Occupational Therapy Team Leader

**Company Description**:
**_
Welcome to Ability Action Australia_**

We are a national therapy services provider. Every day and in many ways, we are here to help NDIS participants - children, adolescents and adults (0-65 years) - get more out of life today **_Help us help others_** to improve their access, development, independence, and overall health and wellbeing, and function.

As our growth across Australia continues, we are now looking to build a new multidisciplinary team to provide supports to NDIS participants living in the Sutherland shire and Wollongong areas. To support our manager with building the team, we’re looking for an Occupational Therapist with a passion for leadership. Whether you’re an experienced leader, or you may be looking for the opportunity to step into leadership on a permanent basis, we would love to hear from you

**What's in it for you?**

As you support many, we support you. We offer:

- ** Benefits** - Professional Development allowance, staff referral scheme, Fitness Passportjust to name a few
- ** Flexibility** - You can select the hours and days (minimum of 3 days/week) that work best for you as an individual
- ** Excellent remuneration** - Industry leading salary + annual car allowance + laptop + smartphone + Performance with Purpose Reward and Recognition Program + salary packaging options
- ** Work-life balance** - Combine the convenience of working from home with the social interaction of working in the community and support of office and clinic hours
- ** Career progression** - Access to ongoing training tailored to your interests and long-term goals combined with professional development opportunities with Ability Action Australia and our parent company MedHealth
- ** Passionate and uplifting culture** - You will be part of a purpose and values driven team focused on delivering outstanding service to NDIS participants

This role will require you to put your exceptional clinical skills to use as you make a difference in the lives of the participants on your caseload and foster the development of others as they join the team. You will...
- Provide mentorship, training and formal 1:1 supervision to team members
- Run monthly peer group supervision sessions
- Deliver much needed occupational therapy services to participants in the community
- Use clinical observations and standardised assessments, and interpret findings, to formulate treatment goals

**Qualifications**:
To be considered suitable you will have:

- Current registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist
- Genuine passion for working in the disability sector
- Excellent time management and organisational skills to manage a varied caseload
- Proactive attitude, motivated by improvement and the opportunity to test and learn from new ideas
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Looking for a fun, collaborative and supportive work environment

**Additional Information**:

- MedHealth is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment for all staff. As a result, all commencing workers are required to be up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations or have a valid contraindication medical certificate in accordance with the ‘Public Health (COVID-19 Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Order 2021’. Your vaccination status may be discussed as part of the recruitment and selection process and evidence of vaccination status prior to commencing will be sought._

**_
You are welcome here_**
- 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. When you join MedHealth, we want you to bring your whole self to work - and we value your unique contribution._