Senior Occupational Therapist

Based.

Dianella, Perth WA (Hybrid)

Physiotherapy, OT and Rehabilitation (Healthcare and Medical)

Full time

125,000 to 150,000 per year

About us

Based Health Group was founded by two Occupational Therapists who believed allied health could be done a little differently, with high clinical standards, genuine team culture, and real care for the people we serve. We have grown carefully across NDIS, aged care, and community home care services throughout Perth, choosing the right people and building strong foundations.

Our Dianella clinic hub is now open and reflects exactly who we are: a purpose-built space with clinic rooms, a fully equipped rehabilitation gym for participants, clients, and staff, a proper team office with an outdoor area, easy on-site parking, and a coffee machine you will actually use.

We are a tight-knit bunch with a genuinely happy work environment. Our team is experienced, kind, and very good at what they do. People here like being around each other. We share, we back each other in, and no one is left to figure things out on their own. We are building a team defined by kindness, professionalism, and a high level of empathy, made up of people who hold themselves to a high standard and treat everyone, participants and colleagues alike, with genuine care.

About the role

This is a primarily clinical role for a Senior OT who leads from the front through the quality of their work, and who is ready to take on specialist work that others step back from.

You will carry a strong, complex caseload across NDIS, aged care, community home care, and Support at Home (SAH), spanning clinic rooms, private homes, residential aged care facilities, supported accommodation, custodial environments, and the community. The work covers high-needs physical presentations and complex psychosocial ones alike, including participants with AOD involvement, forensic histories, and highly complex social circumstances, including assessments and service delivery in and out of prisons.

This work requires presence. You will move between very different environments, often in the same week, and you will need the confidence and adaptability to hold your professional standard in all of them. You will bring a strong understanding of the NDIS system and its processes, alongside genuine knowledge of the ageing process and how it shapes function, risk, and support needs.

It is a hybrid role with real flexibility, variety, and autonomy, and a chance to lead. You will support and develop an excellent group of clinicians while setting the standard yourself in clinical quality, performance, and process. Independent, high-quality report writing is essential. The role is genuinely incentivised, with reward structured to match what you achieve.

Full time and part time arrangements are both available.

What you will do

Maintain a strong, complex caseload across NDIS, aged care, community home care, and SAH

Work across clinic, private homes, aged care facilities, supported accommodation, custodial settings, and the community

Manage high-needs physical presentations, complex manual handling, and significant functional decline

Deliver specialist services in forensic and justice settings, including assessments in and out of correctional facilities

Work with participants with AOD involvement, forensic histories, and complex social circumstances

Deliver Functional Capacity Assessments, Home and Living assessments, AT applications, equipment prescription, and home modification assessments to a high standard

Write independently, producing planner-ready reports without significant oversight

Engage confidently with mental health, ABI, trauma, AOD, and dual diagnoses

Help lead the clinical team through supervision and day-to-day mentoring

Drive clinical standards, documentation quality, and performance as we grow

Who you are

Values first: kind, empathic, and genuinely caring

Versatile and composed across settings, from a clinic room to an aged care facility to a prison visits area

Experienced with high-needs physical presentations as well as psychosocial, mental health, ABI, AOD, and behavioural complexity

Strong across NDIS processes, with genuine understanding of ageing and the aged care and SAH frameworks

Comfortable with forensic histories, substance use, and complex social circumstances, without judgement

Competent in AT and home modification assessments

Confident writing independently, with reports that are structured, clinically justified, and need minimal revision

A natural leader who lifts the people around you and leads by the standard of your own work

Performance-focused, reliable, and consistent under pressure

What we offer

Competitive salary with incentive-based performance bonuses and a clear growth pathway

Genuine flexibility and autonomy, and real variety across settings and populations

A leadership opportunity within a growing organisation

Fortnightly 1:1 supervision and fortnightly group PD sessions

Training and support for specialist forensic and AOD work

Laptop, phone, and travel reimbursements

Dianella clinic hub with therapy rooms, an in-house rehab gym (staff access during set hours), team office, outdoor area, easy parking, and a coffee machine you will genuinely appreciate

Structured feedback and performance reviews

Team coffees and lunches, and a team built on clinical excellence and kindness

Full time and part time options

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Reach out for a friendly chat or to organise a coffee if you are interested to know more: 0404753863 to Mitch@basedhealth.com.au