Kickstart or further progress your career with an award-winning team. IPAR is just one of the purpose built, industry leading brands in the global MedHealth network. Join the rehabilitation team as a Rehabilitation Consultant and you will be provided with all the tools, support, and training to set you up to succeed in your career!

Be rewarded for your efforts through a competitive salary, health & wellness programs, and a culture of recognition and appreciation. IPAR invests in training, mentorship programs and continuous learning opportunities, allowing employees to expand their skills and advance in their careers. Our ongoing commitment to supporting our staff with tailored career development pathways allows us to maintain a robust “promote from within” culture.

We make impact and we achieve outcomes from the meaningful and purposeful work that we do every day!

We're eager to bring on board someone for this position in late January - embracing the new year with new possibilities. Could this be your opportunity for a fresh change?

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist (Graduate and/or Experienced) to utilise their keen occupational therapy understanding and knowledge to support client’s develop independence, build routines, return to health and if suitable, return to work, following a sustained injury or illness. Each day is different but each day you will have the opportunity to assist people to return to wellness, work and ultimately experience an improved quality of life through the following ways:

• Perform assessments such as initial assessments, functional capacity assessments, home assessments, activities of daily living assessments, equipment trials, ergonomic assessments, pre-employment medicals, job task analysis;
• Conduct worksite assessments, support return to work through task modification, gradual planning, and engagement in multidisciplinary approaches;
• Assess client needs, develop strategies and interventions for a safe return to pre-injury activities;
• Engage in formal and experiential training to develop the skills you need to feel competent and confident in your role;
• Build rapport with key stakeholders throughout the process including the ill or injured individual, their treating health practitioners, employers and insurers.

As part of Activities of Daily Living Assessments, you will:

• Assess an individual'sPersonal, Domestic, and Community ADL's, and identify recommendations for services, support, and/or assistive equipment;
• Complete equipment trails in person with your clients, to ensure this recommendation is safe and appropriate for the Injured Worker, as well as prompting independence in their day-to-day life;
• Education to our clients and Injured Workers to compliment recommendations for support, and/or assistive equipment.
• An allied health qualification in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) –Full or eligible upon graduation.
• A passion for supporting quality of life, return to independence with activity, health, work and the desire to make a difference;
• Exceptional communication skills, analytical thinking, documentation and a commitment to delivering what we say we will and when we will.
• Current drivers' licence and access to their own vehicle.

There’s so much on offer to our team members. You’ll enjoy:

• The chance to discover your work passion through exposure to all that we do: making a difference in the lives of thousands of Australians every year who are impacted by injury or illness and supporting them in recovery, health and return to work;
• A thorough onboarding linking you with local and national resources; We provide acomprehensive induction program, buddy program and workplace mentoring to ensure a great start and ongoing support to excel
• Access to IPAR’s health and wellness program with fun team activities to support your physical and mental well-being;
• Being part of IPAR’s Star Award reward and recognition program for top achievers
• The opportunity to contribute to research studies and best practice via the work we do with customers and university partners.
• Employee Referral Program, opportunity to be incentivizedfor recommending great talent
• Competitive remuneration withinnovativeincentive and bonus schemes

For further information about the roleplease contact the Talent Acquisition Advisor, Grant Devlin on 0474 740 466.

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,000 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 LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.


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