Senior Occupational Therapist in Melbourne

About: Hallmark is hiring an Occupational Therapist who wants Gippsland as their patch. Boots on the ground in homes, in schools, in sheds and share houses and community halls, from the Latrobe Valley out to the Lakes. Real distances. Real people. Most of them have been waiting a long time for someone good. That's the job.

Now here's why you'd take it with us:

• Mentorship: You'll be mentored directly by Associate Professor Kerrie Thomsen, our award-winning CEO and an OT who has spent 25+ years building this practice from the ground up in regional Victoria. Direct, regular mentorship from a clinician who has seen every version of the hard ones and will teach you how to think, not just what to write.
• A supportive team: We're small enough to know your name and big enough to have your back. OTs, PBS practitioners, exercise physiologists, play therapists, key worker practitioners, social workers, and allied health assistants who genuinely like each other. Nobody eats lunch alone here.
• Resources: Full equipment and tools of trade supplied. A personal resource allowance so you can buy the specific things your caseload needs to thrive. Modern clinical software with AI-supported documentation, so your notes get done inside work hours.
• Career progression: Progression isn't just available. It's expected. We have an actual, published pathway, and people move along it: OT → Executive Leadership. Leaders here are developed, not simply promoted.

What a week actually looks like:

• OT Assessments and home-based assessments.
• Assistive Technology assessment, trial and prescription.
• Home modifications, SIL and SDA housing recommendations.
• Paediatrics, autism and developmental assessment.
• Neuro rehab, falls prevention and healthy ageing.
• Capacity-building and group programs.
• Telehealth, so the long drives don't own your calendar.
• Working alongside families, carers and support teams who'll remember your name for years.

Across NDIS, Support at Home (aged care), private clients, schools and early childhood, and community health.

What you bring:

• Bachelor or Master's of Occupational Therapy.
• Current AHPRA registration or eligibility for registration (new grads, this means you).
• Driver's licence and your own vehicle; this is a community role.
• Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screening.
• Curiosity, creative problem-solving, and a sense of humour.
• Australian working rights and/or visa.

The details:

• Salary: $85,000 – $115,000 + super, commensurate with experience.
• Location: Gippsland — Traralgon & Bairnsdale hubs.
• Hours: Full-time or part-time. Four-day week, school hours and hybrid arrangements genuinely negotiable.
• Start October onwards — and we'll wait for the right person.

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