Description
- Salary Packaging: Up to $15,900 salary packaging per financial year
- Benefits: Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health Insurance discounts
- Extra Leave: 4 weeks annual leave + additional 5 days leave
- Career growth: Genuine career opportunities
- Work life balance: Flexible work arrangements
- Salary: Competitive remuneration
- Relocation: Assistance in relocating if required
About us...
Royal Rehab LifeWorks is part of the Royal Rehab Group, Australia's leading provider of disability and rehabilitation services.
Representing a broad range of professions, our people are united by our values of honesty, respect, working together and innovative thinking. We are inspired by a commitment to clinical excellence and personalized care.
Royal Rehab LifeWorks provides rehabilitation services to people experiencing illness, injury or disability to improve their overall wellbeing through individually tailored programs and world-leading technology. Our approach is informed by world-leading best practice and ultimately guided by the customer– their needs, their goals, their aspirations.
A career with Royal Rehab LifeWorks is an opportunity to collaborate, grow and make a difference with an iconic organisation recognised as a leader in rehabilitation and disability support.
About the role..
A fantastic role exists for a highly motivated Senior Occupational Therapist to join our LifeWorks service at our friendly Townsville location. This role will involve facilitating high quality, efficient and person-centred Occupational Therapy services for our clients to achieve social and economic participation in their community. This role is also accountable for supporting service development and clinical supervision within the Occupational Therapy Service.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and collaborating with a range of stakeholders within a therapeutic support framework in to ensure clients with complex allied health support requirements are provided the support and skills they need manage to achieve their goals and improve their community participation.
- Ensuring clients receive tailored OT services that are individualized, person-centred & strength based.
- Applying a client centric model to develop, implement and review therapy needs and develop intervention plans and strategies with clients, family, carers, and their service providers.
- Conducting and completing relevant therapeutic reports, functional and therapy assessment and information gathering.
- Managing sensitive enquiries, specialist services and complex clients
- Support new client acquisition and meet billable hours targets and supports.
- Proactively identify and developing own clinical skills in areas of identified service/ professional needs and actively participating in personal development.
- Building and utilising collaborative partnerships to promote and enhance the occupational therapy service at Royal Rehab Lifeworks
- Supporting and developing less experienced team members.
- Conducting clinical supervision with the identification of learning and development needs.
- Working actively with the Allied Health Manager and other senior clinical team members to support the Royal Rehab LifeWorks allied health strategy and drive service growth and pillars
- Actively promote and lead the Royal Rehab LifeWorks service offerings and in particular the occupational therapy service
About you..
We seek a passionate Senior Occupational Therapist who is looking for a new challenge to support clients with their rehabilitation and independence goals . This is an opportunity for you to make a positive impact in our client lives and would suit someone who is client focussed and enthusiastic about making a difference.
Essential Criteria:
- Registered Occupational Therapist with AHPRA.
- Tertiary level qualifications in Occupational Therapy
- Experience working with people with a disability who may have a range of complex and challenging support needs
- Demonstrated knowledge and experiences in the development and implementation of occupational therapy assessment and intervention strategies in a disability context.
- Demonstrated ability to develop plans, practices, and procedures.
- Ability to work both independently and in a multi-disciplinary team environment
- Demonstrated leadership experience to provide support and supervision to other staff.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including problem solving and negotiation skills.
What we offer...
- Salary Packaging: Up to $15,900 salary packaging per financial year
- Benefits: Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health Insurance discounts
- Career growth: Genuine career opportunities
- Work life balance: Flexible work arrangements
- Salary: Competitive remuneration
- Supervision: Internal & external supervision
- Targets: Below market KPI’s
- Leadership: Supportive and experienced leadership team
- Culture: Friendly and close-knit team environment
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.
We also have more exciting opportunities within our Royal Rehab LifeWorks allied health team across the following locations:
- Penrith, Sydney
- St Albans, Melbourne
- Brisbane
- Cairns
What’s next…
Address the essential criteria in your cover letter and APPLY NOW.
Please note, only applicants that address this criteria will be considered.
Visit our Royal Rehab careers page for the position description - www.royalrehab.com.au/about-us/careers.
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.
*All final applicants for this position will be requested to provide evidence of their COVID-19 vaccination immunisation record or medical exemption certificate as part of the recruitment process* We do not provide sponsorship and no agencies please.
We know diversity makes Royal Rehab a great place to work and we are committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the people we serve. We encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, people with a disability and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
