Job Description
Senior Occupational Therapist - Adult Technical Expert & Clinical Lead
Take the adult and aged care OT expertise you've built and use it to lift a whole organisation.
ATS is appointing a Senior Occupational Therapist to two connected roles: organisation-wide technical expert for our adult and aged care OT services, and clinical lead for our Cairns hub.
This is a role for a clinician with genuine depth in complex adult work - home modifications, complex assistive technology and SDA, functional capacity assessment, aged care - who is ready to spend most of the week growing other people's practice rather than carrying a full caseload of their own.
ATS is a registered NDIS provider delivering across a range of funding streams - NDIS, WorkCover QLD, Comcare, NIISQ, private health, and as an Associated Provider for aged care.
Our adult and aged care OT service is growing, and it needs someone to own how it is done.
Why this role is different
The time is real.
Around *****% of your calendar is client-facing.
The rest is protected for supervision, service development, documentation and teaching.
We are not asking you to lead a service in the gaps between billable appointments.
You own the model.
The adult and aged care OT clinical model, assessment approach, report standards, templates and competency framework across every ATS hub - yours to build, not inherit.
Support that exists on paper and in practice.
Structured clinical supervision, a dedicated professional development allowance plus time off to use it, monthly discipline meetings, whole-team lunch and learns, and support from our Clinical Director for clinical guidance and frameworks.
A team that will actually use what you teach.
Clinicians across four hubs, a growing adult and aged care referral base, and leadership that wants the technical standard raised.
About the role - part one: adult & aged care technical lead
Across all ATS locations, you will:
Own the clinical model and service standards for adult and aged care occupational therapy
Build and maintain the assessment approach, report templates, clinical documentation and evidence base clinicians work from
Set and hold the quality bar on complex home modifications, complex AT and SDA, functional capacity assessments and aged care assessment
Provide technical consultation on complex cases - the person OTs bring the hard ones to
Review reports and provide developmental feedback that lifts standards rather than just correcting drafts
Design and deliver internal training,



competency frameworks and progression pathways for adult and aged care OT
Provide clinical supervision to OTs working across adult and aged care caseloads
Partner with the Clinical Director on clinical governance, risk and service development
Support referral growth by being the technical face of the service to referrers, care partners and support coordinators
About the role - part two: clinical lead, Cairns
For the Cairns hub, you will:
Provide day-to-day clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team of approximately 10 clinicians across Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Psychology and Positive Behaviour Support
Lead hub clinical meetings, case discussion and multidisciplinary planning
Support clinicians through complexity, risk and escalation - the first call when something is difficult
Work with discipline leads so every clinician has appropriate discipline-specific supervision
Foster the culture: safe to ask, expected to grow, honest about what is not working
Partner with the Cairns Practice Manager on service delivery, capacity and client experience
Your caseload
A focused adult and aged care caseload of approximately *****% of your time.
Deliberately small, so you stay current and credible while having the capacity to lead.
About us
At Allied Therapeutic Services (ATS), we deliver high-quality, person-centred allied health services across North Queensland, with clinics in Ayr, Cairns, Charters Towers, Mackay and Townsville, plus telehealth.
We are a team of 45+ professionals with a reputation built over more than a decade in regional and remote communities.
Our multidisciplinary team delivers Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Psychology and Positive Behaviour Support, working together to help people build on their strengths and achieve meaningful outcomes.
Our values
Excellence: In how we apply our skills and the quality we deliver
Passion: For our clients and everything healthcare related
Integrity: A strong moral and ethical approach to everything we do
Collaboration: No one has 100% of the answer, 100% of the time.
We work together.
What you'll bring




Essential
Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy from a recognised university
Current AHPRA registration
7+ years post-graduate experience, with substantial depth in adult and/or aged care occupational therapy
Demonstrated capability across complex home modifications, complex assistive technology and SDA, functional capacity assessment, and aged care assessment (Support at Home / CHSP)
Track record of supervising, mentoring or developing less experienced clinicians
Confidence writing and reviewing reports to NDIS Practice Standards and aged care requirements
Sound clinical reasoning under complexity, and the judgement to know when to elevate
Ability to give direct, developmental feedback and hold a standard without deflating people
Current Yellow Card (NDIS Worker Screening) or willingness to obtain
Current and unrestricted driver's licence
Commercially aware approach - understanding the importance of financial viability in a private practice setting
Desirable
Formal clinical supervision training
Experience building clinical resources, templates or competency frameworks from scratch
Experience leading or coordinating a multidisciplinary team
Experience delivering services in regional or remote communities
Experience across multiple funding streams (NDIS, aged care, WorkCover, NIISQ, Comcare, private)
What we offer
Salary of $125,000 - $145,000 (skill dependent) plus superannuation, performance bonus and professional development allowance
*****% of your time protected for lead, supervision and development work
Structured clinical supervision and access to quality supervisors for your own practice
Individual professional development allowance plus time off for extended development
Flexible working arrangements, including a nine-day fortnight
Relocation assistance for the right candidate
An established client base with strong referral networks across North Queensland
Quality clinic environments, resources and assessment tools
Key information
Reporting: Reports to the Clinical Director, with direct access to the Managing Director on service development
Travel: Periodic travel to our Townsville, Mackay, Ayr and Charters Towers hubs, plus community-based service delivery in the Cairns region
Allied Therapeutic Services is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all backgrounds.

📌 Senior Occupational Therapist - Adult Technical Expert & Clinical Lead (Queensland)
🏢 Allied Therapeutic Services
📍 Queensland