Design the caseload you love. Join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team delivering community and clinic-based services across Newcastle and the Hunter. Lean into adult mental health, neurodivergent paediatrics or blend both to match your interests.

Full time or part-time options available with negotiable starting dates! The clinic is based in Kotara.

What’s on offer

- Salary: Up to $130,000 + super
- Caseload choice: Adult mental health or neurodivergent paediatrics (or a mix) so you can play to your strengths and deliver better outcomes
- True flexibility: Work within a schedule that suits you, plus opportunities to WFH
- Strong admin support: Dedicated bookings team and an online chat system to lighten your admin load so you can focus on therapy
- Support & culture: Approachable leadership, peer supervision, friendly “family-style” culture and regular socials

About the Employer

- Small, collaborative team spanning Psychology, OT, Behaviour Support, Dietetics,



an AHA and three dedicated admin staff
- Community-led service with typically one clinic day/week now; larger premises from January 2026 to expand hybrid capacity
- Diverse referral streams: NDIS, Medicare, DVA, Victims of Crime
- Presentation mix includes psychosocial disability and complex mental health (e.g., schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, agoraphobia) and paediatrics (autism, developmental delay, intellectual disability)
- Travel within ~1 hour across the Hunter (regular days in Newcastle/Maitland/Rutherford/Cessnock)

About you

- Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy
- AHPRA registration (full)
- Unrestricted Australian working rights
- Minimum 1 year relevant experience in Paediatrics or Mental Health

Interested in this position? APPLY NOW - Contact MEG
0468 341 546
[email protected]

📌 Occupational Therapist | $120,000 - $130,000 Super (Kotara)
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