Overview
IPAR is a national occupational rehabilitation provider supporting thousands of people who may be living with an illness, disability, or injury. Whether it’s through workplace rehabilitation, counselling, injury prevention or helping people find new employment, our care is tailored to each individual. We work with clients to identify goals and provide psychological or physical supports to help them live life to its fullest potential.
This is an opportunity to work within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team who are collaborative, supportive and fun. Joining the team as a Rehabilitation Consultant, you will be provided with all the tools, support, and training to set you up to succeed in your career.
Why join us?
Benefits
- Competitive remuneration with cutting-edge incentive and bonus schemes
- Corporate benefits including Fitness Passport, Travel Perks, Novated Leasing, Salary Packaging, EAP, Parental & Purchased Leave
- Access to IPAR’s health and wellness program with regular team activities to support your well-being
- IPAR’s Star Award reward and recognition program for top achievers
- A "promote from within" culture where every team member is supported to build a career
- Employee Referral Program – Monetary incentives for recommending great talent
- Be part of a diverse and multidisciplinary team who are knowledgeable, collaborative, supportive and fun
- A comprehensive onboarding program to ensure a great start and ongoing support to excel
- Opportunity to join our Diversity & Inclusion committees, including the IPAR Pride Group, i-parent, Reconciliation Action Plan committee
Job Description
In this diverse role, you will enjoy the flexibility and autonomy to manage your own day. You will have the support of a strong, close team of driven and energetic healthcare professionals with the backing and resources of a global corporate infrastructure. Providing occupational rehabilitation services to clients with a range of conditions, both physical and psychological, and supporting them to achieve return to health and return to work outcomes.
This opportunity as a Rehabilitation Consultant also provides exposure to delivering IPAR’s innovative services, including our pain education program, Re-thinking Recovery. This program centers around using virtual reality and modern pain science to help people understand pain and retrain their brain and body. Re-thinking Recovery is used in collaboration with a client’s current healthcare approach and involves engagement with the entire treating team to ensure the service is focused on the client.
Some day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Case management with manageable caseloads and support from Rehabilitation Assistants to alleviate administrative tasks
- Applying clinical knowledge to improve return-to-work outcomes
- Working with employers and employees to develop and implement injury prevention and workplace education programs
- Collaborating with injured workers, employers, medical and allied health professionals
- Completing assessments using clinical and discipline-specific skills, such as Functional Capacity Evaluations, Worksite Assessments, Ergonomic Assessments, and Activities of Daily Living Assessments
- Delivering the cutting-edge virtual reality pain education program, Re-thinking Recovery
We welcome new graduates to apply or soon-to-graduate Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths or Exercise Physiologists.
We offer a hands-on approach to learning and developing your career. You’ll find today’s new graduates become tomorrow’s leaders. Career opportunities within IPAR and the wider MedHealth group are diverse and ongoing.
Check out our company video to see what IPAR is all about.
Qualifications
- You'll be a driven and energetic professional with the following qualities
- Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy or Osteopathy
- Full Professional Registration with AHPRA or eligibility to apply
- Previous experience in Occupational Rehabilitation is highly regarded
- Excellent communication skills with clients and stakeholders
- Compassion, kindness and empathy
- Strong time management skills
- A current valid Driver’s License and access to own car with comprehensive insurance
Additional Information
Every day, we seek better together for our clients, customers, community and each other.
Here at IPAR, we have three simple but powerful values that drive every decision we make: Outstanding People, Big Hearts, Bold Ideas. These values reflect the team and what is important to them.
If you would like to have a confidential discussion about the role or express interest for a career with IPAR, please contact our Talent Acquisition Lead, Grant Devlin on. #IPAR
You are welcome here.
Our rapid-growing team of more than 3,500 people around Australia represents a diverse array of life experiences, skills, and thinking. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome people with disability, diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, LGBTQI community members, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians. We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.
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📌 Rehabilitation Consultant - Occupational Therapist or Osteopath
🏢 Ipar
📍 Launceston