Paediatric Occupational Therapist

We're looking for a new Occupational Therapist to join our team!

Are you nearing the end of your Occupational Therapy degree and starting to think about where to work once you graduate? Or, are you an experienced Peadiatric Occupational Therapist looking for a change?

We’re on the lookout for a new Occupational Therapist to join us in providing the best evidence based therapy to children in Canberra to start in early 2027. We're on the hunt for a fun, energetic and adaptable new friend to join our team!

We could be a good fit if you looking for a team who is:

• Fun and Young (or young at heart) - we're a team who doesn't take things too seriously and like to have a laugh.

• Supportive - Mistakes are embraced! The reality is you can't learn without them and we provide extensive mentoring for our team to ensure they are set up to succeed.

• Evidence based focus - we're not into trial-and-error therapy interventions or therapy that drags on forever. We aim to implement effective intervention that leads to goal achievement and discharge.

• Great communicators - we aim for direct yet kind communication, and try to adapt our communication styles to suit each individual.
  

About Our Clinic 📢

We originally started as a mobile paediatric physiotherapy company in 2023 and have since expanded to include Occupational Therapy. We have 2 locations currently, in Phillip and Waramanga, and are in the midst of opening a North Lyneham Clinic. We work collaboratively within our team and with external medical teams such as paediatricians, external allied health and schools to provide the best therapy care to children and families in Canberra. We work with children aged 0-18 years, with the majority of our clients being under 6 years old.

Most of our appointments are clinic based, although we do a range of community, home and school visits. We prioritise including parents in treatment planning as we know that results happen when parents become active members in their child's therapy team. Our team has a big focus on education with most practitioners completing two or more external courses each year and weekly or fortnightly internal mentoring support. Our team currently consists of 7 Paediatric Physiotherapists, 3 Occupational Therapists, Allied Health Assistants and our superstar admin support!

We are searching for a passionate Occupational Therapist who shares our excitement for clinically reasoned and holistic patient care to take on a diverse case load of children with disability, developmental delay and continence concerns.

Full training and support for the role will be provided. Both experienced OTs and new graduate OT’s are encouraged to apply for the role. Whilst we are hoping for this role to commence in early 2027, we are very much looking for the right fit for our team can be flexible on start date for the right person.

🎯 About the Role

You’ll work closely with our existing team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Allied Health Assistants.

You will be:

• Assessing infants and children aged 0-16 with developmental delay, disability, continence concerns, fine motor concerns, social and emotional skill delay, sensory processing delays.

• Creating treatment plans based on assessment findings and parent goals to best support the child

• Liaising with Allied Health Assistants to implement therapy plans to better support children and provide more intense therapy to children to ensure they are progressing.

• Working collaboratively with physiotherapists internally, and other external therapists to provide collaborative therapy interventions to best support the child

• Developing Groups and Programs and overseeing their success to support more children to develop social and play skills

• Attending regular professional development courses, team training and 1:1 mentoring to develop your skill set in whichever area brings you joy! We are very supportive of therapists developing a niche and building their clinical skills in a specific area.

✨ You’ll Love This If You:

• Are comfortable communicating with children and families, can navigate upfront and sometimes tricky conversations.

• Are adaptable in your approach allowing you to pivot when therapy sessions don’t go to plan

• Want a job that values life balance, education and career progression

• Are eager to grow your clinical skills and develop a caseload that suits your niche interest areas

• Are proactive, reliable, and just… fun to work with

• Experience in a similar role is great but not essential — if you’re keen to learn, and good with people, we’ll get back you.

• Love getting a coffee and going for a walk every morning with the team (or hot chocolate/tea)

🚀 What’s In It For You?

• Anything from 25-38 hours per week

• We wear activewear to work everyday (pretty sure physio Lauren wears pyjamer shorts most days) - comfort, yes please!

• We have a coffee break every morning at 9am - we're better people after coffee!

• Our team have their lunch break scheduled at the same time (none of that work through lunch business or sitting in silence)

• Leadership pathways and structured professional development – we schedule it in, so it actually happens!

• We have scheduled admin time to ensure work stays in work time. 

• Be part of a supportive, down-to-earth and fun team

• Make the role your own and grow with the business

 To Apply 👯‍♀️🕺

We know applying for a new job can be scary - after all, everyone knows everyone in Canberra. Rest assured, we will be keeping all applications strictly confidential! We also know that sometimes you can start at a workplace that just isn't a good fit - we won't judge if you've only been in your current role for a couple of months! If you have any questions about our workplace or the role, please don't hesitate to reach out! We also welcome applicants to come into our clinic and shadow a day in the life to ensure we are a good fit for you! 

Please note:

• We are only able to accept applications from therapists able to obtain an AHPRA registration. We are not looking to work with recruiters (so please don't contact us if you are from a recruitment agency... and definitely don't add us to a subscription newsletter).
  

📩 To apply, send us your resume along with a brief cover letter to *****@canberrachildrensphysio.com.au telling us a bit about yourself, what drew you to this role, and why you think you'd be a great fit for the team.

Please reach out if you feel this could be the job for you as we are actively interviewing and looking to fill the role. The most important thing to us, is to find the right fit for our team and we can be flexible on start date for the right person.