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SalaryWar Memorial Hospital (WMH) is a 3rd Schedule Aged Rehabilitation hospital, situated in Waverley, owned and operated by Uniting and part of the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD). Services are comprised of 24 hour inpatient care, Monday to Friday outpatient departments, several specialist community teams inclusive of Transitional Aged Care, Aged Care Assessment Team, Geriatric Flying Squad, Young Onset Dementia, 7 day a week day centre, 24 hour accommodation service for regional guests and the full range of hospital support services. It is set within beautiful tranquil grounds and is a well-supported team environment.
This position will join WMH Transitional Aged Care (TAC) team to plan, coordinate and deliver high quality Physiotherapy intervention to patients of War Memorial Hospital (WMH) consistent with AHPRA, Uniting, NSW Health and South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) policies, procedures and standards, to achieve patient/client health outcomes within specified timeframes.
This role will help facilitate the delivery of an effective, flexible, innovative and integrated services. The role requires participation in quality initiatives within the TAC teams and/or hospital.
A demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, evidence based practice, ongoing clinical and professional learning is required.
The TAC program is a goal oriented, time limited program that provides of multidisciplinary support and low level therapy to older people at the conclusion of a hospital episode, who require more time and support to complete their restorative process, optimise their functional capacity, finalise and access their longer term care arrangements.
It operates both in the community and residential TAC settings.
The TAC team comprises of social workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, dietitian services and in-house care assistants.
This is a temporary full time position (maternity leave backfill fixed term contract until 6 th April 2025) is 76 hours per fortnight + ADO.
Required days of work are Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm (flexible start / finish times can be agreed upon with Manager as required.
Selection Criteria:
1. Minimum of 2 years’ experience working as a Physiotherapist in a hospital and / or community setting. Experience in aged care/rehabilitation/community/relevant specialty with a high level of knowledge and expertise in contemporary practice highly desirable.
2. Demonstrated ability to provide comprehensive client centred assessment, outlining clinical reasoning, care plan development and participate in case management - in consultation with older people with complex needs, carers and multidisciplinary team (MDT).
3. Demonstrated ability to work effectively and autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to exercise independent professional judgement on routine matters, commensurate with years of experience and ability to manage clients with complex psychosocial issues and/or chronic and complex health care needs
4. Proven high-level interpersonal written and verbal communication skills, with ability to communicate across all internal and external stakeholders and to proactively engage with patients/clients to enhance service delivery
5. Demonstrated capacity to plan, implement and evaluate Physiotherapy services, and proven engagement in quality improvement processes, evidence based practice and a commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning
6. Advanced computer skills including Microsoft Office suite and relevant health databases.
7. Demonstrated understanding of Work Health and Safety principles and hold a current NSW Drivers’ license Class C and willingness to drive as part of your role
8. Degree or post graduate qualification in Physiotherapy and current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Uniting is a not-for-profit organisation with competitive salary packaging.
All NSW Health workers are required to have received at least three doses of a COVID19 vaccine AND an Influenza vaccine by 1st June 2023 or have an approved medical contraindication certificate.
You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 and Influenza vaccination status at interview.
Enquiries to: Helen Tassell, Transitional Aged Care Manager on 0434 431714
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or Melanie Rohn, Senior TAC Physiotherapist on 9369 0308
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Applications Close: 11.30pm, Sunday 3rd March 2024
WMH is proudly committed to the provision of environmentally sustainable health services. WMH operates under Uniting’s values and Code of Conduct which employees are committed to uphold. It is important that the people who work at Uniting have a sense of commitment to our purpose. We are an equal opportunity employer and we select staff based on merit and experience. Uniting supports an inclusive approach in the workplace.
