Team Leader-Occupational Therapist- Pacific Health & Well being – Darwin -P

at  Northern Territory PHN

WHAT’S THE ROLE?

As Team Leader you will lead, mentor, and support a multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, and cost-effective services. These services must align with business objectives, processes, and the recognised standards, policies, and best practices of the NDIS.

This role offers the opportunity to maintain client engagement and manage a flexible clinical caseload. Additionally, you’ll leverage your professional expertise to support and mentor team members.

• Providing leadership and supervision to our Occupational Therapists and Speech
• Pathologists supporting the development of their clinical skills and discipline knowledge
• Have regular check-ins with the team (with varying experience) providing formal and informal support and feedback, and lead with a positive influence
• Complete assessments & reports that are goal orientated to support life transitions
• Ensure best practice standards for occupational therapy services, and contribute to the improvement and development of clinical practices and procedures
• Provide direction and actively oversee team member KPIs, billable hours, and stakeholder business engagement activities.
• Escalate areas of concern and underperformance to the Clinical Lead and Operations Manager to jointly establish actions for improvement

IS THIS THE RIGHT ROLE FOR YOU?

• Proven experience as a Senior Occupational Therapist with demonstrated ability to lead teams and manage clinical services.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with experience working across multidisciplinary teams
• Passion for developing and mentoring clinicians fostering a supportive team culture.
• A commitment to excellence in client care and continuous improvement.
• Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with AHPRA
• NDIS Disability Worker Screening clearance, or an ability to obtain
• Working with Children Check, or an ability to obtain
• Senior First Aid Certificate, or willing to obtain
• Current drivers’ licence
• Unrestricted rights to work in Australia
  NT PHN/RWA NT may be able to offer relocation support and clinical educational financial assistance to health professionals who are relocating to the NT or moving within the NT to a greater remoteness area classification for the purposes of employment and further clinical education.
  Want to find out more about this opportunity? Please call Recruitment Team on 08 8982 1009 or email – recruitment@ntphn.org.au