Occupational Therapist – Central Australian Aboriginal Congress- Alice Springs
2 days ago
- Full-time position based in Alice Springs, NT
- Up to $7,000 for relocation assistance
- 6 weeks annual leave
Why Central Australian Aboriginal Congress?
Congress is a comprehensive Aboriginal community-controlled health service, providing primary health care services to Aboriginal Australian persons in Alice Springs and various remote communities in Central Australia.
This position sits within the NDIS Allied Health Services Team, in the Health Services Division. The Occupational Therapist works with the NDIS Allied Health Services Manager to develop and promote the service in partnership with community.
What's in it for you?
- Base Salary: $100,210 – $112,222 (p.a.)
- Total Effective Package: $122,462 – $135,978 (p.a.)*
- Sign on & retention bonuses
- Full-time, Maximum Term Contract
- 6 weeks annual leave
- Generous salary package
- A motivating and rewarding work environment
- Opportunity to advance your career and access to CPD Grants
- Financial relocation assistance for eligible candidates (up to $7,000)
Sign-on and retention bonuses –
$10k on commencement, $10k retention payment at 12 months service and an additional $10k for a further 12 months of service (A total of $30,000 for 24 months of service). Conditions apply.
What's the role?
- Provide culturally-responsive high-quality occupational therapy services for people living with disability within the Central Australian community
- Support NDIS participants to optimise independence and function within their personal, family and community roles
- Foster self-determination of clients and community by facilitating choice and control over service delivery
- Partner with service users, families and stakeholders to enable progress towards participants NDIS goals
- Carry an adult community-based caseload servicing a range of clinical presentations including neurological, orthopedic, cognitive impairment and vision loss.
- Please note, this role is primarily based in Mparntwe (Alice Springs); however, occasional remote travel may be required in this role.
Is this the right role for you?
- Full registration as an Occupational Therapist as recognised by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority
- ~2 years of clinical experience as an Occupational Therapist
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary team and working with a broad range of clients from varying socioeconomic backgrounds with a wide range of functional impairments
- Flexible and creative approve to providing occupational therapy services that is responsive to the needs of the community
- Ability to partner with service users, including utilising them in goal setting, care planning and care co-ordination to identify priorities
- Willingness, ability and appropriate levels of health and fitness to travel to and work from remote locations.
- Current NT Driver's License, or ability to obtain
NT PHN/RWA NT may be able to offer relocation support and clinical educational financial assistance to health professionals who are relocating to the NT or moving within the NT to a greater remoteness area classification for the purposes of employment and further clinical education.
Want to find out more about this opportunity? Please call the Recruitment Team on or email
for this Occupational Therapist – Central Australian Aboriginal Congress- Alice Springs job
Job Reference:
AD-1348
CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
- Job Category:
Allied health
- Pay Rate:
$100,210 - $112,222 (p.a.)
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