• 12 Month Contract - Full time hours or Permanent

Are you:

• Excited by the opportunity to develop expert knowledge of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and use it to provide a high-quality service to MND sufferers?
• Committed to deliver the best possible support and advocacy for people living with disability?
• Keen to use your broad knowledge and experience of the disability and aged care sectors?
• Someone who wants to work for an organisation that is recognised as an employer of choice which offers a supportive, collaborative team environment?

MND Queensland is a not-for-profit, member-based organisation that provides information, advice and support services for people living with MND in Queensland. We offer MND specific Support Coordination, Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology as well as a mobility equipment hire service. Our client base has grown over the last 2 years as our services have broadened and we have established a reputation as a provider of quality MND specific services. We are looking to expand our Occupational Therapy capacity to ensure our clients have access to vital clinical supports.

We are seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to work with people with MND to:

• Provide tailored advice and support to people living with MND, their families, carers and health professionals
• Provide an assessment, intervention and follow up service for all clients
• Complete assessments for complex home modifications
• Trial and prescribe mobility aids for hire or purchase including the completion of NDIS AT requests
• Plan, refer and assist people with MND to navigate funding, services and health systems
• Represent the needs of people with MND to NDIA, My Aged Care, service providers and other funded agencies 

The Occupational Therapist is responsible for providing person-centred, responsive and timely advice and support that includes:

• Assessing the needs of people living with MND
• Planning to address current and future needs
• Making appropriate referrals and negotiating services for people living with MND
• Completing Access requests and Pre-planning for NDIS funded clients
• Supporting NDIS funded clients to meet their defined goals through accessing appropriate services
• Supporting people over the age of 65 through assessment and equipment provision and family support
• Acting as the interface with health professionals and service providers
• Provision of education to health professionals and community groups
• Occasional regional travel

What can MND Queensland offer?

This role will be both rewarding and challenging. We support people at a really difficult time in their lives and in doing so we are able to make a real difference at a time when support is most needed. You will be able to ensure that our clients receive the vital services that are available to them and reduce the reliance on informal supports and therefore the impact on their family members.

You will also benefit from:

• A competitive salary
• Access to salary packaging arrangements which can increase take-home pay
• Funded CPD opportunities that are tailored to your own professional goals
• An employer who values work/life balance
• A supportive team who work hard, are passionate about the community they support, collaborate to achieve great outcomes and celebrate success!
• Access to our onsite equipment pool which is tailored to the specific needs of people with MND

MND Queensland has been recognised as an employer of choice with a Voice Project Best Workplace Award for 2021. Our staff have exceptional levels of engagement and satisfaction, and MND Queensland is a workplace with excellent management practices.

voiceproject.com/awards

For enquiries and a position description contact Stacey Thorpe on 07 3372 9004 or at [email protected], using the subject line: Occupational Therapist enquiry via EthicalJobs.