Occupational Therapist - Western Sydney

Your career in healthcare made personal

At Medibank we’ve recently unified our health services under one brand – Amplar Health. 

With over 1000 employees, our nurses, GPs and other amazing allied health professionals our focus is on improving healthcare experiences and championing greater access, choice, and control for people in Australia when it comes to managing their health. 

The Opportunity 

We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our NSW Allied Health team, working in Western Sydney including Blacktown and Smithfield. This is a permanent part time (0.4 -0.6FTE) position with the opportunity to increase in the future.

As a mobile Allied Health clinician, you will be providing care to Australian’s wherever they call home, including community and residential aged care. This is a great opportunity for you to have variety in your caseload which will allow you to utilise your skills and grow as a health professional with the support of our senior clinicians. 

In the Community you will support:

• Home Care Package clients: supporting adults and elderly to remain independent at home, through: home assessment, equipment prescription and home modifications.
• Rehab in the home program: focusing on post orthopaedic surgery
• Hospital in the Home program: supporting clients after hospitalisation, including general surgeries

For Residential Aged Care clients you will: 

• Complete assessments, including initials, reviews, post hospitalisation and falls.
• Develop, implement, and manage programs
  • Design and facilitate group programs
  • Complete individual sessions with residents
• Facilitate manual handling
• Prescribe equipment

You are a fully AHPRA registered or Limited Registered (remote level) clinician, ideally with (but not essential) a minimum  of 1 years’ experience in a community or Aged Care setting.  As a mobile Occupational Therapist, you will need to be comfortable travelling to our clients located in Melbourne North Metro and suburbs and as such provide your own vehicle (kilometre reimbursement provided for this travel).

Why you'll love workign for us

• Up to $1000 CPD Allowance as well as access to internal training modules and regular CPD courses

• Private Health Insurance subsidy of up to 35% and discounts on Travel, Life, and Pet Insurances 
• 14-weeks paid parental leave for all eligible employees, regardless of whether you are the primary or secondary carer.
• Wellness and health programs: Feel good grants, wellbeing hub, EAP, Online fitness classes and more. 

• Rewards and discounts in attractions, cinema, hotels and more! 

• You will work with, and receive support from the Clinical Lead, Senior Clinician and the broader Allied Health team, to develop your career with Amplar Health

Learn more about Amplar Health at https://amplarhealth.com.au

We celebrate diversity of thought because we want to make better decisions for our customers and our people. As we work towards our goal of making health personal, we value the knowledge and contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. 

We’re also committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage applications from candidates with a disability, if you require any adjustments or alternate formats of key information at any stage of the recruitment process, we welcome hearing from you via inclusion@medibank.com.au or (03) 8622 5666.

Employees in face-to-face healthcare roles will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment.