Job Description

Welcome to Ability Action Australia!

We are a national therapy services provider. Every day and in many ways, we are here to help NDIS participants – children, adolescents and adults (0-65 years) – get more out of life today! Help us to improve their access, development, independence, and overall health and wellbeing, and function.

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We are expanding our multidisciplinary team in the North Perth region and are excited to add the expertise of a Registered Psychologist to the therapeutic supports we currently offer NDIS participants.

Benefits to you:

• Flexibility – part time to full time options, you can select the days that work best for you as an individual
• Excellent remuneration – Industry leading salary + kilometer reimbursement + laptop + smartphone + Performance with Purpose Reward and Recognition Program + salary packaging options
• Work-life balance – Combine the convenience of working from home with the social interaction of working in the community and support of the clinic
• Career progression – Access to ongoing training tailored to your interests and long-term goals combined with professional development opportunities with Ability Action Australia and our parent company MedHealth
• Passionate and uplifting culture – You will be part of a purpose and values driven team focused on delivering outstanding service to NDIS participants.

The successful candidate will support NDIS participants who present with psychosocial disabilities and enduring health conditions to reach their goals and live a full, independent, and meaningful life.

In doing so the successful candidate will complete comprehensive clinical interviews, and deliver tailored, evidence-based psychological interventions with NDIS Participants and the systems who support them.

Your role will include...

• Being responsible for managing an allocated caseload of NDIS Participants across the lifespan and from varying sociocultural backgrounds, and completing therapeutic processes in a timely manner.
• Undertaking comprehensive clinical interviews and assessments (using clinical observations and psychometric assessments), and interpreting findings to collaboratively determine and achieve intervention goals that align with NDIS Plan goals.
• Delivering person-centred, tailored interventions with a systemic focus, that also includes delivery of therapeutic support and training to stakeholders.
• Monitoring, interpreting, reporting and addressing signs and symptoms of risk and acute distress that may arise during any therapeutic interventions.
• Providing written reports to NDIS outlining progress reviews and ongoing areas of need.
• Maintaining awareness of current legislation to ensure compliance with all statutory and regulatory guidelines

You will be highly organised, possess exceptional people skills, be passionate about what you do and pride yourself on delivering exceptional service.

Qualifications

To be considered suitable you will have:

• Current general registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• NDIS experience and a genuine passion for working in the disability sector
• Excellent time management and organisational skills to manage a varied caseload
• Open to provide supervision to junior clinicians
• Excellent communication and written skills
• Proactive attitude, motivated by improvement and the opportunity to test and learn from new ideas
• Looking for a fun, collaborative, and supportive work environment

Additional Information

Click on the Apply button or to discuss this exciting opportunity contact Benita Kempton on 0476 795 843.

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.