Experienced Occupational Therapist – NDIS and Disability

Meta Healthcare is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team in Blacktown.

We are looking for a capable clinician with strong functional assessment skills, sound clinical judgement and confidence managing complex disability presentations.

You will manage a varied paediatric and adult caseload across clinic and community settings. Wherever possible, your caseload will be aligned with your experience and clinical interests.

• Complete comprehensive functional and occupational therapy assessments

• Work with both paediatric and adult clients

• Prepare Functional Capacity Assessments and other NDIS reports

• Assess daily living skills, routines, mobility, cognition, sensory needs, safety and community participation

• Develop goal-based interventions that build independence and everyday living skills

• Assess clients for assistive technology and equipment

• Provide home-modification recommendations where appropriate

• Support clients with emotional regulation, sensory processing and participation

• Identify support needs and provide evidence-based recommendations

• Deliver services across clinic, home, school, workplace and community settings

• Manage complex disability presentations and make sound clinical decisions

• Maintain high-quality clinical notes, reports and recommendations

• Communicate with clients, families, support coordinators, plan managers and other professionals

• Contribute to case discussions and clinical development within the Allied Health Team

You are an experienced Occupational Therapist with strong clinical judgement, clear communication and a high standard of professional practice.

You will have:

• Current AHPRA registration as an Occupational Therapist

• At least three years of clinical occupational therapy experience

• Strong functional assessment and clinical reasoning skills

• Confidence managing complex disability and functional presentations

• Strong intervention planning and case-management skills

• Excellent clinical documentation and report-writing skills

• The ability to manage your caseload independently

• The ability to communicate clearly with clients, families and professional stakeholders

• Current Australian working rights

• A current driver’s licence and access to a reliable vehicle

Experience working with either paediatric or adult clients is essential. Experience across both populations is highly regarded.

Experience in NDIS, paediatrics, neurological disability, psychosocial disability, sensory processing, assistive technology, home modifications or Functional Capacity Assessments will be valued.

• A varied caseload aligned where possible with your clinical strengths

• Professional development support

• A high level of clinical autonomy

• Work across paediatric and adult presentations

• A multidisciplinary team including Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Speech Pathology and Support Work

• The opportunity to contribute to a growing disability and allied health service

Meta Healthcare is a multidisciplinary healthcare and disability provider based at Westpoint Blacktown.

We provide NDIS and community-based services across Western Sydney, with a focus on independence, meaningful participation and high-quality clinical care.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Occupational Therapy

• Current AHPRA registration

• Current Australian working rights

• Current driver’s licence and access to a vehicle

• NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willingness to obtain one

• Working With Children Check, or willingness to obtain one

• Police Check, or willingness to obtain one

• First Aid and CPR, or willingness to obtain them

• Medicare Provider Number, or capacity to obtain one

Applications without current AHPRA registration and Australian working rights will not be progressed.

Please submit your resume with a brief cover letter outlining:

• Your main areas of occupational therapy experience

• Your experience working with paediatric and/or adult clients

• The disability and functional presentations you are most confident managing