Occupational Therapist

IPAR is a national occupational rehabilitation provider supporting thousands of people with return to work services. Whether it is through workplace rehabilitation, counselling, injury prevention or finding new employment, our care is tailored to each and every individual. We work with our clients to identify their goals and provide psychological or physical supports to help them live life to its fullest potential.

In the position of Occupational Therapist, you will support injured or ill workers in regaining functional capacity and independence with their ADLs within the home and community. You will collaborate with clients, employers, medical professionals, and insurers to deliver evidence-based, goal oriented interventions.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Conduct comprehensive ADL assessments to evaluate an individual's functional abilities and support needs within the home and/or community to promote their independence.
• Liaise with employers, case managers, medical professionals, and insurers to provide clinical updates and ensure alignment of rehabilitation goals.
• Make recommendations for equipment, home modifications, or support services based on assessment findings.
• Identify suitable equipment and service providers, including attendance to equipment trials where indicated.
• Prepare timely, high-quality reports outlining findings, recommendations, and clinical reasoning.
• Educate clients and families on adaptive strategies, energy conservation, and safe task performance.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and adhere to professional, legal, and ethical standards of practice.

We offer excellent on-the-job 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! We welcome new graduates with open arms!

Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy
• Full Professional Registration with AHPRA
• Previous experience working in Occupational Rehabilitation industry would be highly regarded
• Fabulous communication skills
• Compassion and kindness
• Well developed time management skills
• A current Driver’s License and access to own car with comprehensive insurance is a must.

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:

• Great People - To be an IPARian means being caring, collaborative and inclusive.
• Big Hearts - We’re here to make a positive difference for our clients, our customers, our team and our community.
• Bold Ideas - Is there a better way? Let’s find it.

You are welcome here. Our fast-growing team of more than 4,000 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 LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.