Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapist - Mid Year Graduate Program 2025

- Full-time
- State: VIC
- Job Status: Full Time

Welcome to Ability Action Australia
We deliver localised expertise in over 300 locations across Australia and support thousands of NDIS participants achieve a better life Our business is focused on the positive abilities of every person we support - we are about action - getting the support that people need, when they need it

Job Description

Our #AAA ActionPacked Graduate Program provides you with a well-rounded knowledge base that sets you up for success, while providing several layers of built-in supervision. You will...

- Build your capability across many areas of OT, including assistive tech, home mods, paediatrics, SIL/SDA/ILO and mental health.
- Assess participants emotional, psychological, cognitive, developmental and physical level of function and capacity
- Provide support and advice on adaptations to the environment including home, school, work and residential facilities

From a paediatric play-based session to help a child develop motor skills, to assessing & making recommendations on potential modifications to the environment through assistive tech or home mods to improve accessibility; the work of an OT is varied. You will…

- Assess participants' emotional, psychological, cognitive, developmental and physical level of function and capacity to perform ADL’s and IADL’s
- Interpret findings to formulate treatment goals.
- Participate in professional development and receive formal 1:1 supervision
- Engage in group supervision & disability specific workshops
- Collaborate with our wider multidisciplinary team of Speechies, Physio's, EP's, Psychologists and BSP's.

Our clinicians advocate strongly for our participants so that they can get the support they need, when they need it You will...

- Assess participants' emotional, psychological, cognitive, developmental and physical level of function and capacity to perform ADL’s and IADL’s
- Interpret findings to formulate treatment goals.
- Participate in professional development and receive formal 1:1 supervision
- Engage in group supervision & disability specific workshops
- Collaborate with our wider multidisciplinary team of Speechies, Physio's, EP's, Psychologists and BSP's.

About You

We are seeking a person who has:

- Current registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist (Or will obtain by Aug 2025)
- A passion for collaborating in a multi-disciplinary team
- A desire to make a real difference within the community
- Experience within paediatrics

We are looking for people who authentically want to improve the lives of people living with a disability.

- A Team Player who is eager to learn from and collaborate within an MDT
- Looking for a FUN and inviting team culture where we look out for one another
- Eligible for registration with AHPRA upon graduating as an OT

As you support many, we support you We offer:

- Excellent remuneration - Generous base salary + car allowance + laptop + phone + CPD + bonuses + Reward and Recognition Program
- Salary packaging - includes novated leasing and self education expenses
- Career Progression - Access to leadership programs and career growth options through AAA and our parent company, MedHealth
- Ultimate flexibility - WFH/office/clinic and choose hours/days
- Ongoing Professional Development - Access to regular internal and external CPD, events and the MedHealth Academy
- Passionate and uplifting culture – We celebrate the big and small Feel 100% supported in your role and enjoy regular social events

When you join the AAA family, you join a team that encourages collaboration, promotes inclusion, welcomes differences, and genuinely cares about your wellbeing. We promise to always...

- Nurture your creativity - think outside the box
- Give you timely support - Team Leaders and supervisors have heavily reduced caseloads and are very accessible
- Provide a rich team culture - our multi-disciplinary teams collaborate on the daily, but also love to kick back at our bimonthly social activities
- Invest in your career - through HEAPS of professional development sessions, planning your growth pathway and giving you access to leadership programs

Additional Benefits

- A supportive, gradual start - Shadowing sessions, followed by a linear caseload "ramp-up"
- Extensive Supervision - 1-on-1 weekly supervision from a Senior OT, group supervision and PD within your region and Australia-wide PD sessions
- Flexibility - work from home/office/community hub
- $$ Excellent remuneration $86,412 (inc Super), car allowance, laptop, phone, prof. indemnity insurance, AND bonuses
- Salary packaging, fitness passport, discounted health insurance, travel club

How WE take care of YOU

As you support many, we support you We do this through…

- Excellent remuneration - Generous base salary + car allowance + laptop + phone + CPD + bonuses + Reward and Recognition Program
- Salary packaging - includes novated leasing and self education expenses
- Career Progression - Access to leadership programs and career growth options through AAA and our parent company, MedHealth
- Ultimate flexibility - WFH/office/clinic and choose hours/days
- Ongoing Professional Development - Access to regular internal and external CPD, events and the MedHealth Academy
- Passionate and uplifting culture – We celebrate the big and small Feel 100% supported in your role and enjoy regular social events

Does this opportunity EXCITE you? Then, we want to hear from you #AAA

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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