St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne

Job Description:

Physiotherapist Grade 3 – Community Rehabilitation

22. 8 hours per week (0.6 FTE) 

• 0.6 FTE permanent
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Excellent benefits including salary packaging

About the Role

An opportunity currently exists for a Grade 3 Physiotherapist to join the HIP team on a permanent basis. The Grade 3 Physiotherapist will provide and deliver high quality person-centred, goal-orientated, home and centre-based community rehabilitation within a supportive multidisciplinary team. The position may be required to work within any of the HIP programs across the HIP sites. 

Duties

• Provide clinical leadership in maintaining an evidence and outcomes based service
• Maintain a clinical caseload in keeping with the needs of the service
• Provide supervision and co-ordination of physiotherapy students
• Provide supervision to Grade 2 Physiotherapists and Allied Health Assistants as required
• Lead service improvement initiatives relevant to the HIP Physiotherapy service
• Provide guidance, support, and supervision of physiotherapy staff within the HIP Community Rehabilitation program
• Assess and manage all assigned clients as appropriate, according to HIP and St. Vincent’s policies and procedures and relevant rehabilitation protocols
• Maintain the appropriate standard of medical record keeping and data collection as per St. Vincent’s and HIP policies

Your Contribution

• Bachelor of Physiotherapy or equivalent
• Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Minimum of eight (8) years post-graduate experience in a relevant field of rehabilitation and or community based service
• Demonstrated highly developed clinical management skills as appropriate to Physiotherapy practice
• Demonstrated highly developed leadership and interpersonal skills that incorporate excellent communication
• Demonstrated commitment to service improvement and professional development
• Well-developed teaching and supervision skills
• Current Victorian driver’s licence

What we offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged.
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Culture of continuous improvement

About the Department

The Community Rehabilitation programs consist of the Community Rehabilitation Centres at Kew and Fairfield and the Rehabilitation in the Home team. The programs offer a supportive and dynamic team environment which focusses on patient-centred care.

Community Rehabilitation form part of the SVHM Health Independence Programs (HIP) which also incorporate Complex care services and Specialist Outpatient clinics. 

Working at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

Position Description and Critical Job Demands Checklist:

Review the following documents:

JR136306_Position Description Grade 3 HIP CRC Physiotherapist PD April 24.pdf

JR136306_Mandatory Documentation_Candidate Information_V1.pdf

Contact Details:

Peter Hawkins 9231 8660

Alternate Contact:

Sarah Jessup 0478956461

Closing Date:

22 May 2024 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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