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Form of workAn exciting opportunity currently exists for a Senior Physiotherapist to join the Vestibular Specialist Outpatient Services in Cairns. This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service and be part of a world-class, dynamic, and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About us:
We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services. Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local Health Services.
About you:
You are a qualified Physiotherapist with demonstrated high-level of clinical knowledge, experience, and skill in the field of vestibular assessment and rehabilitation, including ability to integrate current professional development and evidence-based practice principles into clinical management and ability to manage a vestibular outpatients service. You ar confident to lead change in the development of high-level physiotherapy and vestibular service improvements and have demonstrated ability to provide support, training and supervision to physiotherapists and students working with vestibular patients.
Your opportunity:
The purpose of this position is to manage the operational aspects of the outpatient vestibular physiotherapy service which includes providing independent specialised clinical knowledge and skill in assessment and management of vestibular conditions, managing the Vestibular Outpatient service, co-ordinating service delivery, data collection and the day-to-day operation of the clinic. Apply high-level knowledge, skills and advice in clinical education and clinical practice supervision of relevant staff /students within the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.
Your role:
- Deliver an independent high-level of physiotherapy clinical services to clients with a range of vestibular conditions in an outpatient physiotherapy clinical setting and provide consultancy and support to inpatient and emergency department physiotherapists who are managing vestibular clients. Recognised expertise, knowledge and skills are obtained through significant professional development activities, post-graduate education or formal qualification(s).
- Utilises evidence-based practice and professional judgement for a complex clinical caseload, to facilitate novel physiotherapy and multidisciplinary clinical decisions and management with minimal clinical practice supervision.
- Provide quality physiotherapy clinical advice regarding patients to professional and operational supervisors, relevant service managers and other stakeholders regarding professional standards and clinical service development.
As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:
- Generous superannuation
- Salary packaging
- Annual incremental increases
- Career training and development
- Flexible work arrangements
- Wellness programs
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Why choose Cairns?
Choose Cairns for your next career move - YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ShTVsxjVQ&feature=youtu.be )
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )
Choose Cairns for your next career move - YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ShTVsxjVQ&feature=youtu.be )
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )
