AddressPhysiotherapist - Health Professional Level 4
Full-time Permanent
Closes: 15 February 2024
Classification: Health Professional Level 4
Salary: $114,928 - $123,710 plus superannuation
Position No: 64291, Several - 02G2H
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 30 January 2024
Contact Officer: Kerry Boyd on Kerry.Boyd@act.gov.au. or (02) 5124 2670
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.
- 11.5% Superannuation.
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
The Division of Allied Health provides a range of allied health services across clinical Divisions based at Canberra Hospital. A strong emphasis is placed across all sections on accessible and timely care, delivered to a high standard of safety and quality. This is underpinned by the Division's commitment to research and training. The Division works in partnership with professional colleagues, consumers, and a range of government and non-government service providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients.
Acute Allied Health Services (AAHS) Physiotherapy provides services to a range of clients in acute inpatient and specialised outpatient settings predominately at Canberra Hospital campus, including tertiary Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Acute Cardiac Care Unit (ACCU).
The Canberra Hospital ICU is a tertiary referral unit that services the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and the Greater Southern New South Wales (NSW) region. The ICU is dedicated to the management and monitoring of patients with life threatening illnesses, injuries, and complications. The unit provides specialised facilities for the support of vital organ function through the skills of multidisciplinary staff experienced in complex clinical management.
The Acute Cardiac Care Unit is part of Cardiology Services and provides care for patients with a variety of cardiac conditions including acute coronary syndrome, valvular heart disease, heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias. Consumers accessing Cardiology services include adults of all ages, acuity, frailty, and disability who may present for diagnosis and management for a range of acute and chronic cardiac conditions.
The Critical Care Physiotherapy Clinical Lead/Team Leader is responsible for delivering advanced physiotherapy clinical services, professional leadership and service coordination for the ICU physiotherapy team working across Intensive Care and Acute Cardiac Care Units.
For more information regarding the position of 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.
For more information on this position and how to apply "click here"
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
Our Role: 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.
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