Company Description
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
Fitness Passport - Discounted fitness membership and access to facilities Australia wide
Access to IPAR's health and wellness program with fun team monthly activities to support your overall well-being and to connect with your peers
IPAR's Star Award reward and recognition program for top achievers
A "promote from within" culture where every team member is supported to build a career
Employee Referral Program - Monetary incentives for recommending great talent!
Be part of a diverse and multidisciplinary team who are knowledgeable, collaborative, supportive & fun!
A comprehensive onboarding program to ensure a great start and ongoing support to excel
Opportunity to join our Diversity & Inclusion committees, including the IPAR Pride Group, i-parent, Reconciliation Action Plan committee.
Job Description
We are seeking individuals with a professional background in Exercise Physiology interested in working in the Occupational Rehabilitation sector in Orange NSW area.
In this diverse role, you will enjoy the flexibility and autonomy to manage your own day. You will have the support of a strong, close team of driven and energetic healthcare professionals with the backing and resources of a global corporate infrastructure. Providing occupational rehabilitation services to clients with a range of conditions, both physical and psychological and supporting them to achieve return to health and return to work outcomes.
This opportunity working as a Rehabilitation Consultant stands out as you will also get exposure delivering some of IPAR's innovative services including our pain education Re-thinking Recovery program. This program centres around using virtual reality and modern pain science to help people understand pain and re-train their brain and body. Re-thinking recovery is used in collaboration with a client's current healthcare approach and will involve engagement with the entire treating team to ensure that the service is focused on the client.
Duties of the role include:
Case management (caseloads are manageable, and our consultants have the support of Rehabilitation Assistants to alleviate administrative tasks);
Applying your clinical knowledge to improve return to work outcomes;
Working with employers and employees to develop and implement injury prevention and workplace education programs;
Working collaboratively with injured workers, employers, medical and allied health professionals;
Completing 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;
Deliver our innovative virtual reality pain education program, Re-thinking Recovery.
Qualifications
You'll be a driven and energetic professional with hopefully all of the qualities below!
Tertiary qualification in Exercise Physiology registration with ESSA and SIRA Accreditation;
Previous experience working in Occupational Rehabilitation industry would be highly regarded;
Fabulous communication skills - there is a lot of getting to know your clients and stakeholders!;
Compassion and kindness always go a long way as does empathy;
It's the kind of career where well developed time management skills are a must!
A current NSW Driver's License and access to own car with comprehensive insurance is a must.
Additional Information
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 REF6578I) or if you want to express of interest for a career with IPAR, please contact our Talent Acquisition Advisor - Tammy or 0428 575 220 or ****** or connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammy-tpt/.
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.
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