Job title: Occupational Therapist - Community-Based - Flexible Working Hours Working hours: Full-time / Part-time position Salary: Attractive Salary per annum super benefits (Travel Allowance, PD Allowance, Company Car, etc) Location: Cragieburn, VIC 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)
