Physiotherapist -Community Care Program

Employment Type: Full Time, Part Time, Temporary 6 months with possibility of extension and or permanency
Classification: Health Professional Level 2 (PN30965, Various)
Salary: $70,679 - $97,028 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Health Services
Section: Community Care Program
Closing Date: 15 March 2024

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• 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.
• 5% Superannuation.
• VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

There is an opportunity for several suitably qualified, physiotherapists to join the Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Services (RACS), Community Care Physiotherapy Team (CCPT). We work across 5 health centres in Canberra: Gungahlin, Belconnen, Phillip, Village Creek, and Tuggeranong Community Health Centres. These temporary positions involve working from one or more of these locations, as well as sometimes providing a home visiting service to those patients who cannot attend a health centre.

Community Care physiotherapists assess and treat a diverse range of musculoskeletal conditions including, but not limited to, muscular strains, joint sprains, arthritic conditions, post operative recovery, pelvic health issues, and spinal conditions. Interventions are provided on an individual basis or in group settings at health centres and patient homes. We offer telehealth and telephone consultations, as well as the traditional face to face treatment.

We are a friendly team with strong supportive links across the directorate. Staff meet weekly to share knowledge and foster the team culture to strive for continual quality improvement and excellent patient outcomes. Team culture surveys have rated the team as being in a culture of "success" for the last 3 years running. Our team clinical educator ensures plenty of professional development and supervisory experience is available.

This position may be required to participate in overtime, on call, and/or rotation roster. This recruitment round may be used to fill future temporary full-time and part-time physiotherapy vacancies at this level across the division of Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Care.

Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Services (RACS) is a vibrant and diverse Division within CHS providing multidisciplinary rehab, aged and community-based care across a range of settings. Our staff are committed to the delivery of health services that reflect the Canberra Health Service's vision and CHS is committed to supporting staff in their professional journey.

RACS services work collaboratively with patients, clients, and individuals, involving their carers and family, as well as other services within and external to ACT Health.

Community Care Physiotherapy services are offered from community health centres across the ACT. Community Care Physiotherapy provides services for Commonwealth Home Support Program clientele.

For more information regarding the position duties.

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 cover letter or 2 x page pitch responding to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description.

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 Judy Stone at (02) 5124 1***.