AddressEmployment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Classification: Health Professional Officer 4 (PN 56852, 56853) - subject to change
Salary: $114,928 - $123,710 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Hospital, Garran
Section: Acute Allied Health Service - Acute Medical Unit
Closing Date: 21 May 2024
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- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- 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:
The exiting opportunity exists for 2 suitably qualified Allied Health professionals to join the Acute Allied Health Services as Advanced Allied Health Leads within the Acute Medical Unit. Advanced Allied Health Leads provide clinical services and leadership of the multi-disciplinary team in the Acute Medical unit. Advanced Allied health Leads undertake rapid interdisciplinary screening and assessment, and coordination of treatment/therapies from the Allied Health perspective to ensure the facilitation of a timely and safe service. The Advanced Allied Health roles also work collaboratively with the medical and nursing teams within the unit.
The Advanced Allied Health Leads are recently established roles and the number of Advanced Allied Health Leads on the unit has recently increased. This will provide the unique opportunity to contribute to the ongoing evaluation, development and expansion of the roles and the service.
The Acute Medical Unit is a 7 day per week service and the Advanced AlliedHealth Leads provide Allied Health leadership across 7 days on a roster basis. The role will include some weekend service delivery.
For more information about the role please contact the Allied Health clinical leads on 0403 675 ***.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for Allied Health professionals.
To Apply:
Please submit a copy of your CV along with a 2x page response to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description. Only applications submitted online via the E-Recruitment system will be accepted.
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
OurRole: 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.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Emma Neale at 0403 675 ***.
