“Join our flexible and supportive multidisciplinary team providing OT services to adults with disability living in supported accommodation."
Occupational
Therapist Position – Nulsen Therapy
Permanent Parttime - 0.6 FTE
Join an industry-leading
community service provider, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference in
the lives of people with disability.
Enjoy a varied, interesting, and
challenging caseload where you’ll be thinking on your toes, collaborating with
team members to achieve the best outcomes for your clients and empowering
people with disability to live their best life.
It’s 2024, which means
flexibility is a must! You’ll get the best of both worlds where you can work
from home and the office, interspersed with getting out on the road to visit
clients in their homes (24/7 supported living accommodation) and out in the community.
Among the many other benefits of
the role (which you’ll read below!), you’ll finish each day knowing you’ve made
a difference in the life of someone with disability, which, in the end, is what
the job’s all about.
You will be responsible for:
- Liaising with external
stakeholders, such as other health professionals, NDIA- related entities,
family members, educational staff, and community members to provide
individualise support plans.
- Providing
evidence-based Occupational therapy assessments and services, to
participants in their home and community environments, based on their
goals.
- Providing therapy
services individually and as a member of an inter-disciplinary team.
- Providing accurate,
timely and high-quality reports.
- Documentation of and
reporting on intervention strategies.
- Providing support to
senior clinical staff by contributing to initiatives related to areas such
as clinical service delivery and continuous improvement.
- Recommendation of
appropriate assistive technology in accordance with NDIS guidelines, based
on participants goals and funding.
- Consultation through
the provision of advice and information to participants, service users,
families, and staff as appropriate.
- Supervision, support
and mentoring of other staff.
- Work collaboratively
with NDIS participants, families and supporting networks to improve
effectiveness and drive positive outcomes.
- Work within the NDIS
funding framework and meet Nulsen compliance and quality standards.
- This role will involve
travelling to clients in varied locations.
Essential Criteria:
- Bachelor of Applied
Science (Occupational Therapy) or approved equivalent or limited/registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation
Agency.
- Graduates encouraged to
apply.
- Demonstrated
interpersonal skills.
- Clear understanding of
the needs and rights of people living with disability, and of the concepts
of social role valorisation, inclusion, active support, and quality of
life.
- Demonstrated ability in
assessment and clinical reasoning which supports planning, implementing, and
evaluating Occupational Therapy services with the
purpose of achieving the highest possible quality of life for people living
with disability.
- Ability to work
effectively and collaboratively as a team member with clients, and all
other stage holders, relating to participants.The ability to relate
to participants and their families
- High level of written
and verbal communication skills.
- The ability to relate
to participants and their families.
You will also need the
following compliances:
- Australian driver’s
license
- Australian working
rights
- NDIS Workers Screening
Check
- First Aid
What we offer:
- A salary range of $86,400 - $113,400 package + super (depending on experience) + salary
packaging of up to $18,550.
- Three additional days
of leave per year - on top of annual and personal leave - for you to do
what you like.
- Paid Parental
Leave
- Ongoing professional
development and in-house training
- Flexible working
arrangements including the ability to work from home
- IT provided- including
laptop and phone
- Generous Long Service
Leave
- Personal/Carers/Compassionate
Leave and other leave options
- Annual Flu Vaccination
Program
- Additional
superannuation contributions options available
- Access to our Employee
Assistance Program
Keen to learn more about this
exciting opportunity?
Get in touch with Senior
Occupational Therapist Vishu Deshmukh - 0477 013
435
People and Planning Officer, on 6253
4700 for more information or proceed straight to submitting your
application.
Applications close: 10 January 2025.
Please be advised we may proceed
with interviews prior to the closing date.
Requirements
