FT or PT Senior / Team Leader Occupational Therapist - Belconnen, ACT

Senior / Team Leader Occupational Therapist

Location: Canberra, ACT
Employment Type: Full-Time or Part-Time
Remuneration: $125k Total Package + Quarterly Bonus Potential
Service Streams: NDIS, Aged Care, & Allied Health

About the Role
We elevate lives by empowering individuals to rebuild capability, reconnect with purpose, and return to meaningful activities.

As a Senior / Team Leader Occupational Therapist, you will occupy a pivotal senior clinical and people leadership position within our organisation. You will directly lead, mentor, and supervise a small, dedicated team of clinicians (currently 4 reports, with capacity for up to 5) while maintaining a reduced clinical caseload.

This role is designed to keep you grounded in high-quality Occupational Therapy practice while giving you the dedicated time, structure, and support needed to mentor others, drive clinical governance, and foster an exceptional team culture.

Key Responsibilities

• People Leadership & Mentoring: Provide day-to-day leadership, direct supervision, and professional guidance to your team. Conduct monthly 1-on-1s, coach clinicians on complex OT cases, and build capability.

• Quality & Compliance Oversight: Conduct monthly structured file reviews to ensure documentation excellence, clinical reasoning, goal alignment, and scheme compliance.

• Balanced Clinical Delivery: Deliver person-centred, evidence-based care across NDIS and Aged Care caseloads.

• Adjusted Billable Expectations: Enjoy a sliding scale for billable hours based on direct report capacity, ensuring your administrative and leadership time is protected:

• 3 Direct Reports: ~4.5 billable hours/day (90 hrs/month)

• 4 Direct Reports (Current Team): ~4.0 billable hours/day (80 hrs/month)

• 5 Direct Reports: ~3.5 billable hours/day (70 hrs/month)

• Continuous Improvement: Submit process improvement initiatives, host quarterly skill-building sessions, and contribute to company-wide clinical governance.

What We Are Looking For

• Experience: Minimum 3–5 years of clinical experience as an Occupational Therapist, including a background as a Senior OT. Prior leadership or supervisory experience is highly regarded.

• Qualifications: Tertiary degree in Occupational Therapy.

• Registration: Current registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist.

• Core Competencies: Strong OT clinical reasoning, excellent written documentation, a solution-focused mindset, and the ability to coach and uplift others.

What We Offer: Our "Pulse Perks"
We believe that when our people thrive, so does our business. As part of our team, you will have access to our comprehensive Pulse Perks program:

💰 Compensation & Performance Incentives

• Competitive Remuneration: $125k Total Package (Base + Super).

• Quarterly Value-Based Bonus: Eligible for performance bonuses up to 5% of base salary tied to quality, retention, learning, and team impact targets.

• Recognition: Viva Engage shoutouts, monthly $50 Impact Awards, and Wall of Fame recognition.

🌿 Work-Life Fit & Wellbeing

• Hybrid Flexibility: Genuine autonomy to balance community visits, clinic appointments, and working from home.

• Wellness Days: Full-time staff receive 4 additional paid Wellness Days per year (1 per quarter) to rest and reset—outside of annual leave.

• Pet Leave: 1 paid day per quarter (up to 4 days/year) dedicated to your pets for vet visits or quality time.

• Wellbeing App & Pack: Access to our signature 8-week wellness app, plus a welcome pack including resistance bands, a microfiber towel, a water bottle, and daily reset prompt cards.

📚 Professional Growth & Leadership Development

• Leadership Coaching: Direct mentoring and structured coaching from the Clinical Operations Manager to support your career trajectory.

• CPD Allowance: $1,000 annual PD allowance for full-time employees (pro-rata for part-time) after 3 months of service.

• Internal Development: Monthly "Think & Chew" lunch-and-learn sessions (with 10 internal billable hours allocated if you host) and peer-led "Pulse Room" clinical case-conferencing.

🤝 Culture & Community Impact

• Volunteer Leave: Paid time off to give back to causes you care about.

• Birthday Charity Donation: We donate $50 to a registered charity of your choice during your birthday month.

• Team Connection: Regular virtual coffee catch-ups, team development days, and social events.