ADF Rehabilitation Consultant

Working on base at the Gaza Ridge Barracks, is unlike any other Rehabilitation Consultant role. This is a unique opportunity to work with the only rehabilitation service provider to ADF personnel, where you will work collaboratively with your clients & their treaters. Support ADF members who have sustained a physical and/or psychological injury. Work with members to get them fully fit and military ready to defend and protect Australia. A truly rewarding experience supporting such a highly motivated client group

Joining the APM group, you have the opportunity to grow your career in Human Services across multiple global brands and geographies. A diverse team of almost 15,000 people across 11 countries with a shared purpose – to enable better lives for our employees and the communities we work in. Our work enables the people we serve to realise their ambitions and aspirations through sustainable employment, independence, better health and wellbeing and increased social participation. You can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of people, who rely on our services.

You can expect a great work-life balance, extensive learning opportunities, networking programs and employee benefits including discounted health insurance and big savings across hundreds of retail outlets. APM employees also have access to the Fitness Passport program. You will be SUPPORTED and MENTORED through direct interaction and an extensive onboarding process (incl. ongoing shadowing) to build your technical knowledge and expertise and enable your success.

The role:

• Taking a holistic care approach, work within a multidisciplinary team to support the journey from rehab to healing
• Perform a variety of assessments depending on your area of clinical expertise. This could include functional capacity evaluations, worksite, ergonomic or activities of daily living assessments
• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders including the employee, medical specialists, other treatment providers and allied health professionals
• Case management. Develop, implement and monitor rehabilitation plans.

What's in it for you:
KPIs based on service delivery outcomes NOT billable hours. A purely client centred approach to rehabilitation. Set working hours means you can truly have WORK / LIFE balance – no overtime, no outside of work hours work. Enjoy early starts and early finishes: 7:30am - 3:30pm. If you're not local to the area, and you fancy a tree change, relocation assistance may be provided.

What will make you successful:

• Current unrestricted registration or membership with the relevant industry body (AHPRA, ESSA)
• Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Rehabilitation Counselling, Social Work, Nursing or Osteopathy
• Strong clinical reasoning
• Ability to engage across multidisciplinary teams to support the achievement of a common goal
• Passion to help people rehabilitate
• 12 months Occupational Rehabilitation experience is highly desirable

Not quite the right match?Refer a friend and you will be eligible for a $1000 Visa Gift Card. APM employee referrals are eligible for $5000Terms and conditions apply.

Ready to join?
Click APPLY now and complete your application through our online recruitment platform.

For a confidential chat please contact Amanda Whinney on 0458 379 067 or connect at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandawhinney

About Acumen
Experts in workplace health, injury management and safety, Acumen (part of the APM Group) has an unrelenting passion to deliver the best quality services, at the highest standards to improve lives. Delivering services across personal injury and occupational health, the team at Acumen focus on recovery and function to get clients back to work and back to life whatever their age, stage or situation. Our personal injury divisionprovides services through federal and state-based Workers Compensations,Motor Accident Schemes andLife Insurance.

We're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity
We welcome all people to join our team, including people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, living with disability, all gender identities, LGBTQIA+, people of any socioeconomic status, of any age, race, national origin or ethnicity. We believe each person's uniqueness makes us even better at the work we do.