IPAR is a national occupational rehabilitation provider supporting thousands of people with return to work services. Whether it is through workplace rehabilitation, counselling, injury prevention or finding new employment, our care is tailored to each and every individual. We work with our clients to identify their goals and provide psychological or physical supports to help them live life to its fullest potential. IPAR is just one of the purpose-built, industry leading brands in the global MedHealth network. We make impact and we achieve outcomes through the meaningful and purposeful work that we do every day.

What are the Benefits?

• Competitive remuneration with innovative incentive and bonus schemes 
• Flexible hybrid work from home role with flexible working hours 
• Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted fitness membership with access to 1628 facilities Australia wide 
• Access to IPAR’s amazing health and wellness program with fun team monthly activities to support your overall well-being and to connect with your peers. Some of these activities include Murder Mystery, Comedy Show, Office Family Feud, Drag Trivia for Pride Month, Bake Off and Blind Tasting Challenge, Office Sweeps and many more!
• Being part of IPAR’s Star Award reward and recognition program for top achievers
• Tailored career development pathways - work for an organisation that really embraces a culture of "promoting from within"
• Employee Referral Program - Monetary incentive for sucessfully referring great talent!
• Work within a multidisciplinary team who are knowledgeable, collaborative, supportive & fun!
• A comprehensive induction program, buddy program and workplace mentoring to ensure a great start and ongoing support to excel in your role

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to support people to Return to Work after sustaining an injury or illness AND to support Activities of Daily Living Assessment and equipment trials for individuals as a result of work-related injury or illness. This opportunity will be servicing the Morwell region & on a casual basis.

Every day is different but each day you will have the opportunity to assist people to return to wellness, work and ultimately experience an improved quality of life:

As part of Activities of Daily Living Assessments, you will:

• Assess an individual's Personal, Domestic, and Community ADL's, and identify recommendations for services, support, and/or assistive equipment;
• Complete equipment trails in person with your clients, to ensure this recommendation is safe and appropriate for the Injured Worker, as well as prompting independence in their day-to-day life;
• Education to our clients and Injured Workers to compliment recommendations for support, and/or assistive equipment.

We offer excellent on-the-job training, travel reimbursements, professional development opportunities and support. We focus on sustaining a great and fun company culture nationwide, and place our value in our people, our best assets! 

You'll be a driven and energetic professional with hopefully all of the qualities below!

• Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy 
• Full Professional Registration with AHPRA
• Previous experience working in Occupational Rehabilitation industry would be highly regarded;
• Fabulous communication skills - there is a lot of getting to know your clients and stakeholders!;
• Compassion and kindness always go a long way as does empathy;
• It's the kind of career where well developed time management skills are a must & plus!;
• A current Driver’s License and access to own car with comprehensive insurance is a must.

Our core values are always at the heart of the work that we do every day:

• We act with integrity. We are honest, ethical, and transparent. We inspire trust through open communication;
• People work together. We enable each other to thrive within a culture of collaboration, fun and high performance;
• We take pride in delivering an exceptional and seamless customer experience each and every time;
• Quality & Innovation is at the forefront of our thinking. We have the courage to actively seek new opportunities and continually improve;
• We embrace sustainability across all aspects of our business including financial performance, service; design and delivering meaningful outcomes for our team, our customers and the communities that we work in.

For further information about the role please contact the Talent Acquisition Lead, Grant Devlin on 0474 740 466.

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.