Senior Occupational Therapist - Clinic-Based/Hybrid - Paediatric Caseloads
Job title: Senior Occupational Therapist - Clinic-Based/Hybrid - Paediatric Caseloads
Working hours: Full-time position, 38 hrs/week
Salary: $85K to $127K per annum + super
Location: Thomastown, Craigieburn, Templestowe Lower (flexible arrangement)
Roles & Responsibilities:
Our client has the vision of helping people to realise their potential has expanded to encompass diverse services and client groups, from NDIS participants with severe disabilities to TAC claimants recovering from life-altering accidents.
Due to the exciting growth, they currently have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and driven senior occupational therapist to join their team. In this role, you will supervise and mentor a small team of occupational therapists. You will also have the choice of working on and off site to manage your own caseload. You will possess strong clinical and leadership 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 a Senior Occupational Therapist you will be responsible for:
- Manage and provide high-quality service to a small, diverse mixed caseload of complex clients, parents and carers, demonstrating exemplary clinical skills
- Co-manage clients through clinical collaboration with other practitioners (e.g. physio, speech pathologist, psychologist, dietitian), demonstrating a capacity to work independently and in a team
- Provide mentoring and leadership to junior and new graduate OTs
- Participate in professional development pathways to constantly progress your knowledge and clinical skills
- Contribute to team culture and success with your proactive, can-do approach and high-level initiative
- Uphold company policies, procedures and values
Benefits:
- Flexible working hours: We’re open 8am-8pm Mon-Fri and 8am-6pm on weekends. Select your own hours.
- Weekly supervision: Every practitioner is allocated an experienced supervisor for a weekly 1-hour mentoring/supervision session.
- Technology: Each practitioner is given a work mobile phone and Ipad loaded with useful clinical applications and resources for modern treatment strategies. Clinic technology includes large TV Screens, VR headsets, inbuilt speakers and other modern sensory technology tools.
- Advanced remote practice: All software is cloud-based. Our clinics are paperless. A comprehensive Intranet is loaded with clinical resources and collaboration platforms so that you can stay connected wherever you are. Automation is in place to reduce tedious tasks.
- Interest groups: Select the mixed or specific caseload that suits you. Options include young paeds, adolescent, disability, aged care and home mods.
- 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.
- Clinic-only caseload: For practitioners who don’t enjoy community visits, we can provide a clinic-only caseload.
Essential Criteria:
- Full AHPRA registration as an OT
- Experience working with NDIS participants, able to work with diverse clients
- Experience in independently providing occupational therapy consultations
- Experience in a range of occupational therapy assessments
- Strong etiquette, communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent ability to set and follow treatment schedules and manage deadlines
- Leadership skills and ability to mentor and support junior/graduate occupational therapists
- Goal-oriented, ambitious and eager to excel
- Special interest in team building (desirable but not essential)
- Proven track record in leadership (desirable but not essential)
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