At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide person-centred Occupational Therapy in clinics and community settings.
- Company: Kern, a multidisciplinary allied health provider with a supportive culture.
- Benefits: Flexible work options, wellness days, and tailored coaching for your growth.
- Other info: Collaborate with a diverse team and build your clinical identity.
- Why this job: Kickstart your OT career with strong support and real impact on people's lives.
- Qualifications: Recent or completing Occupational Therapy qualification and AHPRA registration.
The predicted salary is between 67500 - 82500 $ per year.
The opportunity
Your first role as an Occupational Therapist should give you the foundations to become a confident, capable clinician while giving you space to develop your own professional identity. At Kern, you will not be expected to know everything from day one. You will receive structured onboarding, tailored coaching and development, accessible clinical leadership, and support from an established multidisciplinary team.
You will work with children, young people and adults across clinic and community settings. The role may be structured as full-time or part-time, depending on the arrangement agreed.
Why start your OT career at Kern?
At Kern, we know the experience we create for our people directly influences the experience they provide to participants and clients. We invest in the clinical leadership, development and administration support that helps graduates build confidence, strengthen their clinical reasoning and focus on delivering meaningful therapy.
- A supported transition into practice. Your onboarding will introduce you to Kern's systems, service model, clinical expectations and ways of working.
- Coaching and Development tailored to you. Your support will reflect your confidence, learning needs, clinical interests and professional goals.
- Accessible clinical leadership. Your Team Leader will provide regular guidance, feedback, reflective practice and support when questions or challenges arise.
- A multidisciplinary team around you. Learn and collaborate with Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists and Therapy Assistants.
- Opportunities to develop your clinical identity. Build experience across the lifespan while exploring the areas of Occupational Therapy that interest you.
- Strong administration support. Our support team assists with service coordination, funding processes and systems surrounding service delivery.
- Flexibility and wellbeing support, including full-time and part-time options and five additional Kern Wellness Days each year.
- Opportunities to contribute ideas as Kern continues developing its NDIS and private services.
Your role
You will provide individualised, person-centred Occupational Therapy both in clinic and community settings, including homes, schools and other everyday environments. With support from your Team Leader and colleagues, you will:
- Undertake assessments and contribute to individualised intervention planning
- Support participants and clients to build capacity, independence and participation
- Develop practical strategies and recommendations for everyday life
- Collaborate with families, support networks and other clinicians
- Build your clinical reasoning and professional communication
- Maintain clear and timely clinical documentation
- Participate in coaching, reflective practice and shared learning.
Our team around the person approach encourages collaboration across disciplines when it benefits the individual and their goals.
About you
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Are completing or have recently completed a recognised Occupational Therapy qualification
- Are committed to person-centred and evidence-informed practice
- Value curiosity, reflection and continued learning
- Want to develop within a supportive and accountable team
- Communicate openly and are comfortable asking questions
- Care about understanding the person behind the therapy goals
- Look for opportunities to do things differently and better.
AHPRA registration
Working with Children Check
DIS Worker Screening Check
Current driver's licence and access to a suitable vehicle.
Kern supports people across the Peel region. For graduates living across Mandurah, Rockingham, Baldivis and Perth's southern corridor, this is an opportunity to build your allied health career closer to home.
About Kern
Kern is a multidisciplinary allied health provider supporting children, young people and adults through NDIS and private services. Our purpose is to reinvent the therapy experience by placing participants, clients and our people at the centre of the decisions we make. Our values guide how we listen, collaborate, support one another and continue improving the experience we provide:
- Seek to Understand
- Play as a Team
- Different, Better
- Passionate About the Kern Way
Ready to begin your career at Kern? If you are looking for a supported and meaningful start to your occupational therapy career, we would love to meet you.
Graduate Occupational Therapist employer: Kern Allied Health
Kern is an exceptional employer located in Mandurah, offering Occupational Therapists a supportive and collaborative work environment that prioritises individualised development and meaningful clinical work. With flexible full-time and part-time options, strong administrative support, and a commitment to professional growth through structured coaching, Kern empowers its team to thrive while making a positive impact on the lives of participants across the NDIS and private services. Join a multidisciplinary team that values reflection, collaboration, and continuous learning, all while enjoying additional wellness days and a genuine focus on work-life balance.
