Occupational Therapy Neurological Private Practice Melbourne

About us

For more than 15 years we've been guiding and empowering thousands of clients to redefine their neurorehabilitation journeys and get the most from their brains, their bodies and their lives.

Our committed multi-disciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists and Allied Health Assistants stay at the forefront of evidence-based science and technology to deliver results in functional abilities, independence and greater quality of life to people with a neurological condition.

Excitingly, we have recently relocated to a bigger, brighter, newly built therapy clinic. Enjoy working with clients in well designed clinical spaces, and take your seat at your own desk in our large multi-disciplinary staff office. Our new address is 450 Waverley Rd Malvern East – this is the perfect time to jump on board and grow your career.

The opportunity

A rewarding opportunity is currently available for an Occupational Therapist to join the team, consolidating and implementing your therapy skills across a broad spectrum of neurological clinical areas. The position is full-time.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to use your unique set of skills, and knowledge base as a therapist, in a busy, dynamic learning environment, across a wide range of neurological clinical areas.

Work alongside and absorb knowledge, formally and informally, from your new colleagues. Steps has highly experienced therapists who work in complex wheelchair prescription, upper limb therapy, high level AT requests, mild, moderate and severe TBI presentations, complete and in-complete spinal cord injured clients and more. Our clinicians caseloads are tailored to their areas of clinical interest – join Steps and hit the jackpot with your dream client list.

Steps in-house weekly professional development program encompasses a range of learning and knowledge sharing opportunities, including but not limited to clinical skills sessions; conference and clinical course presentations; brains trust; external presenters; journal club; reflective practice; mentoring sessions; and more. Our PD process – clinicians are consulted, and PD topics are delivered to meet need and interest.

Steps also runs a quality improvement service that ensures all current evidence and new and emerging technology are adopted appropriately in our workplace. At the moment we are working on implementation virtual reality technology into our everyday clinical practice; fabrication of upper limb splints including custom push mitts for active wheelchair users; ABI specific groups and the list goes on. Steps is committed to continuing to explore new ways we can build on our client experience, and get better outcomes.

The position is full-time (38 hours per week).

Why join us?

Brand New Clinic – we have completed an extensive fit out of a brand new clinic just minutes from our previous site, all Steps clinicians are now based from our new address – 450 Waverley Rd Malvern East

Financial benefits:

$500pa professional development allowance

Work mobile phone and laptop provided

Full reimbursement of professional indemnity insurance

Full reimbursement of APA Membership

Fully funded annual CPR and First Aid Training

Full reimbursement for Police Check

Full reimbursement for Working With Childrens' Check

13 weeks paid parental leave (+ superannuation)

EAP (Employee Assistance Program) support provided

Travel cost reimbursement for NDIS clients

Full reimbursement of all work travel related road tolls and parking costs

Laundry Allowance

Salary Sacrifice options available

Professional development – work with the best, learn from the best. Our team provides monthly in services, monthly journal clubs, special interest group sessions, regular supervision and mentoring with your allocated Senior Occupational Therapist (monthly or more), joint sessions with multidisciplinary team members (in key areas of interest such as spinal cord injury rehabilitation, hand therapy) and lots of additional support.

Tailor your clinical caseload to your areas of interest – we triage and allocate all new referrals based on areas of clinical experience and interest. Build your skills across a broad range of Neurological presentations, drill down into learning more about a particular area you would like exposure to, or specialise in a client population you are passionate about – the choice is yours.

Set your own performance goals – we actively listen to what you want to achieve in your career. The goals you set for yourself will form the core of your performance agreement with your manager.

Learning Experiences – be surrounded and supported by your colleagues – we are all under the one roof at our Hughesdale clinic, allowing formal and informal collaboration and learning opportunities every day, enabling better outcomes for you and your clients.

Collaborative Workplace – join a company where you have a say about how your workplace runs. As a member of the team at Steps, your opinion matters. We actively ask you to contribute to decisions which affect your day to day work life.

Flexibility – plan your own day with flexible working hours, work from home as applicable and enjoy an extra day off on your birthday – no one should have to work on their birthday

Workplace Culture – we foster workplace wellness in a variety of ways, and this space is ever evolving based on what our staff are finding they value.

Access to a company vehicle for use during business hours

Social – jam-packed social calendar for you to join in the fun

Responsibilities

Deliver high-quality occupational therapy in a wide range of settings including client homes, local community, workplaces and in the clinic

Home modifications assessments and applications

Functional retraining for everyday activities

Assessment and prescription of complex Assistive Technology

Wheelchair and Seating assessment and prescription

Formal Functional Assessments

Upper limb retraining and management

Splinting (typing, writing, resting splints etc..)

Vocational consultancy

Cognitive assessment and intervention

Community ADL retraining (including leisure)

Requirements

Current unrestricted working rights

Valid AHPRA Occupational Therapy registration

Drivers licence and access to a car if the company cars are not available

Minimum of 2 years of experience working with neurological caseloads

Experience working in a multidisciplinary team environment

Supportive, positive mindset

Experience working with funding bodies such as TAC and NDIS (desirable)

Knowledge of wheelchair prescription (desirable)

Experience with Spinal Cord Injury (desirable)

If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, we would love to hear from you.