Senior Rehabilitation Consultant - Physiotherapist or Exercise Physiologist

IPAR is a national occupational rehabilitation provider supporting thousands of people who may be living with an illness, disability, or injury. Whether it is through workplace rehabilitation, counselling, injury prevention or finding new employment, our care is tailored to each and every individual. We work with our clients to identify their goals and provide psychological or physical supports to help them live life to its fullest potential. Our team of highly skilled allied health professionals and employment consultants include Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Psychologists and Rehabilitation Counsellors. IPAR is just one of the purpose-built, industry leading brands in the global MedHealth network. We make impact and we achieve outcomes through the meaningful and purposeful work that we do every day.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive remuneration with innovative incentive and bonus schemes 
• Flexible hybrid work from home role with flexible working hours 
• Access to IPAR’s amazing health and wellness program with fun team monthly activities to support your overall well-being and to connect with your peers. Some of these activities include Murder Mystery, Comedy Show, Office Family Feud, Drag Trivia for Pride Month, Bake Off and Blind Tasting Challenge, Office Sweeps any many more!
• Being part of IPAR’s Star Award reward and recognition program for top achievers
• Tailored career development pathways - work for an organisation that really embraces a culture of "promoting from within"
• Employee Referral Program - Monetary incentive for successfully recommending great talent!
• A comprehensive induction program and workplace mentoring to ensure a great start and ongoing support to excel

Our Far North QLD IPAR Team have an exciting career opportunity for a Senior Rehabilitation Consultant based in Mackay.

Are you an experienced Allied Health Professional from a Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or Exercise Physiology background seeking a role with autonomy, flexibility, variety and the ability to structure your own day?

In this diverse role as a Senior Rehabilitation Consultant, you will providing occupational rehabilitation services across Mackay and surrounding regions to clients with a range of conditions, both physical and psychological and supporting them to achieve return to health and return to work outcomes.

Strong ability to perform independently will be important for this role.

Some of your day to day includes:

• Case management (caseloads are manageable, and our consultants have the support of Rehabilitation Assistants to alleviate administrative tasks) 
• Working with employers and employees to develop and implement injury prevention and workplace education programs and partner collaboratively with injured workers, employers, medical and allied health professionals
• Applying your clinical knowledge to improve return to work outcomes
• Complete a variety of assessments using your clinical and discipline specific allied health skills, such as Functional Capacity Evaluations, Worksite Assessments, Ergonomic Assessments, and Activities of Daily Living Assessments.

• Tertiary Qualifications in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy or Exercise Physiology
• Full Professional Registration/Accreditation as an Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist or Exercise Physiologist
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills to be able to confidently liaise with insurers, medical practitioners, employers and employees.
• Evidence of accurate information gathering and analysis in order to provide thorough and comprehensive assessments.
•  Ability to consistently provide high level customer service and grow business by way of increased referrals
• Proven organisational and time management skills and ability to perform independently and contribute to the development of others.

Every day, we seek better together, for our clients, our customers, our community and each other.

Here at IPAR, we have three simple but powerful values that drive every decision we make as a business and as a team. Our values have been created by our people and reflect the incredible team that work here, and what is important to them.
 

Great People - To be an IPARian means being caring, collaborative and inclusive. We’re accountable, approachable and authentic, lifting ourselves and others to be the best we can be each and every day.
 

Big Hearts - We’re here to make a positive difference for our clients, our customers, our team and our community. We believe in making meaningful connections as we support people in their time of need.
 

Bold Ideas - Is there a better way? Let’s find it. We show curiosity and courage in the face of challenge or change and draw on experts, insights and evidence to continually deliver the highest quality solutions.

If you would like to have a confidential discussion about the role [quoting REF9745E], please contact our Talent Acquisition Specialist, Grant Devlin on 0474 740 466 / [email protected]

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.