AddressMates4Mates is one of Australia’s leading veteran charities actively changing the lives of current and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members, and their families, impacted by service.
If you’re looking for a job where you genuinely enjoy coming to work each day and get to have a positive impact on the community, Mates4Mates is the place for you. We pride ourselves on creating a supportive, inclusive, and safe workplace and our culture is built on a sense of purpose, collaboration, integrity, and agility.
With a finger on the pulse of our culture, it’s important to us that we find the right people to join our like-minded team who share our passion of making a difference to the communities we serve.
When joining the Mates4Mates team, you’ll find that we promote a flexible work environment, with a range of wonderful benefits. We are an inclusive and diverse organisation ensuring we provide a safe place for veterans and their families to build connections and find mateship.
We are a collection of like-minded people who believe in our mission of working together towards an Australia where all members of the Australian Defence Force community are supported physically, psychologically, and socially.
If you are driven by values, are motivated to help others and want to make a real difference to the lives of veterans and their families, then you will fit in perfectly. Our team members all share the common purpose of supporting veterans and their family members.
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The opportunity
The physiotherapist will work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver clinical services to veterans and their families to address a range of conditions including injuries, illness, functional impairment, and chronic disease. This will include direct clinical services in individual and group settings, as well as education programs. The role will liaise effectively with relevant internal and external providers to establish referral pathways, develop positive relationships, and ensure quality outcomes for clients.
The position is based in our brand-new Veteran and Family Wellbeing Centre on the Sunshine Coast!
You will work with a progressive and motivated team in a supportive environment to fulfill responsibilities including:
- Working in our new Maroochydore location in the Veteran and Family Wellbeing Centre. This centre provides a safe and supportive environment for the veteran community to access social connection and mateship.
- Provide a high standard of physiotherapy services in group and individual settings, including assessment/examination, diagnosis, individualised interventions, and the use of safe and evidence-based techniques/ modalities to achieve and maintain improved functional outcomes for clients, in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards.
- Contribute knowledge and expertise to the establishment and strategic direction of physiotherapy services in Mates4Mates.
- Taking a lead role in coordinating communications with the relevant referral agencies and other clinicians, including referrals for clinical/medical interventions where needed.
- Support the supervision and maintenance of physical rehabilitation facilities.
- Acting as a subject matter expert to provide health and physical rehabilitation advice, , within scope of your role.
- Designing and delivering sessions developed for participation by a group of a wide variety of clients, including instructing and demonstrating in a group setting.
- Maintaining currency of contemporary practices within professional field to support delivery of relevant, evidence-based rehabilitation services.
About you
We are seeking someone who is passionate about providing support for a range of rehabilitation and recovery needs while working closely with community members, within a veteran and family focused service.
The successful applicant will hold a tertiary qualification in physiotherapy, with registration with AHPRA. The successful applicant will have strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with clients, colleagues and stakeholders, and well-developed oral and written communication skills to benefit client support and management.
Candidates with the following skills and experience are encouraged to apply:
- Experience and a high level of skills in working as a physiotherapist with clients with a range of rehabilitation and health needs, including those related to injury, chronic conditions and pain.
- Computer proficiency, including a demonstrated ability to use client information management systems for accountability and proficient record keeping.
- Current driver’s license, First Aid and CPR certification, and relevant state Working with Children card (or eligibility to obtain).
- The ability to work and communicate professionally and respectfully within a multidisciplinary team, while also thriving in an independent work environment where necessary.
- While not a requirement, direct experience in delivering services to current or ex-serving Defence personnel and their families is also advantageous for this role.
What we offer
- A supportive and passionate culture with regular temperature checks across the organisation
- Competitive remuneration package and access to salary packaging
- Supportive management and team
- Leave entitlements including additional paid parental leave and gifted leave at the end of each year so you can enjoy the holiday season.
- Participation in our Staff Wellbeing Program (i.e., virtual meditation and mindfulness sessions, building resilience workshops, and more)
- A suite of Workplace Health & Safety training workshops for all staff
- Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Professional development opportunities
- Access to a ‘Benefits Hub’ which includes health and wellbeing benefits and discounts, financial advice, recipes, and more.
- Opportunity to provide regular feedback through OfficeVibe platform.
This is a unique opportunity to join a veteran health and wellbeing service provider in a pivotal role to support the sustainable delivery of clinical services to the veteran community and support its members in addressing health concerns, pain management and injury rehabilitation, working toward an improved quality of life.
If you’re looking for a role that is fulfilling, purposeful and will make a difference, please submit your application including a cover letter addressing the key accountabilities outlined above and a current resume.
At Mates4Mates we value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to the workplace and embrace and celebrate inclusion and diversity. We openly encourage applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds including but not limited to: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a disability and people that identify as LGBTIQA+. We’re an equal opportunity employer and recognise that a diverse workforce is crucial to our success as a business.
For more information or a copy of the position description, please contact **@mates4mates.org.
Additional information
- Join one of Australia's leading veteran charities
- Professional development opportunities
- A supportive and passionate culture
