Physiotherapist
Reference number: PD27
Position summary
An exciting opportunity has been made available for a sole therapist to join our dynamic and supportive Allied Health team. You will work alongside our Exercise Physiologist and a team of skilled Allied Health Assistants to help achieve consumer goals within the community and aged care settings.
Selection criteria
Essential:
- Degree or equivalent approved qualification in Physiotherapy and registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
- Previous experience working as a Physiotherapist in community, acute and age care settings.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Highly developed time management and organisational skills
- Strong commitment to principals of enhancing independence and client empowerment
- Current Driver’s Licence
- Current Police Check
Desirable:
- Experience in Rural health
- Membership of appropriate professional association
- An ability to facilitate exchange of ideas and development of relationships across service, sectoral and organisational boundaries
- Experience in community work including well-developed facilitation. Interpersonal, problem solving negotiation and resolution skills.
Key responsibilities
Organisational:
- MTHCS has a responsibility to maintain current policy; it is the responsibility of all staff to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and MTHCS policies and procedures.
- Support systems that provide safe, high quality care that increases patient experience and patient centred care.
- To comply with MTHCS Code of Conduct.
- To ensure that MTHCS Infection Control guidelines are fully implemented.
- Demonstrate awareness and understanding of diversity and culture.
Professional:
- Provision of physiotherapy service to acute, residential aged care and community clients of all ages in Ouyen and Sea Lake
- Clinical services are generalist in nature and may require collaboration with specialist and regional health services
- Physiotherapy interventions may be individual, or group based as well as involvement with health promotion activities including exercise groups and hydrotherapy programs.
- Working with colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team to achieve best possible client outcomes
- Work collaboratively with service providers, key organisations, community groups and consumers to develop and improve primary health care services
- To implement flexible, innovative and holistic services to meet community needs
- Actively participate in professional development including attendance at seminars and other learning and development opportunities
- Keep up to date with developments, legislation and regulations relevant to the requirements of the position.
- Supervise, mentor and be responsible for appropriate delegation of tasks to Allied Health Assistants within their scope of practice.
- Complete statistics and monthly reporting requirements of the role
- Other duties as directed.
Employment with MTHCS
Child Safe Organisation
Mallee Track Health and Community Service is committed to preventing child abuse, identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.
Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental
All MTHCS employees will:
- Ensure that they take reasonable care to protect their own health and safety, and the health and safety of others.
- Use any equipment provided for health and safety purposes.
- Obey reasonable instructions given by MTHCS in relation to health and safety at work.
- Help MTHCS meet our duty of care, such as by undertaking hazard inspections.
- Comply with all MTHCS OHS policies and procedures.
- Ensure they do not interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health and safety.
Section 21 of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2004, requires an Employer to provide and maintain, so far as is reasonable and practicable, a safe workplace for all employees and ensure that no employee is placed at risk of injury while performing the duties and responsibilities required by their position.
To comply with this obligation, MTHCS requires all candidates/employees to have the mental and physical capacity to safely perform the inherent requirements of the position they are applying for (or have been appointed to).
If a risk is identified and fitness to safely perform the duties of the position needs to be determined, MTHCS with the agreement of the candidate/employee, will arrange an independent medical assessment to determine capacity to safely perform the inherent requirements of the position to minimise the risk of injury or aggravation of any pre-existing condition the candidate/employee may have.
Compulsory Training
As per the schedule.
Performance Appraisal
Conducted as per appraisal schedule.
How to apply
Your application must clearly state the position title specified on the advertisement and include:
- A statement addressing each Key Selection Criteria clearly demonstrating your ability to meet the objectives of the role. Note: Read the Position Description (PD) carefully so you have a good understanding of what is required and remember to address what knowledge, skills and attributes you have.
- General resume.
- Copies of any formal qualifications. Note: hard copies of your qualifications will need to be produced at interview.
Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a Police Record Check and also a Working With Children Check for nominated positions.
To apply please forward current resume with covering letter addressing the key selection criteria to:
People and Culture
PO Box 130, Ouyen VIC 3490
Or alternatively an application can be emailed to careers@mthcs.vic.gov.au
Applications received earlier than the closing date may be assessed, interviewed and offered employment prior to the closing date.
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