Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service – Cairns QLD
Occupational Therapist NDIS | Cairns based Role with regular travel to the Northern Peninsula Area and Torres Strait Islands.
Temporary Full Time position available from November **** up to 27 June ****(with possibility of extension)!
About the role:
Take your Occupational Therapy career beyond the ordinary.
Based in Cairns, you'll fly into the breathtaking Northern Peninsula Area and Torres Strait Islands, helping NDIS participants thrive while experiencing some of Australia's most unique communities.
This program is the first of its kind in Australia.
The National Disability Insurance Agency has recognised the unique challenges of service provision in very remote areas and has partnered with TCHHS to establish Early Childhood Approach (ECA) services for communities in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area (NPA).
The purpose of this role is to provide high level Occupational Therapy assessments and supports for children and families in the identified regions utilising the NDIS Early Childhood framework and work to build capacity in the targeted communities to facilitate the inclusion of children with additional needs in everyday activities.
Professional and personal motivators!
As a Allied Health professional working in Torres and Cape HHS, your contribution in helping treat, rehabilitate and improve the lives of patients is huge!




You'll work in diverse and supportive environments that offer attractive lifestyle opportunities and experiences and enable you to make a valuable contribution in small communities.
These communities will help you grow, connect, learn and create life-defining experiences that will shape who you are as a health professional and a person.
Torres and Cape will give you a career with purpose, plus excellent advantages and allowances;
Base salary comprising between $80,015 - $116,189 per annum
Workplace benefits | Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
Generous employer superannuation contribution of *****%
Salary and benefits | Careers (health.qld.gov.au)
Generous leave entitlements including 17.5% loading on annual leave
Eligible health practitioners entitled to accrue an additional three days professional development leave per annum, resulting in a total ofsix days professional development leave per annum.
When travelling to the Torres and Cape region you will be able to enjoy:
Immersing yourself in nature, from the outback to tropical rainforests, coral reefs and extraordinary landscapes.
Short commute to work, allowing greater work/life balance
Imagine yourself here?
Find out aboutTorres and Cape HHSand theTorres StraitandCooktown and Cape Yorkregions on the Tropical North Queensland website.
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📌 Occupational Therapist Ndis (Cairns) (Queensland)
🏢 Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
📍 Queensland