Description:
Physiotherapist Grade 1 or 2 - Stawell
Permanent full or part time
Up to 80 hours per fortnight with monthly ADO
About the role
Grampians Health Stawell is inviting applications for a full time or part time Physiotherapist to work within our dynamic and innovative team. The successful physiotherapist would be supported by the physiotherapy and multidiscipline team to provide quality and timely service to the community. Grampians Health Stawell values safe, quality and client centered care where your contributions will be highly valued and your growth and development will be prioritized.
This position is a mixed caseload with rotations including:
- Inpatient general medicine and post-operative care
- Inpatient subacute rehabilitation and Transition Care Program
- Acute and Community outpatients
- Sports injury Management
- Aged Care – excluding pain management programs
- Group programs such as Better Balance, Hydrotherapy, and GLA:D
- Rotations to other hospital sites
Grade 2 candidates will be required to undertake supervision of Grade 1 Physiotherapist and students. Grade 2 candidates will also be required to participate in quality improvement projects within Physiotherapy and the broader Multi-disciplinary team.
Skills and experience
This position would be suitable for a new graduate or experienced clinician.
The successful applicant would require
- Degree in Physiotherapy with current unlimited AHPRA registration
- Demonstrated ability in providing a service to acute hospital, community outpatients and rehabilitation, and aged care settings.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional development.
- Demonstrate experience in undertaking quality improvement activities, or knowledge of quality improvement principles
- Demonstrated initiative, flexibility and problem-solving skills and ability to operate in an environment of change.
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills including written and verbal communication, time management, and organisational skills
About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.
Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.
Culture & Benefits
At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
- Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Staff rewards and recognition programs
Grampians and Stawell Region
Home to spectacular views, outstanding wine and food all from your backdoor step. Join our team and experience all that the Grampians has to offer.
- We provide Structured menitoring, support, and supervision,
- flexible caseload with support to develop specialist areas of interest,
- opportunity to work alongside highly trained Allied Health and Nursing clinicians,
- access to ongoing professional development opportunities,
- attractive Salary Packaging benefits, and
- accommodation through the transition period
Stawell is a small town, with a big heart. Life is lived here at a slower pace, it's perfect for people who are wanting to get away from big cities and unwind. We have beautiful wildlife and numerous hiking trails, you will never outgrow this place and its wonders. Stawell is only a 45-minute drive to Horsham, where you can have the opportunity to dine from restaurants, farm gates and cellar doors of some of Australia's best and most awarded venues.
If you are dreaming of a career change with country lifestyle and want to sway expensive urban dwelling for stunning natural landscapes, Stawell is the place for you.
How to apply
Click APPLY or contact Julia Harricks, Physiotherapist, on 0353588531 for a confidential discussion.
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.