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SalaryReference Number 35251
Position Title Community Care Physiotherapist (Mat Leave)
Employment Status Limited Term Part Time
Location All Sites - Community & Continuing Care and Allied Health
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- Limited Term Part time position (64 hours a fortnight)
- Grade 2 Physiotherapist working part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Location
- Classification: PHYSIO GR2 YR1 (VB1) - GR2 YR4 (VB4)*
Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and Community Care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values: Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health
What You Will Be Doing
The Community Care Physiotherapist forms part of Peninsula Health's Health Independence Program and is based on the Wagner Chronic Care Model, an evidenced based systems framework.
The Community Care PT is responsible for coordinating intensive short term (3-6 months) outreach care and delivering allied health interventions within their clinical scope of practice to clients who have chronic health conditions and/or complex healthcare needs.
What You Need
We anticipate you will have:
- Current registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or relevant professional organisation.
- Demonstrated Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy experience in providing comprehensive discipline specific clinical assessment in home setting and provision of equipment needs.
- Specialist experience and knowledge regarding chronic disease management.
- Demonstrated experience working with at-risk and vulnerable people with complex needs.
- Current Victorian Driver's Licence.
- Demonstrated experience in working both independently and as a part of a multi-disciplinary team, with the ability to work effectively, supportively and flexibly.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing tasks and effectively prioritise.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional development and evidence based practice.
- Demonstrated ability to supervise students.
If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People, Experience & Performance Team on (03) 9784 2700.
Additional Requirements
Peninsula Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity and promotes a workplace that welcomes and includes the unique contributions of all people. We encourage applications from individuals who identify as being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, are culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+ or who have a disability to apply. We are also strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
*Please refer to salary circular for Allied Health Professionals (Victorian Public
Health Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2021-2026 salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience.
To find out more about our recruitment processes, compliance obligations and to prepare your application to join our team please visit:
https://www.peninsulahealth.org.au/careers/working-preparing-employment/
This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.
Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time
Selection Criteria Essential: Current Physiotherapist registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Essential: Current Victorian Driver's Licence
Essential: Demonstrated experience in working both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, with the ability to work effectively, supportively and flexibly
Essential: Demonstrated experience in providing comprehensive assessment in the home setting home setting and provision of equipment needs
Essential: Well-developed written, verbal, interpersonal and computer literacy and communication skills
Essential: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing tasks and effectively prioritise
Desirable: Specialist experience and knowledge regarding chronic disease management
Desirable: Current Working with Children's Check
Desirable: Demonstrated experience working with at-risk and vulnerable people with complex needs
Desirable: Demonstrated experience working with the Wagner Chronic Care Model
Contact Person Fiona Shepherdley
Contact Number 0403093604
Alternate Contact Person Ellie Lusty
Alternate Contact Number 0418582032
