Senior Occupational Therapist

Room Rental Partnership -$80 - $100/hour

Your services, your way - the autonomy of private practice, without the administrative load.

You can shape your caseload - paediatric-focused, adult-focused, or a blend - around your interests and experience.

Allied Therapeutic Services (ATS) is offering a supported room rental model for experienced Occupational Therapists in Cairns who are ready to move from an employee-based role into a more autonomous clinical practice - while remaining part of a multidisciplinary team.

If you've built your clinical expertise and you're ready to run your own practice, but you'd rather focus on clients than on billing, systems and back-office administration, this is a genuine opportunity to do exactly that.

The opportunity at a glance

• You retain full control of your clinical decisions, your business and your caseload.
• ATS provides the clinic space, technology, systems, assessment tools, resources, templates, funding body registrations, established client base and day-to-day administrative support and calendar management.
• You're paid an attractive percentage of your collected billings - for a typical caseload, an indicative $80–$100 per client-servicing hour.
• Delivery is hybrid - in-clinic, in the community (homes, schools, early childhood centres) and work-from-home for your administrative time.

This model is well established in the organisation and ATS is pleased to extend it to senior allied health practitioners in Cairns.

What ATS provides

• Well-resourced clinic space in our established Cairns clinic, plus the technology, policies, templates and resources to run your practice.
• An experienced admin team and CRM (Splose) supporting calendar management, service agreements, billing and collections - so you can focus on clinical work.
• Billing handled for you. ATS processes billing under its provider registrations, manages collections, and reports your net billings with full transparency, then pays you your agreed percentage.
• A broad, diverse client base. As a registered NDIS provider with established relationships across WorkCover QLD, Comcare, NIISQ, private health and aged care, ATS offers access to steady, varied referrals.
• A genuine multidisciplinary community. Collaborate daily with Speech Pathologists, Psychologists, PBS Practitioners and other OTs across a team of 45+ professionals in North Queensland. Be part of and gain access to all our team development activities.
• Clinical support when you want it. Access to structured clinical supervision, group training (lunch & learns and discipline-specific meetings) and our Quality of Care Board for clinical guidance and frameworks.
• Cairns lifestyle. Reef, rainforest and a relaxed pace of life right on your doorstep.

The commercial arrangement

• Paid as a percentage of collected billings - indicatively $80–$100 per client-servicing hour for a typical caseload (actual earnings depend on billings generated and collected).
• RCTI issued fortnightly, with full transparency over billing and collection activity.
• Indicative engagement guide: approximately 30 client-servicing hours per week across ~48 weeks per year. Hours are worked flexibly - this is a guide to the level of activity, not a fixed roster.

What you'll be doing

Delivering high-quality therapy to clients and their families, carers and support networks - across clinic, home, school and community settings. Your work may include the following dependent upon your preferred caseload:

• Comprehensive assessments (e.g. sensory processing, fine/gross motor, self-care, functional capacity, home modifications, assistive technology)
• Individualised therapy plans, goals and intervention strategies, developed with each person's support network
• Clear, timely reports and accurate records in line with NDIS Practice Standards
• Evidence-based intervention across clinic, home, school and community
• Collaboration with carers, families, support workers, educators and other health professionals
• Supervising Allied Health Assistants where relevant

What this model is - and isn't

We want the right fit, so we're upfront about how this works.

This model is

• A business-to-business contract arrangement, governed by a room rental agreement.
• Yours to lead - you control your clinical and business decisions and are responsible for your outcomes.
• Supported - ATS carries the infrastructure, systems, admin and billing so you don't have to.

Who this suits - what you'll bring

This model is designed for Senior and Expert clinicians. You'll bring:

Essential

• Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy from a recognised university
• Current AHPRA registration
• A minimum of 5+ years' post-qualification experience (this is a senior, autonomous role)
• Your own ABN and business registration (or readiness to establish these), plus Public Liability, Professional Indemnity and Personal Accident insurance
• Current Yellow Card (Disability Worker Screening) or willingness to obtain
• Current, unrestricted driver's licence
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A commercially aware approach and the confidence to run your own caseload
• A genuine passion for working with children, adults, seniors and/or families

Desirable

• Experience working within the NDIS
• Familiarity with common assessment tools
• Experience delivering services in regional or remote communities

About ATS

At Allied Therapeutic Services, we're passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred allied health services throughout North Queensland, with established clinics in Ayr, Cairns, Charters Towers, Mackay and Townsville. Our mission is to bring life-changing, evidence-based support to regional and remote communities.

Our multidisciplinary team delivers Positive Behaviour Support, Occupational Therapy, Psychology and Speech Pathology, working together to help people build on their strengths, foster resilience 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

Ready to run your own practice, with ATS behind you?

If you're an experienced Occupational Therapist ready for genuine autonomy - with the infrastructure, client base and multidisciplinary support of an established provider - we'd love to hear from you.

To express interest, send your CV and a brief cover letter to ***email_hidden***, addressed to Tracey Harris, Managing Director.

Prefer a quick, confidential chat first? Call Tracey on 0459 991 112.