Are you an upcoming or recent OT graduate? Brightwater is excited to open our allied health graduate program to new candidates for 2025! By understanding and knowing each of our New Graduates, we provide personal and professional development, mentoring with clinical experts, and Graduate led initiatives, to ensure our Program is a customised experience! Being a New Graduate in our unique and supportive program, you'll be engaging with clients to help them pursue the dignity of independence, while building the foundations of your new career. Our Graduate Program provides you with a bespoke and diverse clinical experience, with supervision, mentorship and peer networking so you will: Build your professional skills and confidence Manage your own caseload and deliver evidence-based assessments and interventions. Develop knowledge translation across varied clinical areas. Explore the depth and breadth of your profession within the aged care, disability and Acquired Brain Injury rehabilitation sector.
About you We are seeking amazing people who genuinely wantto improve the lives of their clients. You must be: Studying Occupational Therapy Looking for an authentic, caring, progressive and collaborative team culture. A demonstrated team player who is committed to being part of a multidisciplinary team of Allied Health professionals, nurses, therapy assistants, care workers. Eligible for registration with AHPRA upon graduation, up to Dec 2024. Able to work 4 or 5 days a week.
What's in it for you? Brightwater cares about your well-being and career development and is a workplace where you will thrive. As a valued member of the Brightwater 2025 Allied Health New Graduate Program, you will benefit from: 12 or 24 month program –Choose after 12 months whether to continue in the program or step out into a work area in Brightwater that you want to expand your experience in. Rotations through our diverse clinical areas: community aged care, residential aged care, community disability, acquired brain injury rehabilitation. Opportunity to nominate which clinical areas you would like to rotate through. Supervision and mentoring with senior clinicians. Structured, regular new graduate professional development program and peer networking. Conducting a meaningful quality improvement project with support. Attendance at a conference in the second year of the program. Option of working part time. Option of starting prior to your AHPRA registration as a therapy assistant. 5 weeks leave per year Generous salary packaging and corporate benefits, including a Fitness Passport.
Eligibility requirements: Graduation achieved from June 2024 – December 2024. Eligible for registration with AHPRA once graduated. Valid Australian working rights We also have the capacity to bring you on as a Therapy Assistant while you await AHPRA registration. If you align with our values and are interested in our program, please reach out and apply! About Brightwater With a track record that dates back to 1901, care is at our core. We stand beside our clients during times of personal change, using experience and understanding to be the support they need. We're ready for the complexities that come with ageing and disability, including dementia, Huntington's disease, and acquired brain injury. If you are passionate about helping people pursue the dignity of independence and have a spirit that iscaring,authentic,progressive,andcourageous,then please read the attached job description for more information on the role, including the selection criteria to address in your cover letter. Applications should be submitted through Brightwater's online portal byOctober 20th at 4.00pm; however, Brightwater reserves the right to close this advert before this date. For confidential enquiries, please phoneMadaline – Talent Acquisition Specialiston 0481 092 689. At Brightwater, we welcome people with diverse life experiences, thoughts, and beliefs. We foster a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and innovation where our clients and staff can flourish.
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