**About Acumen**
Experts in workplace health, injury management and safety, Acumen Health (part of the APM Group) delivers the highest standard in services across personal injury and occupational health. The team at Acumen Health focus on recovery and function to get clients back to work and back to life whatever their age, stage or situation. In this role, you'll have a unique opportunity to support workers with injuries across a broad range of schemes.
This includes clients under Workcover, Department of Veterans Affairs, Motor Vehicle Accident Schemes, and other Comcare portfolios with exposure to industries like transport, agriculture, government, construction, hospitality, retail, manufacturing and professional services. As such, no two days will be the same.
As an Occupational Therapist, with a strong belief in the health benefits of good work, you will call on your clinical reasoning skills to support people who have sustained a physical and/or psychological injury or illness, return to and recover at work.
**Your duties will include**:
- Conducting various discipline-based assessments including Activities of Daily Living, Workplace Assessments, Ergonomic Assessments, Functional Capacity Evaluations, and pre-employment evaluations.
- Attending medical case conferences
- Working collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders including with injured works, insurers, employers, and other medical and allied health professionals
- Case management and report writing
**Why join Acumen Health?**
- We'll work with you to TAILOR a career pathway that meets your career goals. We have a variety of working options to fit your needs and will match you to what works best for you.
- Work from Home or in the office with a fun and passionate team.
- Access to a broader team of Allied Health professionals including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists and Exercise Physiologist.
- Manage your caseload out in the community across a wide range of industries including health, retail, mining and construction.
- Support from Team Managers with over 15 years of combined experience.
- Combined with a comparatively low cost of living and a favorable climate, come and work with our Newcastle team in a relaxed and welcoming lifestyle that has all the city comforts.
- Support from head office resources based in Sydney who travel to Newcastle often.
**What will make you successful**:
- Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy and current unrestricted registrations with AHPRA
- Ability to engage across multidisciplinary teams to support the achievement of a common goal
- Passion to help people recover
**Ready to join?**
For a confidential chat please contact Jeannie Chrisostomou on 0411 177 993.
- We're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity_
- We welcome all people to join our team, including people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, living with disability, all gender identities, LGBTQIA+, people of any socioeconomic status, of any age, race, national origin or ethnicity. We believe each person's uniqueness makes us even better at the work we do._