• Salary Packaging Available
• Full Time, Permanent Position
• Ryde, Belrose, Community

About us...

Royal Rehab is a leading provider of rehabilitation services in brain and spinal cord injury. Our services also include neurological and general rehabilitation, supported independent living and specialist disability services. Our vision is a world without limits for people with disability, illness and injury.

Royal Rehab is renowned for our focus on research and innovation and sits uniquely as a provider of advanced rehabilitation and disability services including supported accommodation, private rehabilitation hospitals, a purpose-built resort for people with spinal cord injury and community services.

About the role..

The Occupational Therapist is a key member of the Community Rehabilitation Service, providing high quality OT interventions to clients in the community & centre-based programs. The multiple programs of the service work with adults recovering from a variety of injuries including neurological, brain, burns, orthopaedic and other sources of disability.

Key responsibilities include:

• To provide high quality, timely Occupational Therapy services to clients to maximise function, performance of activities of daily living and participation in meaningful activities
• To comply with centre-wide, service and Occupational Therapy discipline specific policies/ procedures and initiatives and the Royal Rehab mission, vision and values
• To work as part of the multidisciplinary team within CRS and the Occupational Therapy department at Royal Rehab. This may involve working in or providing cover to other units from time to time upon request.

About you..

We seek a self-motivated and friendly individual who has recent clinical experience (a minimum of 3 years) working in the community or rehabilitation setting providing specialist occupational therapy intervention to persons with chronic and complex health needs.

Essential criteria:

• Current full registration with AHPRA
• Significant and recent clinical experience (a minimum of 3 years) working in the community or rehabilitation setting providing specialist occupational therapy intervention to persons with chronic and complex health needs
• Experience conducting home assessments, prescribing home modifications and equipment
• Understanding and familiarity with health and aged care related community services
• Demonstrated advanced reasoning skills and ability to operate autonomously with minimum direct clinical supervision.
• Demonstrated competence in high level interpersonal communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution
• Demonstrated ability to implement evidenced based practice and outcome measurement and commitment to participation in supervision and professional development
• Demonstrated experience participating in quality improvement initiatives and thorough understanding of the quality improvement cycle
• Current C unrestricted driver’s license, good driving record and own car (Staff may be required to travel to visits in their own vehicle. Mileage/ petrol costs can be claimed).

Desirable criteria:

• Experience with staff, student or Allied Health Assistant supervision

What we offer...

• Salary packaging + benefits
• Flexible Work Arrangements including WFH with own laptop and mobile
• Friendly and close-knit team environment
• Supportive and experienced leadership team
• Genuine professional development and career opportunities

What’s next…

Address the essential criteria in your cover letter and APPLY NOW.

Please note, only applicants that address this criteria will be considered.

Visit our Royal Rehab careers page for the position description - Visit our Royal Rehab careers page for the position description - www.royalrehab.com.au/about-us/careers.

Please note: The successful applicant will be required to undergo pre-employment checks including but not limited to a current criminal record check (no older than 3 months), working with children check, employment history and referee checks.

*All final applicants for this position will be requested to provide evidence of their COVID-19 vaccination immunisation record or medical exemption certificate as part of the recruitment process* We do not provide sponsorship and no agencies please.

Further Enquiries: Karen Chestney Professional Leader OT (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday)

Phone: (02) 9808 9274

Email: [email protected]

OR 

 Julia Murphy Clinical Coordinator (Monday, Thursday and Friday)

Phone: 0466 796 245

Email: [email protected]

Using the subject line: Occupational Therapist - Level 3 enquiry via EthicalJobs.