Senior Physiotherapist - Hands, Burns And Plastics

An exciting opportunity for a physiotherapist with experience in hand therapy and/or burns therapy to provide leadership and clinical expertise within the physiotherapy hands, burns and plastics (HBP) team at the Royal Hobart Hospital.

The role:

The senior HBP physiotherapist’s caseload will include outpatient (and a small amount of inpatient) management of wrist and hand fractures, tendon injuries, nerve injuries, sports injuries, splinting, wrist and elbow surgery, elective hand surgery, as well as major multi-trauma and burn injuries across the life span (including paediatrics).

There is some potential flexibility within this role, as this position could incorporate a varied amount of either specialty (hands or burns). 

We encourage interested applicants to call and discuss this further.

The senior HBP physiotherapist will:

• Have significant experience in hand therapy and/or burns and provide contemporary evidence-based physiotherapy.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively, efficiently and collaboratively in a complex and dynamic multidisciplinary environment.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and professional support to the allied health assistants, undergraduate students and physiotherapists.
• Contribute effectively to the team’s learning culture, quality improvement and service development activities.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

The team:

Our team consists of clinical leads, accredited hand therapists, rotating physiotherapists and allied health assistants.  There are regular opportunities for continuing education and learning and mentoring from our senior experienced Accredited Hand Therapists. There is also shared supervision and training of junior rotating physiotherapist. The team works closely with the plastic and orthopaedic teams and sits within the broader physiotherapy service of THS-S enabling effective collaboration to facilitate optimised patient outcomes. 

Royal Hobart Hospital is the sole provider of public health hand therapy and burns therapy in Southern Tasmania and the physiotherapy team works in close collaboration with plastic and orthopaedic surgeons. The Royal Hobart Hospital is also home to the state’s burns unit and we provide therapy to inpatient and outpatient burn injured patients.

Details of Appointment

Permanent, part time, day worker (with on- call) position working 68.4 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.

*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant

• Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

Salary: 

$106,966 to $123,013 per annum + 11% superannuation + access to salary packaging

In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:

• Professional Development Allowance of up to $1000 per annum.
• Please note that access to salaries beyond $115,573 is subject to qualifications and/or application to the personal upgrade scheme.
• Salary range is in accordance with Allied Health Professionals Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement.

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:

• Tertiary qualification/program of study approved by the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.
• Registered with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.

Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:

• Current Driver’s Licence.
• Postgraduate qualifications or working towards this in the identified clinical area of hands, burns and plastics.

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Conviction checks in the following areas:

1. crimes of violence
2. sex related offences
3. serious drug offences
4. crimes involving dishonesty

1. Identification check
2. Disciplinary action in previous employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide, Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

Statement of Duties

• Generic Senior Physiotherapist HP03 (July 2023) CSU.pdf
• Generic Senior Physiotherapist HP03 (July 2023) CSU.docx

Applicant Guide

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.pdf
• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.docx

How to Apply

Apply Online.  Please click the "Apply" button on this screen.  This ensures important questions about you are answered. 

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

Please note:

• We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties.
• All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

For more information Contact:

James Ruddell

Position: Deputy Manager - Physiotherapy Services
Phone: 0461 526 *** 
E-mail: *************@ths.tas.gov.au 

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