hire, private novated leasing and additional superannuation contributions

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, Novita may close this advertisement early if a suitable candidate is identified before the listed closing date.

Novita is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. All suitably qualified applicants will receive equal and fair consideration for employment. Applicants with a disability and/or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander are actively encouraged to apply.

Potentially successful candidates will be required to complete background checks prior to confirmation of employment.

Achieve your amazing at Novita.