Senior Physiotherapist - Weekend Acute Service

SA Health
Job reference: 854720
Location: 5112 - ELIZABETH VALE
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Lyell McEwin Hospital - Elizabeth Vale
• Salary: $102,641 - $110,094 p.a. (pro rata) - AHP3 - Temporary Part-time working 15 hours per week, up until 26 January 2025

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit an experienced Physiotherapist to lead our Weekend hospital Physiotherapy service in a dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community. This role is rostered on Saturday and Sunday, but additional weekday hours may be available to the successful applicant if requested. A job share arrangement may be considered.About Us:Located on Kaurna Country, in the North and North-Eastern Suburbs of Adelaide, close to the world-famous Barossa Valley wine region, and within 30 minutes of the CBD, NALHN serves more than 400 000 people at the Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals, along with our state-of-the-art Specialist Ambulatory Rehabilitation Centre and our community and home-based sites. The network boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:“My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care”“I feel like I'm part of a growing and developing service”“I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support”Benefits of working at NALHN:From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.In addition this, other benefits of working as an Senior Physiotherapist in NALHN include:

• Professional development opportunities. We have a well established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and staff are also eligible for external, funded professional development via the Allied Health Professionals Plus Professional Development Reimbursement Program, to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations;
• Opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research; and
• Regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals.

About You:Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic experienced hospital Physiotherapist looking for an opportunity to join a growing healthcare network where you will be part of a dedicated team delivering high quality acute hospital care? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.About the Role:An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Senior Physiotherapist within the Allied Health Division.The Senior Physiotherapist - Weekend Acute Service is responsible to the Senior Manager of Physiotherapy to lead the development, implementation, coordination and evaluation of quality Physiotherapy services for patients of the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN).Working in conjunction with other Physiotherapy team members and other health professionals, the Senior Physiotherapist optimises patient functional and health outcomes. As a highly skilled and competent clinician, you will deliver quality clinical services and provide clinical leadership within the acute hospital services, providing support and supervision to less experienced staff.To be eligible for this position, you must hold an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)SA Health Services are required to implement the in the workplace.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 854720EnquiriesAllied Health FacilitatorPhone: (08) 8182 9354E-mail: Health.AlliedHealthFacilitator@sa.gov.auApplication Closing Date10 May 2024 - 11.55PMAttachments

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Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.