Senior Occupational Therapist

Welcome to Ability Action Australia!

We are a national therapy services provider, looking for a Senior OT for our team in South Perth. Every day and in many ways, we are here to help NDIS participants – children, adolescents and adults (0-65yrs) – get more out of life today!

This is an important leadership role. You will be putting your exceptional clinical skills to use as you make a difference in the lives of your clients and foster the development of others within the broader team.   

On a daily basis, you will be:

• Managing an allocated caseload and completing therapeutic services in a timely manner
• Assessing participants emotional, psychological, cognitive, developmental and physical level of function and capacity through clinical observations and standardised assessments
• Interpreting findings to formulate treatment goals unique to each participant
• Assist with guiding, collaborating with and reflecting with allocated New Grad/Junior staff members and/or a student.
• Review New Grad/Junior staff members and/or a student’s reports and documentation.
• Conduct weekly scheduled contact (phone or face to face) with New Grad/Junior staff members and/or a student.
• Maintain awareness of current legislation to ensure compliance

About you

We are seeking a person with:

• Current registration (or eligibility for registration) with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist
• Experience in delivering person-centred Occupational Therapy services
• Demonstrated at least 3 years clinical OT experience within community, rehabilitation and/or paediatrics
• A genuine passion for working in the disability sector
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Current and valid Working with Children and Police Checks
• Valid Driver’s license and access to reliable motor vehicle
• The ability to work independently

What's in it for you?

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

• Above market salary package + car allowance + laptop + smartphone
• Access to incentive program, CPD and a 12-month retention bonus for certain locations
• Unlimited leadership and career growth options through Ability Action Australia and our parent company, MedHealth
• Comprehensive induction process to get you off to a great start
• Flexible working arrangements 
• Additional administration support is provided to Allied health teams
• Access to clinical supervision and mentoring once a week locally as well as access to national training
• A wonderful Allied health team to collaborate with

Does this role EXCITE you?? Then, I want to hear from you!

Click on the APPLY FOR THIS JOB button or please contact me, Nicole Luland on 0429 697 806  or email [email protected] to have a confidential discussion about this role. 

You are welcome here.

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.