Start your OT career with the right people and support around you.

Your first role as an Occupational Therapist should give you the foundations to become a confident, capable clinician while allowing you to develop your own professional identity.

At Kern, you will not be expected to know everything from day one. You will receive structured onboarding, tailored Coaching and Development, accessible clinical leadership and support from an established multidisciplinary team.

Based in Mandurah, you will work with children, young people and adults across our clinic and community settings. The role can be structured full-time or part time, depending on the arrangement agreed.

Why begin your OT career at Kern?

At Kern, we know the experience we create for our people directly influences the experience they provide to participants and clients. We invest in the clinical leadership, development and administration support that helps graduates build confidence, strengthen their clinical reasoning and focus on delivering meaningful therapy.

You will have

- A supported transition into practice. Your onboarding will introduce you to Kern’s systems, service model, clinical expectations and ways of working.
- Coaching and Development tailored to you. Your support will reflect your confidence, learning needs, clinical interests and professional goals.
- Accessible clinical leadership. Your Team Leader will provide regular guidance, feedback, reflective practice and support when questions or challenges arise.
- A multidisciplinary team around you. Learn and collaborate with Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists and Therapy Assistants.
- Opportunities to develop your clinical identity.



Build experience across the lifespan while exploring the areas of Occupational Therapy that interest you.
- Strong administration support. Our support team assists with service coordination, funding processes and systems surrounding service delivery.
- Flexibility and wellbeing support, including full-time and part-time options and five additional Kern Wellness Days each year.
- Opportunities to contribute ideas as Kern continues developing its NDIS and private services.

Your role

You will provide individualised, person-centred Occupational Therapy across our Mandurah clinic and community settings, including homes, schools and other everyday environments. With support from your Team Leader and colleagues, you will:
- Undertake assessments and contribute to individualised intervention planning
- Support participants and clients to build capacity, independence and participation
- Develop practical strategies and recommendations for everyday life
- Collaborate with families, support networks and other clinicians
- Build your clinical reasoning and professional communication
- Maintain clear and timely clinical documentation
- Participate in coaching, reflective practice and shared learning.

Our team around the person approach encourages collaboration across disciplines when it benefits the individual and their goals.

About you





We would love to hear from you if you:

- Are completing or have recently completed a recognised Occupational Therapy qualification
- Are committed to person-centred and evidence-informed practice
- Value curiosity, reflection and continued learning
- Want to develop within a supportive and accountable team
- Communicate openly and are comfortable asking questions
- Care about understanding the person behind the therapy goals
- Look for opportunities to do things different and better.

You will also need, or be eligible to obtain:
- AHPRA registration
- Working with Children Check
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Current driver’s licence and access to a suitable vehicle.

Kern is based in Mandurah and supports people across the Peel region. For graduates living across Mandurah, Rockingham, Baldivis and Perth’s southern corridor, this is an opportunity to build your allied health career closer to home.

About Kern

Kern is a multidisciplinary allied health provider supporting children, young people and adults through NDIS and private services. Our purpose is to reinvent the therapy experience by placing participants, clients and our people at the centre of the decisions we make.

Our values are:

Seek to Understand

Play as a Team Different, Better

Passionate About the Kern Way

They guide how we listen, collaborate, support one another and continue improving the experience we provide.

If you are looking for a supported and meaningful start to your Occupational Therapy career, we would love to meet you.

Apply now or contact our People and Culture team for a confidential conversation about beginning your career at Kern.

📌 Graduate Speech Pathologist | Mandurah | Full-time or Part-time
🏢 Kern Health
📍 Mandurah