Occupational Therapist Team Leader

About the Role

Ability Action Australia is seeking an Occupational Therapist with proven leadership experience to join their #AAA Taree team. You will support OT clinicians and participants across the region, ensuring high-quality clinical outcomes and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Build a collaborative, supportive team environment that drives high-quality clinical outcomes
• Provide 1:1 clinical supervision, mentoring, and professional development to graduate and early career OTs, alongside operational support.
• Manage your own caseload while delivering timely, high-quality therapy services to NDIS participants across home, school, and community settings.
• Assessing participants with complex emotional, cognitive, developmental, and physical needs
• Using clinical observation and standardised assessments to develop evidence-based therapy goals
• Supporting team operations, referral allocation, and NDIS compliance

What’s in it for you?

• Great benefits including salary packaging, referral bonuses, extra leave purchase options and corporate discounts
• True flexibility to choose the hours and days that suit your lifestyle - Part-time (min. 30.4 hours/week) or Full time.
• Competitive package with industry-leading salary, kilometre reimbursement, laptop, smartphone, PD allowance and performance rewards
• Balanced work style combining clinic-based leadership, work from home and community visits
• Genuine support with dedicated mentors and executive leadership guidance
• Career growth through tailored training, professional development and pathways across Ability Action Australia and MedHealth

Qualifications

• Current Certified Practising Membership with AHPRA
• Proven leadership capability with experience guiding and supervising clinicians
• Strong organisational skills to balance leadership duties with a varied caseload
• Proactive approach with a focus on improvement and trying new ideas
• Experience delivering high-quality services within the disability sector

About Ability Action Australia

Ability Action Australia is one of the largest providers to the NDIS, supporting over 10,000 participants annually. We adopt a multi-disciplinary team approach, building quality support services around the needs and goals of participants and their families to help them achieve life-changing support that can improve their independence, access, development, health and wellbeing, and function.

Inclusion & Support

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability, diverse cultural backgrounds, the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers, and Indigenous Australians. We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.

Contact

If this sounds like you, click the Apply button (no cover letter required!). For inquiries, contact Amie, Talent Acquisition Advisor, on 0491 388 893, or connect via LinkedIn.

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