Physiotherapist (Mnd Home)

Position Summary
Work within a cohesive highly skilled interdisciplinary team
Work within a team with expertise in progressive neurological disease
Work within a team that are highly skilled in communicating and collaborating with health services across the state
About the facility
The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Clinic consists of a specialist multidisciplinary team that provides integrated assessment, planning, intervention and ongoing support to clients with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and other Progressive Neurological Diseases.
The MND @ Home program will focus specifically on providing home visits and a telehealth service toward ensuring a specialist high quality service is provided across the state including to those patients located a distance from the clinic and to those more palliative patients who cannot easily attend the clinic. The position is based at the McKellar Centre.
About the role
The Physiotherapist within the MND Clinic will work within the multidisciplinary team to provide integrated assessment, planning, intervention and ongoing supports to clients. The Physiotherapist will work collaboratively with other clinicians across the state to provide the best shared care of patients. The Physiotherapist will be responsible for providing secondary consultation and education toward upskilling colleagues in the best management of people with MND and progressive neurological disease.
About the culture
Barwon Health is committed to developing a vibrant culture of education, training and research for all staff fostering clinical excellence, effective leadership and a solid foundation of research underpinned by the role of Barwon Health as a teaching hospital.
Diversity and Inclusion
At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.
At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.
We at Barwon Health strongly encourage people with disability and diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles.
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If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, Please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at ***************@barwonhealth.org.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.
This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.
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