Occupational Therapist - Rehabilitation Consultant
Occupational Therapist - Rehabilitation Consultant
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We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to support people to Return to Work after sustaining an injury or illness AND to support Activities of Daily Living Assessment and equipment trials for individuals as a result of workrelated injury or illness. Every day is different but each day you will have the opportunity to assist people to return to wellness work and ultimately experience an improved quality of life:
- Engage in formal and experiential training to develop the skills you need to feel competent and confident in your role;
- Assess client needs develop strategies and interventions for a safe return to preinjury activities;
- Play an important role in a multidisciplinary approach to recovery and return to work always with your clients best interests at heart;
- Perform assessments such as initial assessments functional capacity assessments early intervention home worksite and ergonomic assessments as well as vocational assessments;
- Build rapport with key stakeholders throughout the process including the ill or injured individual their treating health practitioners employers and insurers.
As part of Activities of Daily Living Assessments you will:
- Assess an individuals Personal Domestic and Community ADLs and identify recommendations for services support and/or assistive equipment;
- Complete equipment trails in person with your clients to ensure this recommendation is safe and appropriate for the Injured Worker as well as prompting independence in their daytoday life;
- Education to our clients and Injured Workers to compliment recommendations for support and/or assistive equipment.
We offer excellent onthejob training travel reimbursements professional development opportunities and support. We focus on sustaining a great and fun company culture nationwide and place our value in our people our best assets!
Qualifications :
- Full registration with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency);
- Allied Health Qualification in Occupational Therapy;
- A passion for injury prevention facilitation of return to independence at work and at home and the desire to make a difference;
- Exceptional communication skills and a commitment to delivering what we say we will and when we will
- Current drivers licence and access to their own vehicle.
Additional Information :
Youll enjoy:
- The chance to discover your work passion through exposure to all that we do: making a difference in the lives of thousands of Australians every year who are impacted by injury or illness and supporting them in recovery health and return to work;
- A thorough onboarding linking you with local and national resources;
- Access to IPARs health and wellness program with fun team activities to support your physical and mental wellbeing;
- Being part of IPARs Star Award reward and recognition initiative for top achievers
Every day we seek better together for our clients our customers our community and each other.
Here at IPAR we have three simple but powerful values that drive every decision we make as a business and as a team. Our values have been created by our people and reflect the incredible team that work here and what is important to them.
Great People To be an IPARian means being caring collaborative and inclusive. Were accountable approachable and authentic lifting ourselves and others to be the best we can be each and every day.
Big Hearts Were here to make a positive difference for our clients our customers our team and our community. We believe in making meaningful connections as we support people in their time of need.
Bold Ideas Is there a better way Lets find it. We show curiosity and courage in the face of challenge or change and draw on experts insights and evidence to continually deliver the highest quality solutions.
If you would like to have a confidential discussion about the role quoting REF6807G or if you want to express your interest for a career with IPAR please contact the Talent Acquisition Lead Grant Devlin on 0 for a confidential discussion.
You are welcome here.
Our fastgrowing team of more than 3500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds people from the LGBTQI community veterans carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.
We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
