Occupational Therapist - Community-Based - Flexible Working Hours

Job title: Occupational Therapist - Community-Based - Flexible Working Hours

Working hours: Full-time / Part-time position

Salary: $72K - $110K per annum + super + benefits (Travel Allowance, PD Allowance, Company Car, etc)

Location: Melbourne

Roles & Responsibilities:

The Company is an award-winning allied health care centre with 4 state-of-the-art clinics throughout Melbourne. The clinics offer a range of onsite, remote, and in-home services to clients receiving Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Psychology, Physiotherapy, Chiropractic, Dietetics and Allied Heath care services.

Due to the exciting growth, they currently have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and driven OTs to join their team. In this role, you will have the choice of working on and off-site to manage your own caseload. You will possess strong clinical skills with the ability to follow through as well as the ability to co-manage clients with different health professionals in a dynamic team environment.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for:

• Therapeutic use of occupations, and activities, including therapeutic use of self (including one’s personality, insights, perceptions, and judgments, as part of the therapeutic process)


• Skill development in self-care, self-management, home management, and community/work/school reintegration


• Education and support of individuals, including family members, caregivers, and others, through collaborative and consultative partnerships and family-centred approaches


• Care coordination, case management, transition services including discharge planning, client advocacy and onward referral to relevant services


• Modification of environments (e.g., home, work, school, community) and adaptation of processes, including the application of ergonomic principles


• Assessment, customisation, and oversight of equipment provision including orthotic devices, and training in the use of prosthetic devices


• Driver rehabilitation and community mobility


• Use of natural contexts for assessment and intervention (i.e. home, school classrooms, work settings, community)


• Use of a range of specific therapeutic procedures to enhance performance such as wound care management, techniques to enhance sensory, perceptual, and cognitive processing, and manual therapy technique skills


• Taking on more clients of a greater variety


• Look at completing AT assessment and reports independently


• Be able to effectively supervise AHA students in clinic


• Give opportunity to new grads to observe


• Participate in MDT training and workshops


• Begin to build skills in particular clinical areas

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours


• Complete autonomy with calendar and bookings


• Working within a state-of-the-art facility with a dedicated front-end team


• Work-life balance


• Community access: A work car is provided for travelling from a clinic to community consults. Travel reimbursement is provided to practitioners who prefer to use a personal car.

Essential Criteria:

• AHPRA registration


• Membership with professional body


• Working with Children Check


• Victorian Police Check


• Australian driver's license


• Experience in your field (preferred but not essential)