Occupational Therapists
Core
Assess, plan, and deliver evidence-based therapy interventions to help individuals regain, develop, or maintain skills for daily living, work, and community participation across hospital, rehabilitation, and community settings.
Role type
Clinical occupational therapist
Builds
Functional independence and community participation for patients with neurological, musculoskeletal, orthopedic, geriatric, and psychosocial conditions
Domain
Healthcare / Rehabilitation
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Clinical reasoning, functional assessment, treatment planning, adaptive equipment prescription, discharge planning, multidisciplinary collaboration, clinical documentation
Preferred skills
Experience in neurological rehab, orthopedics, mental health, pediatrics, or aged care
Technologies
Adaptive equipment, assistive technologies
Responsibilities
Assess functional capacity related to self-care, mobility, cognition, and work participation; Develop and implement individualized, goal-oriented treatment plans; Deliver therapy interventions for patients with neurological, musculoskeletal, orthopedic, geriatric, and psychosocial conditions; Conduct functional and environmental assessments in hospital, rehabilitation, or community settings; Prescribe, train, and review adaptive equipment and assistive technologies; Support discharge planning and safe return to home, work, or community environments; Provide education and training to patients, families, and carers; Collaborate with doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, speech therapists, and social workers; Maintain accurate clinical documentation in line with hospital, NDIS, and AHPRA standards; Participate in clinical governance, audits, service improvement, and professional development
Seniority
Mid-level to Senior, hands-on IC