graduate careers
If you’re a recent graduate in Occupational Therapy or Chiropractic looking to start your career in a supportive, dynamic, and growth-oriented environment, we’d love to hear from you.
As a graduate, you’ll be joining a team dedicated to excellence in patient care. We foster a collaborative, supportive environment where new graduates can develop their skills, build confidence, and gain hands-on experience.
Mentorship and Professional Growth: Our commitment to professional growth ensures you’ll be guided and mentored throughout your journey, allowing you to make a meaningful impact while learning from the best.
Collaborative Learning Environment: You will work within a multidisciplinary team, gaining valuable cross-professional insights that enhance your understanding and broaden your skills.
Career Growth: We offer structured pathways for career progression, training and fast growth with a growing patient base and existing client waitlist in place.
Work-Life Balance: We understand the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance, and we support flexible scheduling to ensure your well-being.
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Work with children and their families to assess and treat sensory, motor, behavioural and developmental challenges.
Growing client base and existing waitlist
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to create individualised therapy plans.
Opportunities for further training and skill development in areas such as sensory integration, emotional regulation, retained reflexes, neuro-motor development and more.
Ongoing mentorship and professional development workshops.
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Provide hands-on chiropractic care to patients seeking relief from musculoskeletal pain, injuries, and movement issues.
Work closely with a diverse clientele, including athletes of all levels.
Learn and implement injury prevention techniques, performance optimisation strategies, and tailored rehabilitation plans.
Growing client base and existing waitlist
Ongoing mentorship and training in advanced chiropractic techniques and shockwave therapy.
About Us
Hunter Functional Health is a multidisciplinary allied health practice based in Newcastle, NSW, offering Paediatric Occupational Therapy, Sports Chiropractic services and a range of soft tissue therapies (including the latest shockwave therapy).
Movement Matters
We have a strong focus on sports, exercise and enhancing the mind-body connection.
We are here to help our patients achieve their goals, build capacity, and work through challenges, whether they arise at home, work, school, or in fitness.
We work with clients across all age groups, from children as needing developmental support, pregnancy and post-natal support (in and out of the gym) to adults and athletes seeking pain management, injury rehabilitation, athletic performance improvement and more.
Your Mentors
At Hunter Functional Health, we understand the importance of having strong mentors as you begin your career. Our commitment to professional growth ensures you’ll be guided and mentored throughout your journey, allowing you to make a meaningful impact while learning from the best.
Aaron Hennessy
Sports Chiropractor & Occupational Therapist (Owner)
Aaron is the only titled Sports & Exercise Chiropractor in the Hunter region and one of Australia’s few dual-qualified Chiropractors and Occupational Therapists. Extensive experience working CrossFit® Pacific Regionals and Ironman® clinical teams, university tutor in Anatomy and Sports Medicine, Strength and Conditioning, Pilates and rehabilitation exercise programming.
Aaron is also a highly skilled paediatric Occupational Therapist. His dual expertise allows him to provide unique insights into both athletic performance and paediatric development, offering valuable mentorship to those entering either field.
Abraham Tedjakusuma
Senior Occupational Therapist
Abraham is a seasoned Occupational Therapist specialising in paediatric care, with expertise in sensory integration, neurodevelopment, and emotional regulation. He has devoted his career to supporting children with developmental challenges, including motor coordination, sensory processing, and social-emotional difficulties. Abraham creates individualised therapy plans to help children reach their potential at home, school, and in the community.
He mentors graduates in paediatric occupational therapy, sensory integration, and neuro-developmental support, helping them build the skills to make meaningful impacts with children and families.
