Rehabilitation Consultant (Occupational Therapist)

This is a unique opportunity! Acumen is the only rehabilitation service provider to ADF personnel. Your rewards are truly meaningful and purposeful. Be part of a team that gets our military fully fit and ready to defend and protect Australia. Taking a more holistic care approach, work within a multidisciplinary team to support the journey from rehab to healing.

Responsibilities

Taking a more holistic care approach, work within a multidisciplinary team to support your clients journey from rehab to healing; Using a client-centred approach, develop, implement and monitor rehabilitation plans. Provide ongoing care and communication as you support your client return to the same job or obtain new employment; Perform a variety of assessments including ADL’s, functional capacity evaluations, worksite, and ergonomic assessments; Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders including the employee who has suffered injury, illness, or trauma, medical specialists, and other treatment providers; Report writing, reviewing medical files and maintaining case notes through high quality case management; Support a dual customer caseload – Mainly current members of our ADF and some DVA. Work location may vary between the Acumen office and customer worksite (local ADF bases) with some work from home options

Requirements

Current unrestricted registration or membership with AHPRA; Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy; Clinical reasoning; Ability to engage across multidisciplinary teams to support the achievement of a common goal; Passion to help people rehabilitate

Nice to have

Experience in occupational rehabilitation and working with military

Benefits

Great work-life balance; Extensive learning opportunities; Networking programs; Employee benefits