About the role

Sense OT Pty Ltd is seeking an awesome human to join our team, who also happen to be a Paediatric Physiotherapist with early years' clinical assessment and intervention experience to join our fun, dedicated, and experienced team in Chelsea Heights, Victoria. We are offering a Full-Time position based at our inviting paediatric clinic, where you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children and their families, locally. Let's face it, with the upcoming travel changes to NDIS service provision, we value our onsite clinic and therapy spaces for those who wish to come in and visit us.

What you'll be doing

Providing comprehensive physiotherapy-specific assessments and interventions for children with a wide range of developmental needs from 0-18years.

Opportunities to provide Inclusive Education consultation and support Disability Inclusion Profile applications, recommending individualised adjustments with our partnering local schools.

Collaborating with families, educators, and other healthcare professionals to develop and implement individualised therapy support plans.

Utilising evidence-based practices to support each child's physical development in a range of domains using a client-centered, relationship-focused and strength-based model of practice and including meaningful and goal-focused learnings.

This role may include facilitating small group therapy programs onsite at Sense OT or within our local partnering schools, as well as offering inclusive education consultancy within schools for our share-clients.

Maintaining timely and detailed client records specific to your practice discipline, as well as contributing to the continuous improvement of our paediatric therapy services through regular in-house professional development and participating in case discussions.

Joining our fortnightly multidisciplinary team meetings to share your knowledge, grow your own professional skills, and discuss unique client cases with the team.

Engaging in internal and external clinical supervision

What we're looking for

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Physiotherapy.

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with no restrictions to practice within your discipline.

Discipline-specific memberships ie. Australia Physiotherapy Association,

Working with children check (WWCC) - Employee Status.

Clear professional work history with no restrictions to work in your profession.

Experience working with children including early years, primary and high school-aged children.

Strong clinical skills in assessment, goal setting, evidence-based interventions & documentation.

Excellent communication and collaboration abilities to work effectively with families and multidisciplinary teams.

Passion for making a positive difference in the lives of children and their families.

Minimum 12 months full-time experience working within your discipline's therapy role with a paediatric caseload.

Professional development courses completed in play-based or child-lead, strength-based, and/or neuro-affirming practice highly desirable for this employee role.

Available to start this Term 4 2025.

What we offer

Supportive and collaborative team environment with opportunities for mentorship and growth.

Competitive salary package (above award), including in-house and external professional development opportunities.

Access to our wide range of resources (toys, equipment, assessments) to help you deliver high-quality therapy services.

Flexible work arrangements to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Hybrid roles available and will be discussed with each applicant in-line with company requirements and client service requests.

Ongoing training and professional development to stay at the forefront of paediatric care.

Sense OT is a based in Chelsea Heights VIC 3192 and we have two vibrant and welcoming sensory-motor gyms, two staff offices, a meeting room, shared-kitchen, multiple therapy rooms and our Dietitian clinic. We provide person-centered and goal-focused therapies across the South-East suburbs of Melbourne. Our mission is to empower children and their families to work with their child's strengths to develop functional and meaningful life skills. We strive to form safe trusting relationships, and we believe children learn best when they are regulated and engaged through play and positive social connections. We embrace neurodiversity and we enjoy celebrating each progression and development, no matter how big or small, for each and every child that we are grateful to join their journeys. We value being a part of your child's development journey and we highly value caregiver involvement for continued progression and learnings when outside of our therapy time together. We thoroughly enjoy the balance between offering both clinic and community-based services, and we welcome collaboration with our client's family, therapy, and education support teams where possible.

Paediatric physiotherapists - Apply now to join our small yet dynamic team and make a meaningful difference in the lives of children with diverse needs. We look forward to finding our right-fit new team member.