Key Highlights:

• Lead a fantastic team of 6 Occupational Therapists
• Earn between $105,000 - $120,000 + Super
• Flexibility to WFH and manage your own schedule

In this Team Leader role, you will guide and support a dedicated group of Occupational Therapists, ensuring they deliver high quality care to clients.

The role is based in Newcastle with offices in Newcastle or East Maitland. Contact Jem on 0468760842 for more information.

As the Occupational Therapist Team Leader your responsibilities will include:

• Lead & Mentor: Provide day-to-day service delivery guidance, answer questions, and offer strategies for complex cases.
• Train & Develop: Deliver training, induction programs, and supervision for new and existing team members.
• Quality Assurance: Review clinical reports, offer constructive feedback, and maintain best practice standards.
• On-the-Ground Support: Attend appointments alongside your Occupational Therapists to provide hands-on assistance and training.
• Clinical Excellence: Undertake assessments and interventions for NDIS clients (reduced caseload), writing reports and management plans.
• Holistic Environments: Work across family homes, group homes, day programs, schools, the community, and local offices.

Work-Life Balance This organisation believes in fostering a healthy work-life balance. Many employees have young families and busy lives outside of work, so flexibility is a top priority. You can expect:

• Resources to support working from home
• Minimisation of excessive travel
• Ownership of your own calendar to schedule appointments in line with your lifestyle
• Suburban office locations with free onsite or local parking
• Part-time, reduced hours, or compressed nine-day fortnights (after probation)
• One additional week of annual leave per year after three years of service

Professional Growth & Development Your ongoing development matters here. You’ll have access to:

• Expert Support: A dedicated team of discipline-specific specialists, each with 20+ years of clinical Occupational Therapy experience. Get one-on-one and group training sessions plus round-the-clock advice.
• Interdisciplinary Training: Take part in live or recorded internal professional development sessions, including Special Interest Groups, discipline-specific in-services, and multi-disciplinary in-services.
• Career Pathways: Explore clinical specialisations or even step into other areas such as Positive Behaviour Support or Rehabilitation Consulting. Regional or interstate secondments and people-management pathways are also available. Work closely with your Manager and Learning & Development Manager to chart a course for your career ambitions.

What you will need:

• Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy
• Full AHPRA registration
• Unrestricted Australian Working Rights
• 3 years minimum postgraduate experience

Interested in this position?

Apply now or email your resume to Jem Melcher (Allied Health Division) to [email protected] or call +61 468 760 842 to hear more about the role.

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