ADF Rehabilitation Consultant

Experts in workplace health, injury management and safety, Acumen Health delivers the highest standard in services across personal injury and occupational health. The team at Acumen Health focus on recovery and function to get clients back to work and back to life whatever their age, stage, or situation. Our personal injury division provides services through federal and state-based Workers Compensations, Motor Accident Schemes and Life Insurance. Acumen Health is Australia’s exclusive provider of Occupational Rehabilitation services to the Australian Defence Force. As an ADF Rehabilitation Consultant, you will apply your clinical reasoning skills to support ADF personnel who have sustained a physical and/or psychological injury. A unique role where your rewards are truly meaningful and purposeful. Be part of the team that gets our military fully fit and ready to defend and protect Australia.

Responsibilities

Apply clinical reasoning skills to support ADF personnel who have sustained a physical and/or psychological injury; Work within a multidisciplinary team to support the journey from rehab to healing; Perform a variety of assessments depending on area of clinical expertise, including functional capacity evaluations, worksite, ergonomic or activities of daily living assessments; Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders including the injured employee, medical specialists, treatment providers and allied health professionals; Develop, implement and monitor rehabilitation plans focusing on goal setting and achieving real outcomes; Work on base at HMAS Stirling in Garden Island or at Campbell Barracks in Swanbourne

Requirements

Current unrestricted registration or membership with the relevant industry body (AHPRA, ESSA as an EP, ASORC or AASW); Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Psychology, Rehabilitation Counselling, Nursing, Osteopathy or Social Work; Australian Citizenship; Minimum of one year clinical work experience, registered in your chosen profession; Ability to engage across multidisciplinary teams to support the achievement of a common goal; Passion to help people rehabilitate; Occupational rehabilitation experience

Benefits

Support and mentoring through direct interaction and extensive onboarding process including ongoing shadowing; Career growth opportunities in Human Services across multiple global brands and geographies; Fitness Passport program; Discounts at hundreds of retail outlets