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SalaryThe Department of Education employs over 900 allied health professionals who work in state schools. Our health professionals play a critical role in supporting all students to access an equitable education and succeed. You will contribute to creating a more inclusive society that responds to diversity.
As a Senior Physiotherapist (Supervisory) you will be responsible for providing leadership and clinical supervision to school-based physiotherapists in the delivery of safe, effective high-quality services to support children and students to access and fully participate in their learning. This role is under the supervision of Senior Advisor Physiotherapy in each region.
This recruitment process will be used to fill any subsequent permanent or temporary vacancies in the next 12 months.
About You:
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in providing clinical supervision, capability development or mentoring of other health professionals or undergraduate students, or the ability to rapidly acquire these skills.
Demonstrated ability to build relationships and collaborate with supervisees, senior therapy staff, regional teams and school teams through effective communication skills.
About the Role:
These permanent and temporary positions are attached to regional offices within each region. Locations may be negotiable for the successful candidates, however travel within the region will be required as part of the role. Multiple Part-time positions are available in Metropolitan North Region and one part time position is available in North Coast Region. FTE may be negotiable for the successful candidates.
Responsibilities include:
- Identify and respond to professional, organisational and personal learning needs of school based physiotherapy through leadership and clinical supervision aligned with the HP4 Senior Physiotherapist (Supervisory) role description and Clinical Governance Framework
- Direct and support school based physiotherapists, school management teams and regional services in assessing physiotherapy needs, responses and interventions to support student outcomes
- Collaborate with physiotherapy and regional leadership teams to identify and respond to common issues impacting physiotherapy services in education in line with regional priorities through innovative and data driven solutions
- Monitor and report on workload management, wellbeing and performance across physiotherapy services within your region.
For a full list of responsibilities, and any mandatory requirements for this position, please see attached role description.
For further information, please refer to:
Senior Physiotherapy (Supervisory) vacancies are also available for the South East/ Metropolitan South ( https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-SER552591-24P ); and Central Queensland/ Darling Downs South West/ North Queensland/ Far North Queensland ( https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-CQR552587-24P ) regions.
How to Apply
Please provide:
1. Your resume including:
Referee details: Provide phone and email contacts for two referees who can verify your knowledge, skills and attributes relevant to this role who have knowledge of your work within the last two years. It is preferable that one is your current supervisor.
2. Two page response detailing your strengths relating to the role and responsibilities:
Please include relevant examples from current PT practice, formal and informal mentoring, supervision or support experience, other roles, projects. Please detail your roles, your actions and outcomes achieved.
Please see the ‘How you will be assessed' section of the attached Role Description.
3. Completed questionnaire.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. ( https://alt-qed.qed.qld.gov.au/working-with-us/induction/department/human-resources/inclusion-and-diversity#:~:text=Pathways%20to%20Parity,participate%20fully%20in%20our%20workplaces. )
