AddressEmployment Type: Full Time, Part Time, and Casual, Temporary 6- Month Contract with possibility of extension and/or permanency
Classification: Health Professional Officer 1/2 (PN 54323, 30965) - Various
Classification: Health Professional Officer 3 (PN 41967) - Various
Salary: $66,285 - $97,028 (Plus 11.5% Super) - Health Professional Officer ½
Salary: $99,819 - $110,398 (Plus 11.5% Super) - Health Professional Officer 3
Location: Community Health Centres, Canberra
Section: Community Care Program
Closing Date: 15 July 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:
There is an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified, senior physiotherapist to join the Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Care (RACC) Community Care Physiotherapy Team.
These temporary full-time, part time or casual positions involves working from various community health centre locations and may include treating patients in their homes.
Community Care physiotherapists assess and treat a diverse range of musculoskeletal conditions including muscular strains, joint sprains, arthritic conditions, post operative recovery and spinal conditions. Interventions are provided on an individual basis or in group settings at health centres and patient homes.
We are a friendly team with strong supportive links across the directorate. Staff meet regularly to share knowledge and foster the team culture to strive for continual quality improvement and excellent patient outcomes. Our physiotherapists work alongside other health professionals to deliver patient centred care. The role is open for applications from Health Professional Officers Levels 1,2 and 3. For more information regarding the position duties, click on the relevant position description below:
Health Professional Officer Level 1/2
Health Professional Officer Level 3
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 Canberra Health Services 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 see the full contact details and how to apply on the CHS Careers Page.
