Description
📍 Penrith | Full Time Opportunity
💰 Competitive Salary + Salary Packaging | Increase your take-home income
🏖️ Extra Leave Days | Enjoy 5 additional days of leave each year
🕒 Flexible Work Arrangements | Achieve the work-life balance you deserve
💪 Discounted Gym Membership | Stay active for less
🩺 Discounted Health Insurance | Prioritise your well-being with great savings
🚀 Career Progression | Grow your career with development and leadership pathways
🌟 Supportive Team Culture | Join a values-driven team that genuinely cares
About us...
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..
An exciting role exists for a highly motivated and energetic Allied Health Team leader within our LifeWorks Community service Penrith. In this this role you will be leading a dynamic, multidisciplinary team who are committed to empowering and enhancing the lives of our clients.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Ensure that allied health staff at LifeWorks Penrith are delivering goal centred clear customer plans and that progress is being recorded against their goals
- Assist the allied health Executive Director with allied health customer acquisition and retention by liaising with identified partners, networking with referral partners and assisting staff with local opportunities
- Understand and promote the range of services offered by Royal Rehab LifeWorks
- Monitor and coach employees to ensure they understand and achieve a high level of performance and efficiency
- Undertake professional development initiatives or performance management processes as required
- Ensure the effective deployment of employees and other resources to customers on a dailybasis
- Assist with local recruitment and onboarding of new staff
- Maintain a suitable clinical load, in line with relevant discipline area to ensure recency of practice and knowledge
- Work within and support the LifeWorks Allied health leadership team to achieve growth goals and improve brand awareness
About you..
We seek a self-motivated and professional leader who has previous experience coaching or leading an allied health team. An ability to think creatively, adapt to change will be crucial, as you lead the Penrith allied health team through an exciting period of growth and transformation.
Essential Criteria:
- Allied Health qualification (Psychology, Social work, Counselling, Occupational Therapy or Speech Pathology)
- Minimum 2 years - clinical experience
- Experience in leading a team and delivering Person Centred Multidisciplinary Services
- Ability to analyse and act on employee and performance data
- Advanced organisational skills with high level attention to detail.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- High level problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong influencing and negotiating skills with a proven ability to manage conflict.
- Knowledge of National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Working with children check (or willing to obtain one is essential)
- NDIS Worker Screen (or willing to obtain one is essential)
- Current driver’s license
Your Royal Rewards
- Salary Packaging: Up to $18,550 salary packaging benefits (lower your taxable income and increase your take home pay!)
- Benefits: Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health Insurance discounts
- 5 extra leave days: Access to an additional 5 individual leave days
- Career growth: Genuine career opportunities
- Work life balance: Flexible work arrangements
- Salary: Competitive remuneration
- Leadership: Supportive and experienced leadership team
- Culture: Friendly and close-knit team environment
- Proud to be Great Place to Work Certified!!
We are proud of our diverse and skilled team of passionate healthcare and support professionals committed to delivering the very best for the people we serve. A career at Royal Rehab is the opportunity to make a difference with a progressive and innovative organisation, built on a rich history of community care since 1899.
What’s next…
If this sounds like the perfect role for you, address the essential criteria in your cover letter and CLICK HERE APPLY NOW to start your journey with us! Please note, only applicants that address this essential criteria will be considered.
The successful applicant may be required to undergo pre-employment checks including but not limited to a current criminal record check working with children check, employment history and referee checks. Vaccination against infectious diseases is strongly encouraged.
