Title:  Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Culture and Benefits

At St Jude's, we pride ourselves on taking the best possible care of our Allied Health team, including a range of benefits and constant opportunities for professional development:

• 1 week per year of paid study leave and an allocation of $1,000 for this
• Flexible working arrangements - Part/Full Time, multiple locations available as a base
• Significant opportunities for career progression and specialisation
• Bonuses for achieving the 65% productivity target - 2.5% of your annual salary, paid quarterly
• Buddy shifts with other disciplines to facilitate cross discipline understanding
• Opportunities for additional supervision and mentoring
• Option to provide services outside of Perth - Bunbury, Esperance and Katanning - Transport, accommodation and food allowance provided
• Tell us what else would be valuable or significant for you!

Role Summary

Our Occupational Therapists strive to make our client's goals a reality. Specifically, there is an opportunity to work with children, with options to also work with adults if this is of interest to you! You will work with children funded by the NDIS to achieve their individual goals and dreams. No one day will be the same. The role takes responsibility for managing a caseload, including correspondence with families, therapists and services, schools and other key stakeholders. The role is responsible for providing 1:1 intervention with children in schools, their home or the clinic environment, implementing recommendations and resources, and providing training and support to those that support the child on a daily basis to maximise goal achievement. There is also a focus on working with other members of the broader allied health team to ensure consistency of support planning.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Applying a specialist understanding of the effects and impact of all aspects of a disability on a child’s occupations and roles, such as play and learning

• Implement and monitor individual plans to enable children to perform occupations that foster health and well-being in their everyday life

• Working with families and key stakeholders to share goals and ensure a consistent approach to supporting the child, maximising goal achievement

• Maintaining accurate, timely, and appropriate records including but not limited to progress notes, progress reports, assistive technology applications and other relevant documentation

We are happy to consider hiring this position on either a permanent part-time or full-time basis. As mentioned above, you may work with adults as well, if this is of interest to you!

Skills, Attributes and Experience

Our ideal candidate will pride themselves on their ability to build and deliver person-centred care that values the choice and goals of the child and their family or other key stakeholders. They will have the people skills to develop and maintain meaningful, lasting relationships with their clients. Our ideal candidates possess the proven ability to develop therapy programs. They will also demonstrate a commitment to being a productive and positive member of the broader allied health team focused on ensuring that a multidisciplinary approach is implemented.

As well as the above skills, the Key Requirements include:

• Registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist
• Possess or willing to obtain both an NDIS Worker Screening Check and a Working with Children Check
• A valid driver's license and a reliable vehicle