Occupational Therapist
Job No:
96069
Location:
North Lakes clinic and surrounds
- Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking to advance your career?
- Incredible opportunity to join an established practice in North Lakes
- Attractive position in a 'boredom-free zone'!
- Be in control of your income - Excellent opportunities to earn
- Future Equity and Partnership opportunities available for the right candidates after first 12 months
About ABLE Therapy
ABLE Therapy is an occupational therapy, speech pathology, and physiotherapy service offering clinic based children's services and generalist mobile services covering Beenleigh area South to Bribie Island, Caboolture and Wamuran North.
Our OT home visiting service provides support to NDIS clients in their area, Veterans (DVA) including Home Assist, disability services, MASS, CAEATI applications, and occupational therapy reports for care agencies in planning care and manual handling needs of clients and carers. In addition, ABLE has a specialist service that provides treatment for continence, bed wetting with children and lymphoedema.
ABLE partners with many local schools and local childcare centres, providing services such as prep screening and teacher training. Our paediatric team is well supported. Although this position is for generalist disability practice, there is the opportunity to work within the paediatric team if desired.
Interested in learning more? You can view our website here.
About the Opportunity
ABLE Therapy has an amazing opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our team based in North Lakes, Brisbane.
This is primarily a generalist service providing OT to our disabled clients, seniors and veterans in home to assist them to remain independent in the community. Home Assist minor mods assessments, MASS, CAEATI and DVA RAP applications, along with welfare monitoring, are some of the duties of this position. Mentoring is available for therapists as requested or required. You must have a drivers license.
The variety of work offered by ABLE will be very attractive to therapists who are at risk of becoming bored. Most OT positions offer limited practice opportunities. At ABLE, we see people of all ages and all abilities. This is why ABLE Therapy therapists are highly regarded by the wider community and why partner agencies always come back to us for advice and care management.
About You
ABLE is seeking applications from candidates with relevant tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy who hold, or are currently undergoing the process of obtaining, registration with AHPRA.
For our NDIS generalist service you will need to be a lateral thinker and a problem solver. You will need to be confidently able to look at a complex problem and help your client and family prioritise goals and break them down into achievable 'chunks'. You will need to be confident in your ability to guide and advise your clients and agencies in providing exceptional care.
You’ll be approachable, welcoming and friendly, with the ability to connect with clients of all ages. If you choose to have a paediatric caseload, as a large portion of your child client base will be comprised of children within the autism spectrum. As such, you will need exceptional communication and interpersonal skills in order to engage with clients effectively, whilst also liaising with parents and families in an informative and professional manner. You’ll have strong negotiation and problem solving skills, with the ability to think laterally and adjust therapy methods to ensure continued client engagement.
Importantly, you’ll have a sense of fun, with a passion for the services you provide and a commitment to ensuring each client receives the support and care they need to meet their therapy goals.
Existing sole practitioners are strongly encouraged to apply as the practice is able to accommodate a broad range of options.
About the Benefits
If you’re looking to join an established private practice and build a loyal client base of your own – look no further! You’ll enjoy working in this respected, multidisciplinary team of professionals, benefiting from full administrative support to ensure you can focus on what you do best!
ABLE is committed to encouraging a work/life balance and as such, flexible part time contract options are available for the successful candidate to ensure you can fit your work around your lifestyle. If you’re an experienced practitioner transitioning over from your own practice with an existing client base, ABLE are also happy to ensure this client base is integrated successfully within your practice with them and terms regarding this scenario are open to discussion.
This is an incredible opportunity to join an established and well-respected support service and solidify your career as a Practitioner – Apply Now!