Senior Occupational Therapist | Escape the Ordinary. Discover Therapy in Arnhem Land.



NHULUNBUY | EAST ARNHEM LAND | NORTHERN TERRITORY

LIFE-CHANGING WORK. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

If you are looking for a role where your clinical skills genuinely change lives, Arnhem Health offers something increasingly rare: the opportunity to deliver meaningful healthcare while living and working in one of Australia’s most culturally significant and breathtaking regions.

Here, your work is not about helping people fit into a healthcare system. It is about helping healthcare reach people where they belong. 

You will join a multidisciplinary allied health team working across Nhulunbuy and East Arnhem Land. Depending on your caseload, your week may include clinic-based care, schools, community settings, telehealth, aged care and outreach to remote communities. You will build long-term therapeutic relationships, work with autonomy and support, and develop capabilities that are difficult to replicate in metropolitan practice.

We are looking for clinicians who are curious, respectful, adaptable and committed to high-quality care. You do not need to arrive knowing everything about remote practice. Our structured 100-Day Onboarding Program is designed to help you progressively build confidence in our systems, communities, service pathways and way of working.

The Role

As a senior occupational therapist, you will provide high-quality occupational therapy services across clinic, community and remote settings while working as part of Arnhem Allied Health’s multidisciplinary allied health team.

The role combines autonomous clinical practice with opportunities to contribute to the ongoing development, collaboration and quality of occupational therapy services.

You will work across a varied caseload, delivering person-centred assessment and intervention while supporting positive outcomes for clients, families and communities across Nhulunbuy and East Arnhem Land.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct comprehensive occupational therapy assessments with a focus on understanding the cultural, functional and individual needs of clients, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and communities.
• Develop and maintain accurate clinical records, including assessment findings, therapy plans and progress notes.
• Provide evidence-based occupational therapy interventions to support clients in improving their independence, functional capacity and participation in everyday activities.
• Develop individualised therapy plans and utilise appropriate therapeutic strategies, equipment and environmental modifications to support clients in achieving their goals.
• Collaborate with Physiotherapists, Speech Pathologists and other healthcare professionals within our multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and quality improvement of Occupational Therapy services.
• Review client progress and adapt therapy plans as required, including participation in relevant case conferences and multidisciplinary meetings.
• Deliver culturally respectful occupational therapy services to clients across Nhulunbuy and remote East Arnhem Land communities.

Preferred Start Date: Before 1 December 2026

Base Salary + Superannuation (Full-time, HP Level 2.1 - 2.4)

$110,335.10 - $121,633.08 base rate + superannuation

Plus:

• $5,000 sign-on bonus
• Up to $10,000 relocation assistance Northern Territory Primary Health Network (NTPHN)
• Heavily susidised accomodation at $200 per week

Why Arnhem Health

PURPOSE — Work that matters.
People in East Arnhem Land should not have to leave country, community, family and cultural responsibilities to access healthcare. Our clinicians help take allied healthcare to people where they live.

GROWTH — Become a remarkable clinician.
Build clinical reasoning, adaptability, cultural responsiveness, autonomous practice and multidisciplinary capability through work across clinic, community, schools, aged care, telehealth and remote outreach.

LIFE — Build a life outside work too.
East Arnhem Land offers extraordinary natural beauty, outdoor adventure and a close community. Where operationally available, flexible work patterns can support a genuine quality of life.

SUPPORT — Grow with structure.
New clinicians move through the Arnhem Health 100-Day Onboarding Program with clear procedures, supervision, shadowing, staged independence and ongoing clinical leadership.

What You Bring

We are looking for a senior occupational therapist who is confident, adaptable and committed to delivering high-quality, client-centred care.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in occupational therapy.
• Current AHPRA registration as an occupational therapist.
• Minimum two years of clinical occupational therapy experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering occupational therapy services to NDIS participants (essential).
• Experience working with paediatric clients (essential).
• Ability to work confidently and autonomously across clinic, community and remote settings.
• Strong relationship-building and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
• A client-centred approach and commitment to understanding and achieving individual goals.
• Respectful and culturally responsive approach to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and communities.
• Ability and willingness to travel independently to remote East Arnhem Land communities.
• Current employment and NDIS-related clearances, or the ability to obtain them.
• Current Australian working rights.

This role is only open to candidates currently based in Australia.

What we Offer

• A four-day work week
• Five weeks’ annual leave
• Access to fleet vehicles to facilitate community-based therapy sessions
• One week of paid professional development leave
• Paid birthday leave
• Four weeks’ paid parental leave
• Access to additional NTPHN scholarships and bursaries $20,000

Comprehensive wellbeing package, including:

• Free 24/7 gym membership
• Free physiotherapy
• Free massage
• Complimentary Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your immediate family

Life & Work in East Arnhem Land

Based in Nhulunbuy, you will have the opportunity to provide occupational therapy services both locally and through outreach to remote communities across East Arnhem Land.

The role offers a distinctive combination of professional challenge, meaningful community-based care and life in one of Australia’s most remarkable regions.

• Work in some of Australia’s most untouched and beautiful locations.
• Enjoy a simpler day-to-day lifestyle and short local commutes.
• Provide outreach services to remote East Arnhem Land communities.
• Build a balanced life outside work through approved flexible work arrangements.
• Work respectfully alongside Yolŋu people and communities while contributing to meaningful, locally delivered healthcare.

Explore Life and Work at Arnhem Allied Health

Discover more about our team, our region and the opportunities to do life-changing work: Visit the Arnhem Allied Health's Life Changing Work webpage

For a glimpse of outreach work in East Arnhem Land, watch our physiotherapist Will’s video: Watch Will’s outreach physiotherapy POV

If this sounds like the kind of work — and life — you have been looking for, we would love to hear from you. 

Learn more about our work and our opportunities at www.arnhemhealth.com.au or contact Brandon at brandon@arnhemhealth.com.au or call (08) 8919 4727