ADF Rehabilitation Consultant

Acumenhealth; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading rehabilitation service provider in the UK is seeking an ADF Rehabilitation Consultant. In this role, you will apply your clinical skills to support ADF personnel recovering from injuries. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, perform various assessments, and develop rehabilitation plans. This position emphasizes work/life balance with structured hours and offers a supportive environment for professional growth. Ideal candidates will possess relevant qualifications and experience in rehabilitation, alongside a passion for helping others.

Benefits

Access to the Fitness Passport program

Discounts at hundreds of retail outlets

Mentoring and extensive onboarding process

Qualifications

• Current unrestricted registration or membership with the relevant industry body.
• Minimum one year clinical work experience, registered in your chosen profession.
• Occupational rehabilitation experience will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support rehabilitation.
• Perform assessments depending on clinical expertise.
• Develop, implement, and monitor rehabilitation plans.

Skills

Holistic care approach

Clinical reasoning skills

Team collaboration

Passion for rehabilitation

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Psychology, Rehabilitation Counselling, Nursing, Osteopathy or Social Work

Job description

Experts in workplace health, injury management and safety, Acumen Health delivers the highest standard in services across personal injury and occupational health. The team at Acumen Health focus on recovery and function to get clients back to work and back to life whatever their age, stage, or situation. Our personal injury division provides services through federal and state-based Workers Compensations, Motor Accident Schemes and Life Insurance. Acumen Health is Australia’s exclusive provider of Occupational Rehabilitation services to the Australian Defence Force.

As an ADF Rehabilitation Consultant, you will apply your clinical reasoning skills to support ADF personnel who have sustained a physical and/or psychological injury. A unique role where your rewards are truly meaningful and purposeful. Be part of the team that gets our military fully fit and ready to defend and protect Australia.

• Taking a holistic care approach, work within a multidisciplinary team to support the journey from rehab to healing
• Perform a variety of assessments depending on your area of clinical expertise. This could include functional capacity evaluations, worksite, ergonomic or activities of daily living assessments
• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders including the employee who has suffered injury, illness, or trauma, medical specialists, other treatment providers and allied health professionals
• Develop implement and monitor rehabilitation plans.

KPI’s based on service delivery outcomes, NOT billable hours. Genuine person‑centred focus and goal setting.

Set working hours means you can truly have WORK / LIFE balance – no overtime, no outside of work hours work. Enjoy early starts and early finishes: 7:30am - 4:00pm Monday to Thursday and 07:30am - 1:30pm Friday.

Joining a high-quality service provider, you will be SUPPORTED and MENTORED through direct interaction and an extensive onboarding process (incl. ongoing shadowing) to build your technical knowledge and expertise setting you up for success.

As part of the APM group, you have the opportunity to grow your career in Human Services across multiple global brands and geographies. A diverse team of over 16,000 people across 11 countries with a shared purpose – to enable better lives for our employees and the communities we work in. Our work enables the people we serve to realise their ambitions and aspirations through sustainable employment, independence, better health and wellbeing and increased social participation.

Enjoy all the perks of a global conglomerate including access to the Fitness Passport program plus discounts at hundreds of retail outlets.

What will make you successful:

• Current unrestricted registration or membership with the relevant industry body (AHPRA, ESSA, ASORC or AASW)
• Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Psychology, Rehabilitation Counselling, Nursing, Osteopathy or Social Work
• Australian Citizenship
• Minimum of one year clinical work experience, registered in your chosen profession
• Ability to engage across multidisciplinary teams to support the achievement of a common goal
• Passion to help people rehabilitate
• Occupational rehabilitation experience will be highly regarded

Ready to join?

Click APPLY now and complete your application through our online recruitment platform.

For a confidential chat please contact Amanda Whinney on 0458 379 067 or connect at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandawhinney

We're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity. We welcome all people to join our team, including people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, living with disability, all gender identities, LGBTQIA+, people of any socioeconomic status, of any age, race, national origin or ethnicity. We believe each person’s uniqueness makes us even better at the work we do.

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