Occupational Therapist | Adelaide, SA

• Join a leading Allied Health practice that delivers tailored, patient-centric and mobile services to children and adults and their families across Adelaide and surrounding areas.
  
• Supportive, multi-disciplinary and cohesive team with career development opportunities available.
  
• Permanent position with an attractive salary of $70k - $100k per annum (negotiable on experience).
  

The Company…

The company provides a home and community-based service to children, young people and adults through the NDIS. They have two clinics, one based in Christies Beach and the second based in Tea Tree Gully. They deliver a holistic service while ensuring a child-centered, person-centered and family-focused approach is utilized. By employing a multi-disciplinary approach, they provide support to families to ensure a ‘team around the child/individual approach’ is used to achieve the best outcomes possible. They are passionate about supporting the child or young person to live a fulfilled, quality life enjoying those everyday moments. Due to ongoing demands for their services, they are now seeking a passionate and kind Occupational Therapist to fulfill an exciting role to work across both a pediatric and adult case load.

In this position, you will provide evidence-based, client-centered Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention for children, young people and adults with disability. This role provides the opportunity for full time, or part-time work in either the Southern or Northern suburbs of Adelaide.

The successful candidate will:

• Manage a diverse clinical caseload involving assessment, intervention planning, intervention, and evaluation for clients with a range of conditions including (but not limited to) Autism, Intellectual Disability, Down Syndrome, and developmental delays.
  
• Educate parents and other cares involved in the clients care around therapy goals and recommendations.
  
• Complete Functional Capacity Assessments.
  
• Complete standardized OT assessments.
  
• Work with other professionals to deliver effective therapeutic outcomes to reach functional goals.
  
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team including Speech Pathologists, Physiotherapists, Social workers, and Support Coordinators to ensure a ‘wrap around’ approach is utilized.
  
• Complete NDIS reports.
  
• Organize your own calendar.
  

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (or equivalent).
  
• Current registration with AHPRA.
  
• Current Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screen Check.
  
• OTA Membership preferable.
  
• NDIS experience and understanding is preferable but not essential.
  
• A passion for assisting clients to reach their full potential.
  
• A high level of written and verbal communication skills.
  
• Strong time management skills.
  
• Current driver's license and registered vehicle.
  

The Benefits:

This employer is not only passionate about supporting their clients in achieving their goals, but also in providing a supportive and fun work environment for their staff. They strive to provide their employees with a great work/life balance, together with a collaborative workplace that enables them to achieve their career goals.

Some of the benefits of working for this company include:

• Above award salary.
  
• Work laptop.
  
• Flexible working arrangements – you look after your own calendar!
  
• Admin support.
  
• Generous PD allowance.
  
• Regular access to supervision and mentoring.
  
• Travel kms reimbursed.
  
• Be a part of a fun and inclusive multidisciplinary team.
  
• Access to a substantial amount of therapeutic resources.
  
• Only 5 billable hours per day are expected (this includes travel and cancelations).
  

Apply Now…

If you are a recently graduated or experienced Occupational Therapist and believe you have the required attributes as mentioned above, then please apply and our team will be in touch to discuss the position with you in further detail.