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.

Job Description

About the role

As a rapidly growing company, we are continuing to add more clinicians to our multi-disciplinary team providing supports to NDIS pariticpants living in the central and western suburbs of the greater Sydney metropolitan area.

Accordingly, we are looking for experienced Occupational Therapists who aren’t afraid to try something different and wanting to work for a company where professional development and career progression is a reality. You will bring your excellent time management and organisational skills to the role.

Responsibilities include:

Manage an allocated caseload and complete therapeutic services in a timely manner with the assistance of an Occupational Therapy Assistant

Assess participants emotional, psychological, cognitive, developmental, and physical level of function and capacity through clinical observations and standardised assessments

Interpret findings to formulate treatment goals unique to each participant

Provide therapeutic interventions that are evidence-based and help participants get more out of life

Mentor graduates and early career clinicians

Maintain awareness of current NDIS legislation to ensure compliance

What's in it for you?

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

Flexibility – Starting from 20 hours/week (3 days) to full time, you can select the hours and days that work best for you as an individual

Excellent remuneration – Industry leading salary + car allowance + laptop + smartphone + incentives for meeting and exceeding targets + salary packaging options

Work-life balance – Combine the convenience of working from home with the social interaction of working in the community plus the 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 through 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 our clients

Qualifications

About you

To be successful you will have:

Current registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist

Considerable experience as an Occupational Therapist

Excellent time management and organisational skills to manage a varied caseload

Pro-active attitude, motivated by improvement and the opportunity to test and learn from new ideas

Experience mentoring graduates and/or early career clinicians

Genuine passion for working in the Disability sector

Additional Information

Sounds like you? If so, I'd like to hear from you!

Click on the Apply button OR call me - Clare Neal - on 0436 465 647 OR email me via clare.neal@abilityactionaustralia.com.au . If your resume is not quite up-to-date, you can add me on LinkedIn for a more informal conversation - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarenealthe1/

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.