ADF Rehabilitation Consultant

Acumen Health delivers the highest standard in services across personal injury and occupational health. 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 ADF. Working as an ADF Backfill Rehabilitation Consultant, you will support our existing team of Rehabilitation Consultants by providing cover for annual leave, sick leave and periods of vacancy to ensure continued care for our ADF Members. Based in either Adelaide or the Darwin area, this role will see you work across a number of ADF bases across Adelaide and/or the Northern Territory.

Responsibilities

Provide cover for annual leave, sick leave and periods of vacancy to ensure continued care for ADF Members; Apply clinical reasoning skills to support ADF members who have sustained a physical and/or psychological injury; Conduct clinical assessments to determine member and ADF Unit needs including consultation with key stakeholders; Apply the return-to-work hierarchy to rehabilitation planning with focus on supporting members to return to their pre-injury / deployable status where clinically indicated before considering medical transition; Develop plans to guide and implement rehabilitation programs in collaboration with relevant parties; Seek endorsement, implement progressive work upgrades, and monitor rehabilitation progress to achieve agreed rehabilitation goals; Provide quality insights / training opportunities as a result of varied caseload exposure; Support upskilling, supervising and onboarding new and existing ADF consultants across the region; Work with Team Managers on quality activities for on-base and off-base consultants

Requirements

Current unrestricted registration or membership with the relevant industry body (AHPRA, ESSA, ASORC/RCAA or AASW); Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Psychology, Rehabilitation Counselling, Nursing, Osteopathy or Social Work; Strong clinical reasoning and passion to help people rehabilitate; Ability to work the hours 07:30 – 15:30 across various ADF bases (NT and/or SA); Flexibility to travel across the Defence sites (sometimes at short notice); Ability to engage across multidisciplinary teams to support the achievement of a common goal; 12 months occupational rehabilitation experience; Australian Citizenship

Nice to have

Experience with ADF or Veterans will be highly regarded

Benefits

Travel and accommodation expenses covered; KPIs based on service delivery outcomes, not billable hours; High level stakeholder engagement fast-tracking career development pathways