Occupational Therapist | Canberra
Mayday Healthcare ·www.maydayhealthcare.com.au
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Occupational Therapist | Canberra
Are you feeling burnt out in clinic, stuck in high-volume caseloads, or like you’ve hit a ceiling in your clinical career?
We are currently exclusively partnering with a leading national workplace rehabilitation provider (award-winning and highly regarded in the industry), expanding across both Same Employer and New Employer divisions and covering physical and psychological injury cases.
This is an opportunity to step into a Rehabilitation Consultant role where you can continue using your clinical expertise in a more varied and autonomous environment, supporting injured workers back into employment and independence.
You’ll have the freedom to choose your work-from-home and office days (minimum 2 days in office), manage your own schedule, and work autonomously within a highly supportive team. Working hours sit between 8am–6pm, with flexibility to manage your day around outcomes rather than rigid time constraints.
What’s on offer
About the role
As a Rehabilitation Consultant, you will play a key role in supporting injured workers through their recovery and helping them safely return to meaningful employment and independence.
You will:
This is a chance to move away from clinical burnout and into a role where your clinical reasoning directly contributes to meaningful recovery outcomes, with strong structure, flexibility, and long-term career development.
Are you feeling burnt out in clinic, stuck in high-volume caseloads, or like you’ve hit a ceiling in your clinical career?
We are currently exclusively partnering with a leading national workplace rehabilitation provider (award-winning and highly regarded in the industry), expanding across both Same Employer and New Employer divisions and covering physical and psychological injury cases.
This is an opportunity to step into a Rehabilitation Consultant role where you can continue using your clinical expertise in a more varied and autonomous environment, supporting injured workers back into employment and independence.
You’ll have the freedom to choose your work-from-home and office days (minimum 2 days in office), manage your own schedule, and work autonomously within a highly supportive team. Working hours sit between 8am–6pm, with flexibility to manage your day around outcomes rather than rigid time constraints.
What’s on offer
- Permanent full and part time positions on offer
- Salary $80,000 – $100,000 + super (depending on experience)
- Bonus structure
- Hybrid working model (2 days in office, flexibility across WFH and community visits)
- Extremely structured onboarding and induction program designed to set you up for success
- Laptop and phone provided
- Travel reimbursed (km, tolls, parking)
- Strong career progression pathways including leadership opportunities
- Weekly and monthly training, supervision, and development support
About the role
As a Rehabilitation Consultant, you will play a key role in supporting injured workers through their recovery and helping them safely return to meaningful employment and independence.
You will:
- Manage a diverse caseload of injured workers across workplace and insurer schemes, supporting them through their recovery journey
- Complete comprehensive initial assessments to understand individual barriers, recovery needs, and long-term return-to-work goals
- Design and implement tailored rehabilitation and return-to-work plans that make a real difference in people’s lives
- Visit workplaces to assess roles, environments, and identify safe and sustainable duties to support recovery
- Work closely with employers, insurers, treating doctors, and allied health professionals to coordinate the best possible outcomes for each worker
- Provide ongoing case management, reporting, and stakeholder communication to ensure clear, consistent support throughout the recovery process
- Travel to client sites and attend medical or workplace appointments where required to provide hands-on support and insight
- Support both physical and psychological injury recovery pathways, contributing to meaningful outcomes across a wide range of complex cases
- AHPRA or ESSA registered Occupational Therapist
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work autonomously and manage a varied caseload
- Comfortable with travel and community-based work
- Current driver’s licence and access to a vehicle
- Looking to move into a consultative, outcomes-focused role outside of traditional clinical settings
This is a chance to move away from clinical burnout and into a role where your clinical reasoning directly contributes to meaningful recovery outcomes, with strong structure, flexibility, and long-term career development.
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Who is hiring for the Occupational Therapist | Canberra role?
Mayday Healthcare is hiring for the Occupational Therapist | Canberra position, a Shazamme client. Apply directly on the employer's career site.
Where is the Occupational Therapist | Canberra job located?
The Occupational Therapist | Canberra role with Mayday Healthcare is based in canberra, ACT, AU.
What does the Occupational Therapist | Canberra role pay?
Mayday Healthcare lists the Occupational Therapist | Canberra role at AUD 80,000–110,000 per year.
Is the Occupational Therapist | Canberra role full-time or contract?
This is a full time position at Mayday Healthcare.
What experience level is the Occupational Therapist | Canberra role?
The Occupational Therapist | Canberra position is aimed at mid-level candidates.
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