The Clinical Lead - Physiotherapy Program Support will:
- Participate in the ongoing development of physiotherapy service improvement within the acute hospital setting and support the development of models of care for physiotherapy across the hospitals, as required and in collaboration with operational units and the Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) - Service Development Program.
- Contribute to the overall clinical, managerial, and operational leadership of Physiotherapy Services as it relates to service improvement.
- Responsible for the development and flexible coordination of human and physical resources relating to improvement models and Service changes.
- Provide authoritative technical or policy advice drawing on expert physiotherapy knowledge and act as a hospital and statewide resource responding to and participating in negotiations to improve collaboration, contingency planning, manage risks and propose improvements.
- Support and lead on evaluation of cost-effectiveness, safety, and quality of new and existing services.
- Establish and maintain a collaborative working relationship within multi-disciplinary health services across the Agency to achieve optimal client outcomes across the continuum of care.
- Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.
- Professional Development Allowance of up to $1000 per annum
- Please note that access to salaries beyond $126,845 is subject to qualifications and/or application to the personal upgrade scheme
- Salary range is in accordance with Allied Health Professionals Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement No. 2 of 2022
- Registered with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia
- crimes of violence
- sex related offences
- serious drug offences
- crimes involving dishonesty
- Identification check
- Disciplinary action in previous employment check.
- We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.
- All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
- Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.
Phone: 03 6165 6968
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