- Salary Packaging: Up to $18,550 salary packaging benefits (lower your taxable income and increase your take home pay!)
- Benefits: Fitness Passport and HCF Private Health Insurance discounts
- Extra Leave: 4 weeks annual leave and an additional five days leave
- Career growth: Genuine career opportunities
- Work life balance: Flexible work arrangements
- Salary: Competitive remuneration
- Culture: Friendly and close-knit team environment
- Proud to be Great Place to Work Certified!!
At Royal Rehab LifeWorks Community, we’re redefining health and wellbeing.
As part of the Royal Rehab Group, a leading charity with over 125 years of innovation in rehabilitation and community support services, we are committed to empowering individuals to achieve their health goals through evidence-based care and lifestyle medicine.
We are Great Place to Work Certified, offering a vibrant, inclusive culture the values your expertise.
About the role
This role will involve facilitating high quality, efficient, and person-centred Occupational Therapy services for our clients to achieve social and economic participation in their community. This role is also accountable for supporting service development and clinical supervision within the Occupational Therapy Service.
Neuro-Rehabilitation experience would be preferred to lead and implement our new centre based services, however not essential.
Key responsibilities include:
- lead and collaborate within a therapeutic support framework to help clients with complex allied health needs achieve their goals and improve community participation
- provide individualised, person-centered, strength-based OT services
- develop, implement, and review therapy plans with clients, families, carers, and service providers
- complete therapeutic reports, functional assessments, and information gathering
- manage sensitive enquiries and specialist services for complex clients
- support new client acquisition and meet billable hours targets
- develop clinical skills and engage in personal development
- build partnerships to enhance OT services at Royal Rehab LifeWorks
- mentor and support less experienced team members
- conduct clinical supervision and identify learning needs
- collaborate with the Allied Health Manager and senior clinical team to support Royal Rehab LifeWorks strategy and drive service growth
- promote and lead occupational therapy services.
About you
We seek a passionate Senior Occupational Therapist who is looking for a new challenge to support clients with their rehabilitation and independence goals. This is an opportunity for you to make a positive impact in our client lives and would suit someone who is client focussed and enthusiastic about making a difference.
Essential criteria
- Registered Occupational Therapist with AHPRA.
- Tertiary level qualifications in Occupational Therapy.
- Experience working with people with a disability who may have a range of complex and challenging support needs.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experiences in the development and implementation of occupational therapy assessment and intervention strategies in a disability context.
- Demonstrated ability to develop plans, practices, and procedures.
- Ability to work both independently and in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
- Demonstrated leadership experience to provide support and supervision to other staff.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including problem solving and negotiation skills.
- Neuro-Rehabilitation experience preferred.