Advance Practice Physiotherapist - Musculoskeletal - Health Professional Level 4 | Full-time Permanent

Advance Practice Physiotherapist - Musculoskeletal - Health Professional Level 4

Full-time Permanent

Closes: 12 March 2024

Classification: Health Professional Level 4

Salary: $114,928 - $123,710 plus superannuation

Position No: 602507, several - 02G6W

Directorate: Canberra Health Services

Advertised (Gazettal date): 12 February 2024

Contact Officer: Sandra Holdom on Sandra.Holdom@act.gov.au

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic - click her to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 11.5% Superannuation.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval)

About the role:

Advance Practice Physiotherapy positions will support the delivery of extended hours of service provision in the Emergency Department. These are new positions within the Emergency Department at North Canberra Hospital, and will extend the physiotherapy services currently available. Under supervision, you will play a key role in delivering high quality patient centred care and associated functions to support service delivery in clinical areas.

Clinical supervision and professional development is provided through team structures, supervision support, competency based assessments and professional development opportunities.

You will be required to participate in shift, overtime, and/or restricted on-call rosters. Part time and casual hours will be considered. A merit pool will be developed from this round and may be used to fill vacancies which occur over the next 12 months.

Under limited direction of the Director of Physiotherapy you will perform the following duties as the Advance Practice Physiotherapist. You will:

• Provide advanced clinical expertise and practice across a range of clinical areas, but not limited to, the Emergency Department.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, other health carers and internal and external stakeholders to plan, deliver and evaluate clinical services.
• Provide professional supervision, leadership, teaching and development to staff and students within clinical areas.
• Develop, implement and coordinate clinical governance activity, research programs, health programs, in relevant areas and quality improvement projects to meet organisational priorities and requirements.
• Participate in supervision, credentialing, continuing professional development and performance management.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

About you:

Requirements/Qualifications:

Mandatory

• Tertiary qualification in Physiotherapy (or equivalent).
• Be registered or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.

Highly Desirable

• Commencement or completion of Post-Graduate Master's Level qualification in relevant clinical field (or approved equivalent experiential pathway).
• Previous emergency department or urgent/acute care clinic experience.
• Minimum of 5 years clinical experience post entry level qualifications and minimum of 3 years' experience in relevant specialist area.
• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

For more information on this position and how to apply "click here"

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together

Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new critical services building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

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