Occupational Therapist

As an integral part of our big-hearted team, you will be encouraged to grow and feel empowered to make a difference in the lives of others. 

Occupational Therapist | Blue Care | Cairns

• Employment Term:  Permanent Full Time or Part Time (3 days per week minimum)

• Location: Cairns Allied Health Team

• Remuneration: $42.15 – $59.04 p/hr (dependent on experience) + Super + Not‑for‑Profit Salary Packaging + Kilometre Reimbursement + Penalties & Allowances + 5 weeks annual leave (Pro‑Rata)

• New Graduates Welcome!

Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare 

We’re seeking passionate Occupational Therapists who want to make a real impact in the lives of older Queenslanders. Join our supportive and well‑resourced Allied Health team and build a truly meaningful career with one of Australia’s most trusted community care providers.

About the role

You’ll deliver person‑centred functional and environmental assessments and interventions that empower clients to maintain independence and improve quality of life. Working in clients’ homes, you’ll provide specialised equipment solutions and pressure care strategies. You’ll also be responsible for:

• Enjoy flexibility in days and working hours

• Managing a wide variety of client presentations across multiple community aged care funding programs including Home Care Packages, Commonwealth Home Support Program, Transitional Care Program and Palliative Care.

• Conducting in‑home assessments and developing tailored treatment plans to help clients meet their goals. This includes simple and complex equipment prescription, major and minor home modifications, and client education.

• Collaborating within a supportive statewide Occupational Therapy team of 90+ OTs with decades of collective experience, as well as working locally with a diverse multidisciplinary team of nurses, care workers and support staff.

At BlueCare, we encourage creativity, collaboration, and a positive team culture. As a dynamic and growing service, we also offer opportunities to participate in innovative areas such as telehealth, evidence‑based group therapies, and acute care services.

Join a team where your skills are valued—and where you can genuinely make a difference.

What Makes a Difference for Us? 

You’ll be passionate about delivering exceptional clinical care that supports clients to improve and maintain their independence. You’ll bring:

• Current AHPRA registration with unlimited work rights (essential)

• Current Australian Driver’s Licence (essential)

• Access to a roadworthy, insured vehicle (minimum Third-Party Property) (essential)

• Previous experience in an Aged Care or Acute setting (desirable)

• Strong communication skills and the ability to build meaningful relationships

• Effective time‑management and sound clinical problem‑solving abilities

• Confidence to meet all relevant probity and compliance requirements

Employee Benefits:  

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum 

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs  

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme  

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events 

• Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference   

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too

Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly  

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:  

• Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children  

• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur  

• Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme  

Diversity & Inclusion  

Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email [email protected]

Safe workplace  

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.