(Immediate Start) Occupational Therapist

3 weeks ago


Newcastle, Australia Ability Action Australia Full time

Job Description

People are at the heart of everything we do—our participants and our team alike.

We believe that motivated, supported therapists create the best outcomes. That’s why we’re committed to fostering a flexible, friendly workplace that supports your long-term career growth.

What’s in it for you?

At Ability Action Australia, as you support many, we support you with:

- Work Flexibility – Choose your own hours, from 24 hours per week up to full-time, to suit your lifestyle.
- Excellent Remuneration – Industry-leading salary, salary packaging, kilometre reimbursement, plus a laptop and smartphone.
- True Work-Life Balance – Set your calendar your way. Enjoy working from home combined with access to our Maroochydore hub.
- Career Progression – Access ongoing training tailored to your interests and goals through Ability Action Australia and our parent company, MedHealth.
- Passionate and Positive Culture – Join a purpose-driven team dedicated to making every bit of your care count.

Your Role

We are expanding our team and want to welcome an experienced and dynamic Occupational Therapist ready to make a meaningful impact and contribute to best practice. Bring your expertise, maturity, and strong organisational skills to thrive in this role.

Your Responsibilities

Manage a caseload and deliver timely, quality therapeutic services.

Assess participants’ emotional, psychological, cognitive, developmental, and physical function through clinical observations and standardised assessments.

Interpret findings to create personalised treatment goals for each participant.

Provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions to enhance participants’ quality of life.

Mentor and nurture early career clinicians.

Maintain awareness of current legislation to ensure compliance.

If you’re passionate about empowering others and want a flexible, supportive workplace, we’d love to hear from you

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Current general registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist

Excellent time management and organisational skills to effectively manage a varied caseload

A proactive attitude and a strong commitment to ongoing professional development

Experience in mentoring and supervising other Occupational Therapists

A genuine passion for making a positive impact in the disability sector

If you are motivated, compassionate, and ready to contribute to meaningful outcomes for our clients, we’d love to hear from you

Additional Information

Sounds like you? Then, we want to hear from you

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 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 LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.

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