Occupational Therapist

Make a real difference working within our Macquarie Services Team as a Occupational Therapist, partnering with leaders to support the teams who make a meaningful difference in the lives of people with vision and hearing loss.

This is a Permanent Part-Time opportunity (30.4 hours per week) reporting to the Team Lead – Macquarie and based at our Macquarie location.

This is a hybrid role, combining approximately three days equivalent of clinical occupational therapy with one day equivalent of Network Team Lead responsibilities, offering the opportunity to influence both individual client outcomes and the quality and consistency of occupational therapy services across the team.

What we can offer you:

• Salary of up to $127,838 + super, with 100% salary packaging to maximise your take home pay.
• Generous leave entitlements including 2 weeks paid Christmas leave in addition to 4 weeks annual leave, plus extensive personal/carer's leave.
• Paid parental leave of 14 weeks for primary carer and 6 weeks for secondary carer.
• Access to industry leading education, professional development opportunities and career pathways.

You’ll make a difference in this role by:

• Delivering evidence-based Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to children and young people with vision and/or hearing loss, supporting them and their families to achieve meaningful goals and maximise participation at home, school and in the community.
• Provide goal-based therapy that promotes motor development, mobility, independence and participation, while recommending equipment and assistive technology to optimise functional outcomes e.g., simple home mods; positioning & mobility; hygiene & transport; access and daily living.
• Delivering services in person, via telepractice in a NextSense centre, client home, school or other appropriate setting.
• Using a person/family centred framework to enable clients and their families to develop their skills and capacity and achieve outcomes.
• Developing, delivering and evaluating Individual Support Plans (ISP), and progress reports with the client, family and relevant others, that reflect the individual’s strengths and needs and the family’s priorities.
• Maintaining client records to ensure all information, including sensitive issues, are treated in a way that respects the individual clients right to confidentiality and dignity.
• Committing to continuing professional development across the DHH/BLV sector, and subsequently demonstrate and share knowledge.
• Supporting team members to operate within established clinical protocols and NextSense processes, procedures and policies. 
• Providing initial response and resolution to client feedback and work together to manage client waitlists and team productivity. 
• Contributing to identifying strengths in service delivery and opportunities for enhancement of services. 
• Partnering with others to identify opportunities and challenges that arise, address concerns and resolve matters. 
• Facilitating Professional Growth Planning for team members. 
• Understanding key financial issues relating to sustainability. 
   

About You:

• Relevant qualifications in Occupational Therapy
• A minimum of 7 years' experience providing occupational therapy services, with demonstrated sound clinical knowledge and skills. Relevant equivalent experience will also be considered.
• Be able to work collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to client outcomes in a team setting
• Prior experience in working with clients with a sensory disability
• Experience working towards goals and key performance indicators
• Working knowledge of NDIS framework desirable
• Ability to learn new systems, processes and frameworks
• Current valid driver’s licence
• Valid Working With Children Check and NDIS Workers Check (or willingness to obtain)
• Full Registration with AHPRA
• You are obliged to become familiar with, and comply with child protection policies and legislation, as amended from time to time

Our Purpose and Ambition

NextSense is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people with vision or hearing loss across Australia. We work with children, adults, and their families, providing a holistic approach to hearing services for newborns through to people over 90 years old, and helping children who are blind or have low vision to develop the right skills, mobility, and independence to confidently explore their world.

NextSense has been breaking boundaries since 1860, and we’ve been expanding our services ever since. Today, we deliver world-class education (both to children with sensory loss and to professionals in the field), cochlear implants, allied health services, therapy, research, and clinical services to children and adults. We’re a registered NDIS provider, working with our clients to achieve their own goals and potential.

We’re committed to research and innovation; harnessing the latest technologies and new ways of thinking and educating the next generation to lead the way in hearing and vision services.

How to apply:

If this role sounds like you, please click on the apply button and follow the prompts.

If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Rebecca Maxwell, Network Manager - Victoria at ***************@nextsense.org.au for a confidential chat.

NextSense is a child safe organisation, candidate compliance with child protection legislation is essential.