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NHULUNBUY | EAST ARNHEM LAND | NORTHERN TERRITORY

LIFE-CHANGING WORK. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

If you are looking for a role where your clinical skills genuinely change lives, Arnhem Allied Health offers something increasingly rare: the opportunity to deliver meaningful healthcare while living and working in one of Australia’s most culturally significant and breathtaking regions.

Here, your work is not about helping people fit into a healthcare system. It is about helping healthcare reach people where they belong.

You will join a multidisciplinary allied health team working across Nhulunbuy and East Arnhem Land. Depending on your caseload, your week may include clinic-based care, schools, community settings, telehealth, aged care and outreach to remote communities.

Our structured 100-Day Onboarding Program is designed to help you progressively build confidence in our systems, communities, service pathways and way of working.

THE ROLE

As a senior occupational therapist, you will provide high-quality occupational therapy services across clinic, community and remote settings while working as part of Arnhem Allied Health’s multidisciplinary allied health team.

The role combines autonomous clinical practice with opportunities to contribute to the ongoing development, collaboration and quality of occupational therapy services.

Key responsibilities:

• Conduct comprehensive occupational therapy assessments that consider the cultural, functional and individual needs of clients, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and communities.
• Develop and maintain accurate clinical records, including assessment findings, therapy plans and progress notes.
• Provide evidence-based interventions to support independence, functional capacity and participation in everyday activities.
• Develop individualised therapy plans and use appropriate therapeutic techniques and strategies, equipment and environmental modifications.
• Collaborate with physiotherapists, speech pathologists and other healthcare professionals.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement.
• Review client progress, adapt therapy plans and participate in case conferences and multidisciplinary meetings.
• Deliver culturally respectful services across Nhulunbuy and remote East Arnhem Land communities.

Preferred start date: Before 1 December

SALARY AND INCENTIVES

Full-time, HP Level 2.1–2.4:
$110,335.10–$121,633.08 base salary plus superannuation.

Plus:

• $5,000 sign-on bonus
• Up to $10,000 relocation assistance via Northern Territory Primary Health Network (NTPHN)
• Heavily subsidised accommodation at $200 per week

WHY ARNHEM ALLIED HEALTH

PURPOSE — Work that matters.
Our clinicians help take allied healthcare to people where they live, supporting access to care while people remain connected to country, community, family and cultural responsibilities.

GROWTH — Become a remarkable clinician.
Build clinical reasoning, adaptability, cultural responsiveness, autonomous practice and multidisciplinary capability across varied clinical settings.

LIFE — Build a life outside work too.
East Arnhem Land offers extraordinary natural beauty, outdoor adventure and a close community. Where operationally available, flexible work patterns can support a genuine quality of life.

SUPPORT — Grow with structure.
Our 100-Day Onboarding Program includes clear procedures, supervision, shadowing, staged independence and ongoing clinical leadership.

WHAT WE OFFER

• A four-day work week
• Five weeks’ annual leave
• Access to fleet vehicles to facilitate community-based therapy sessions
• One week of paid professional development leave
• Paid birthday leave
• Four weeks’ paid parental leave
• Access to additional NTPHN scholarships and bursaries $20,000

Our comprehensive wellbeing package includes:

• Free 24/7 gym membership
• Free physiotherapy
• Free massage
• Complimentary Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your immediate family

LIFE AND WORK IN EAST ARNHEM LAND

Based in Nhulunbuy, you will provide occupational therapy services locally and through outreach to remote East Arnhem Land communities. The role offers a distinctive combination of professional challenge, meaningful community-based care and life in one of Australia’s most remarkable regions.

• Work in some of Australia’s most untouched and beautiful locations.
• Enjoy a simpler day-to-day lifestyle and short local commutes.
• Provide outreach services to remote communities.
• Build a balanced life outside work through approved flexible work arrangements.
• Work respectfully alongside Yolu people and communities while contributing to meaningful, locally delivered healthcare.

If this sounds like the kind of work—and life—you have been looking for, we would love to hear from you.

Requirements

We are looking for a senior occupational therapist who is confident, adaptable and committed to delivering high-quality, client-centred care.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in occupational therapy.
• Current AHPRA registration as an occupational therapist.
• Minimum two years of clinical occupational therapy experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering occupational therapy services to NDIS participants (essential).
• Experience working with paediatric clients (essential).
• Ability to work confidently and autonomously across clinic, community and remote settings.
• Strong relationship-building and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
• A client-centred approach and commitment to understanding and achieving individual goals.
• Respectful and culturally responsive approach to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and communities.
• Ability and willingness to travel independently to remote East Arnhem Land communities.
• Current employment and NDIS-related clearances, or the ability to obtain them.
• Current Australian working rights.

This role is only open to candidates currently based in Australia.