Senior Occupational Therapist

• We are looking for a Senior OT to join our expanding team.
• Specialising in working with adults with a brain injury, the successful applicant will contribute as a key member of our inter-disciplinary team.

At Brain Injury SA we pride ourselves on:

• Our interest in and commitment to people living with brain injury
• The value we place on our employees and their well being
• Competitive salary arrangements that reward your skills and experience
• Providing flexibility for life/work balance amongst our staff
• Supporting our staff to grow their knowledge and be empowered to do their job well
• Feeling connected as a staff team through shared purpose and opportunities to contribute broadly to the organisation’s direction
• Enjoying what we do

We have a part-time (full-time negotiable) opportunity available for an experienced Occupational Therapist with a particular interest in neurology, and a passion for seeing people achieve their goals. This position offers the opportunity to grow your leadership skills, including the provision of supervision and support to the Occupational Therapy team in our central hub, students on placement and contribute to service development. Based mostly in our Central Rewire hub in the CBD, this role will provide flexible delivery of services according to client need, in the community, people’s homes and within the hub environment.

Co-located with an experienced team including speech pathologists, physiotherapists, psychologists and counsellors, this opportunity allows you to continue to develop your professional skills whilst benefitting from an inter-disciplinary environment.

We are an organisation working with the multiple facets of brain injury and other neurological conditions and as a result our services deliver to a group of people and their families that is very diverse in age and need. We provide services under a variety of funding streams, including the NDIS.

• Providing evidence-based practice to clients with a range of neurological conditions, supporting them to meet their personalised goals in both individual and group settings
• Working as a close-knit team to develop sound Neurological clinical skills
• Supervising students in their clinical skill development through our innovative BISA Connect student program
• Ensuring standards, efficiency and effectiveness are maintained in all services provided

Occupational Therapy support and supervision is available from highly experienced staff, alongside professional development opportunities including in-house specialist training and organisational days.

• Competitive rates of pay with full not-for-profit salary packaging available
• Part time hours (full-time negotiable) with flexible working arrangements available
• Strong commitment to professional development opportunities
• Regular meetings which support engagement with your discipline, the IDT and management team

• Continual service improvement through staff and client co-design
• Working within a positive work culture
• As a peak body, you can help to drive real change for the brain injury community in South Australia and beyond
• Full induction, including support to build your caseload and meet targets over a realistic timeframe
• Corporate team support including administration support with client funding, marketing and a leadership team that primarily have clinical backgrounds

The Senior Occupational Therapist is responsible for the provision of service to a community-based adult caseload with acquired brain injury and must hold current registration with AHPRA.

We are looking for someone with at least 2 years post graduate experience working with neurological clients or a minimum of 4 years experience with broad experience in Occupational Therapy practice.

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