Rehabilitation Consultant (Occupational Therapist)

Interact is a leading provider of allied health, occupational health and safety, and injury management services to the regions of New South Wales. Committed to providing exceptional care and support to injured workers in local communities across New South Wales, our focus is on family values and personalised care to tailor a rehabilitation plan for each individual.

The role:

• Case management for injured workers in the western suburbs who are needing physical and/or psychological support to return them back to employment
• Taking a more holistic care approach, establish key relationships with health professionals and work within a multidisciplinary team to support the journey from rehab to healing
• Perform a variety of assessments depending on your area of clinical expertise. This could include functional capacity evaluations, worksite, ergonomic or activities of daily living assessments
• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders, including the injured employee, employer, medical specialists and other allied health professionals to develop, implement and monitor rehabilitation plans.
• Support large government employers and employees through our existing clients and growing relationships with organisations such as Allianz TMF (Department of Education, Department of Communities and Justice, Transport NSW) and GIO.

Part of the Generation Health group and APM group of companies you will have the opportunity to support the Australian Defence Force and Veteran community. Enjoy meaningful and purposeful work as you support our military members return to the same job or to find new pathways in life and sustainable employment opportunities.

What’s in it for you?

At a local level, you will receive support from a highly experienced team with average industry experience in excess of 6 years. A focus on skill development and building skills in working with diverse cohorts of people.

Joining the APM group, you have the opportunity to grow your career in Human Services across multiple global brands and geographies. A diverse team of over 16,000 people across 11 countries with a shared purpose – to enable better lives for our employees and the communities we work in. Our work enables the people we serve to realise their ambitions and aspirations through sustainable employment, independence, better health and wellbeing and increased social participation. As a valued APM employee you will have access to a comprehensive to make your experience working for APM the best it can be.

Enjoy all the perks of a global conglomerate including discount gym (through the Fitness Passport Program) and health insurance plus discounts at hundreds of retail outlets. All this combined with the boutique feel of a local provider that interact prides itself on.

We have a variety of working options. Choose to work part-time (from three days) or full-time. In this hybrid role, you also have the opportunity to have some work from home or any one of our APM offices. We give you all the tools to set you up for success!

Enjoy Autonomy, flexibility and the ability to manage your own calendar to suit your best work life balance.

What will make you successful:

• Current unrestricted (or eligibility for) registration or membership with the relevant industry body (AHPRA, ESSA)
• Ideally Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy (Exercise Physiologists and Phyisotherapists will also be considered)
• Strong clinical reasoning
• Ability to engage across multidisciplinary teams to support the achievement of a common goal
• Passion to help people rehabilitate

Ready to join?

Click APPLY now and complete your application through our online recruitment platform.

For a confidential chat please contact Amanda Whinney on 0458 379 067 or connect at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandawhinney

We're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity. We welcome all people to join our team, including veterans, people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, living with disability, all gender identities, LGBTQIA+, people of any socioeconomic status, of any age, race, national origin or ethnicity. We believe each person’s uniqueness makes us even better at the work we do