Job Summary: 

• Provide occupational therapy services to clients, including establishing, monitoring, and delivering occupational therapy to clients in a community setting.
• Promote client safety by following the Client Safety Standard and assessing for safety and risk of harm to the client.
• Maintain records and statistics to a standard appropriate for medico-legal purposes, to professional standards.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings and serve on committees.
• Efficiently maintain and manage assigned caseload.
• Confer with other professionals, service providers, and family members/caregivers.

Skills on Resume: 

• Therapy Delivery (Hard Skills)
• Safety Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Clinical Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Caseload Management (Hard Skills)
• Interdisciplinary Teamwork (Soft Skills)
• Family Communication (Soft Skills)
• Committee Work (Soft Skills)
• Team Participation (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Facilitate the efficient and quality rehabilitation/support for clients.
• Develop and maintain client service plans and Support Worker supervision.
• Manage home care support for clients with disabilities and/or serious injuries.
• Liaise with external support providers, including ACC.
• Run effective training programmes for caregivers, including onboarding, ongoing training, and Careerforce qualification attainment.

Skills on Resume: 

• Rehabilitation Support (Hard Skills)
• Service Plan Development (Hard Skills)
• Support Supervision (Soft Skills)
• Home Care Management (Hard Skills)
• Disability Support (Hard Skills)
• External Liaison (Soft Skills)
• Caregiver Training (Hard Skills)
• Onboarding Support (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Evaluate and treat patients with disorders that prohibit or delay self-care under the physician’s orders.
• Prepare detailed documentation of treatment provided, length of treatment, and progress toward outcomes identified in the plan of care.
• Create treatment and therapy plans to suit the individual needs of a diverse patient population, including short- and long-term goals.
• Perform screenings to detect self-care disorders.
• Educate patients, parents, and caregivers about functional and self-care delays, causes, and plans of treatment.
• Report patient progress and current status to appropriate parties, including family members, caregivers, or medical professionals.
• Team with parents, caregivers, or other therapists in therapy sessions.
• Make appropriate referrals for additional patient services.
• Participate in bi-monthly therapy meetings.
• Attend CEU trainings to maintain professional license requirements.
• Comply with federal, state, and local certification requirements.

Skills on Resume: 

• Patient Evaluation (Hard Skills)
• Therapy Planning (Hard Skills)
• Treatment Delivery (Hard Skills)
• Screening Procedures (Hard Skills)
• Patient Education (Soft Skills)
• Progress Reporting (Soft Skills)
• Collaborative Therapy (Soft Skills)
• Service Referrals (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Work in a locality team with Social Workers and Occupational Therapists.
• Manage a caseload including adults and children.
• Take responsibility for producing care plans.
• Carry out assessments.
• Support reablement, equipment, and adaptations.
• Carry out moving and handling assessments.
• Provide holistic assessments to clients with a disability.

Skills on Resume: 

• Locality Teamwork (Soft Skills)
• Caseload Management (Hard Skills)
• Care Plan Development (Hard Skills)
• Client Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Reablement Support (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Coordination (Hard Skills)
• Handling Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Holistic Assessment (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provide high-quality assessments and intervention strategies.
• Manage a mixed caseload with complex and varied needs.
• Work with clients of all ages, their families, and carers to identify strengths, skills, and goals.
• Use appropriate assessment tools and methods to assess strengths and areas of development and to identify suitable intervention strategies.
• Provide therapeutic supports in multiple environments, including office, schools, and individual homes.

Skills on Resume: 

• Assessment Strategies (Hard Skills)
• Caseload Management (Hard Skills)
• Client Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Strengths Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Intervention Planning (Hard Skills)
• Therapeutic Support (Hard Skills)
• Multi-Setting Work (Soft Skills)
• Family Engagement (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provide evidence-based assessment and intervention for paediatric clientele from ages 0-18, depending on specialty and areas of interest.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Participate in regular professional development, both formal and internal, to build skills and provide quality intervention.
• Access additional opportunities, including group programs, professional and parent workshops, outreach support, and telehealth support.
• Be committed to improvement and professional development within the occupational therapist's scope of practice.
• Support families in accessing and navigating funding, including Medicare and NDIS.

Skills on Resume: 

• Paediatric Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Evidence-Based Intervention (Hard Skills)
• Multidisciplinary Teamwork (Soft Skills)
• Professional Development (Soft Skills)
• Group Program Support (Soft Skills)
• Outreach Support (Soft Skills)
• Funding Navigation (Soft Skills)
• Family Support (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Work in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team to create Individual Program Plans.
• Consult with Educational Assistants and coach EAs to carry out programs in an inclusive manner.
• Use standard and non-standard assessment tools and forms.
• Evaluate student progress and determine eligibility for funding.
• Author professional reports and referral letters.
• Adapt services to the changing needs of clients and families.
• Provide in-services and workshops to parents and educational assistants.
• Have fun and positively contribute to the culture of the organization.

Skills on Resume: 

• Program Planning (Hard Skills)
• EA Coaching (Soft Skills)
• Assessment Tools Use (Hard Skills)
• Progress Evaluation (Hard Skills)
• Report Writing (Hard Skills)
• Service Adaptation (Soft Skills)
• Workshop Delivery (Soft Skills)
• Positive Culture Contribution (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments.
• Develop innovative and individualized treatment plans.
• Provide hands-on physiotherapy techniques to reduce pain and maintain residents’ quality of life and functional abilities.
• Provide rehabilitation and falls prevention initiatives to residents.
• Undertake exercise classes such as balance, strengthening, and Tai Chi classes to improve quality of life.
• Assess for and prescribe mobility aids and functional appliances to improve resident function.
• Provide manual handling education to staff and general education to residents and families.

Skills on Resume: 

• Patient Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Treatment Planning (Hard Skills)
• Physiotherapy Techniques (Hard Skills)
• Rehabilitation Support (Hard Skills)
• Exercise Instruction (Hard Skills)
• Mobility Aid Prescription (Hard Skills)
• Manual Handling Education (Soft Skills)
• Resident Education (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Carry out relevant assessments of referred consumers as required to determine occupational therapy and support needs.
• Observe, assess, record, and report on the progress of consumers as appropriate.
• Provide an initial assessment of service users with complex care and therapy needs across teams within the Access and Independent Service.
• Identify safeguarding concerns, complete thorough risk assessments, and refer to services to manage the risk of harm to service users.
• Ensure cost-effective service provision and make recommendations for specialist equipment and adaptations in accordance with eligibility criteria and departmental guidelines.
• Recommend and teach the use of equipment and alternative methods of carrying out everyday functions to enable service users to lead as full a life as possible.

Skills on Resume: 

• Consumer Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Progress Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Complex Needs Evaluation (Hard Skills)
• Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Safeguarding Identification (Soft Skills)
• Cost-Effective Provision (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Recommendation (Hard Skills)
• Functional Training (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provide direct patient care in inpatient acute care, rehab, and long-term care settings.
• Independently complete reviews and examinations of patient data, including medical history, to develop plans of care, assess patient status, and determine the need for therapy services, and implement treatment using therapeutic exercise, functional mobility, and modalities.
• Independently serve patients across a wide range of ages with complex medical and psychological conditions.
• Provide clinical oversight of Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants.
• Maintain timely and appropriate documentation of consults, evaluations, progress notes, discharge notes, patient and family education, and other required tasks within departmental guidelines.
• Use critical analysis, clinical reasoning, and creativity to independently solve complex problems related to assessment, treatment, and procedures to meet individual patient needs.
• Perform comprehensive evaluations, including medical history, test results, and interpretation of functional assessments such as range of motion, muscle strength, sensory and perceptual deficits, coordination, mobility, pain scales, and psychosocial needs, to determine functional status, rehabilitation needs, goals, and rehabilitation potential.
• Devise adaptations to equipment to meet specific patient needs.
• Participate in quality assurance programs within the rehab services division.
• Ensure appropriate patient referrals and discharge planning in collaboration with the multidisciplinary treatment team.
• Assist in spinal cord rehab clinics as clinical needs arise.
• Follow Program and Division policies and procedures related to fire, disaster, and security measures, and participate in fire and emergency preparedness drills.
• Assist during emergencies, including initiating and/or assisting with CPR.

Skills on Resume: 

• Patient Care Delivery (Hard Skills)
• Clinical Evaluation (Hard Skills)
• Treatment Implementation (Hard Skills)
• Complex Case Management (Hard Skills)
• Documentation Accuracy (Hard Skills)
• COTA Oversight (Soft Skills)
• Problem Solving (Soft Skills)
• Equipment Adaptation (Hard Skills)