Occupational Therapist

The Aegis Aged Care Group is proud to offer this premium 140 bed Residential Aged Care Facility for both Low and High Care residents on the corner of Broadwater Boulevard and Bell Drive, Broadwater. This impressive building was named Aegis Ellenvale to honour the name of Alfred Bussell’s wife, Ellen, as a member of the districts' famous pioneering family.

The facility overlooks Broadwater Lake and is ideally located for Residents to enjoy excursions into Busselton or along the coast to Dunsborough. Wineries and many tourist attractions are easily accessible in the company of family and friends.

About the Role

The role offers an opportunity to provide high-quality, evidence-based Occupational Therapy services, founded on our philosophy of resident-centred, wholistic care. In your day-to-day role, you will be responsible for assessing the physical and psycho-social functioning of residents informing their occupational performance capacity in all aspects of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). You will work alongside residents, and those that are important to them, to identify their occupational goals, needs, and preferences to inform resident-led, goal-directed care planning within a multiskilled environment that is focused on the occupational strengths and reablement of our residents.

Occupational Therapists understand the importance of occupational roles, routines, and structure. Using activity analysis, and in consultation with the wider multidisciplinary team, you will plan, implement, and deliver wholistic and dynamic therapy and lifestyle programs that promote residents’ sense of self, autonomy, well-being, and overall quality of life by enabling their participation in meaningful and purposeful activity.

As an Occupational Therapist within Aegis, no day will look the same! You will benefit from a diverse caseload that allows you to apply a broad range of your core skills including but not limited to :

• Seating and postural management
• Pressure management
• Fine and gross motor function
• Health promotion
• Advocate for residents through supporting choice and mitigating risk processes
• Leadership
• Training and education
• Quality Monitoring practices and Continuous improvement.

To excel at this role, you will be supported by a team of Senior Clinicians with the opportunity to participate in peer support activities, ensuring opportunities for personal and professional growth.

About Aegis

The Aegis Aged Care Group has been providing quality care services to West Australians for nearly 40 years. We are committed to excellence through imagination and innovation, providing a quality life for those who live in one of our 29 Care Facilities in WA. Aegis is our State’s largest Residential Aged Care Provider employing over 4,600 staff.

Our culture of coaching and continuous improvement means not only will you get to work in a challenging and rewarding environment, but also within a company that fosters the growth of all employees.

While working at Aegis, we will provide you with a range of benefits including :

About You

Whether you are a new graduate or an experienced clinician with a foundation in disability, paediatrics, or hospital work and are curious about making the move to residential aged care - we have a supportive team that is happy to help you make the transition.

Please click the "Apply" button if you meet the criteria and see a future with Aegis as a valuable member of our diverse team of staff, dedicated to the care of our elderly.

Occupational Therapist

Healthcare & Medical Physiotherapy, OT & Rehabilitation

Closes 19th Jul 25

Ellenvale | Broadwater, Western Australia 6280 Australia

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