Exciting Opportunity for a Grade 2 Physiotherapist – 15 Months of Diverse Clinical Experience in Gippsland
About Central Gippsland Health
Central Gippsland Health (CGH) is a sub-regional health service and the major provider of health and aged care services in the Wellington Shire.
CGH is located in the City of Sale which is 215 km east of Melbourne.
The City of Sale is an ideal access point for the Gippsland Lakes, 90 Mile Beach and the Victorian Alps.
CGH provides acute care as part of an integrated service delivery model across Wellington Shire and beyond, with beds across three campuses (Sale, Maffra and Heyfield).
Acute services include a full-time emergency department, critical care unit, neonatal critical care unit, three operating theatres, day procedure unit, oncology and dialysis services, general medical and sub-acute services including rehabilitation.
CGH also provides aged care and community services in the Wellington Shire and beyond.
We operate four residential aged care homes located in Sale, Maffra, and Heyfield delivering high-quality, person-centred care in supportive and homelike environments.
CGH provides a wide range of community-based services that support people to remain healthy, active, and independent in their own homes, including Support at Home, Commonwealth Home Support Programs, and other in-home services tailored to individual needs.
Our integrated model of care is supported by a multidisciplinary allied health team offering physiotherapy, dietetics, occupational therapy, speech pathology, and social work.
We also provide accessible public dental services to enhance community wellbeing.
CGH is a leading teaching hospital, affiliated with Monash University\'s School of Rural Health and provides placements and clinical experience for students.
CGH encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to consider application to this position.
About Department
The CGH Allied Health Department is made up of about 50 professionals in Physiotherapy/Exercise Physiology, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Podiatry and Social Work.
Last year we provided therapy to over 6,500 clients in community and outpatients and receive an average of 500 referrals across Allied Health disciplines per month.
About the Role
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Grade 2 Physiotherapist to join our team at Central Gippsland Health (CGH) for a fixed-term 15-month position.
This position offers the opportunity to obtain experience across a broad spectrum of Public Health services.
Offering a mixed caseload across hospital, community, outpatients and aged care settings in a thriving rural health setting.
There are opportunities to expand into speciality areas such as Paediatrics, Hand Therapy and Women's Health supported by experienced specialist physiotherapists within the team.
You will work in a rotating caseload as part of a large team (25 staff) comprising Grade 1 therapist x 3, Grade 2 therapist x 5, A Grade 3 therapist, Exercise Physiologists x 4, Allied Health Assistants x 9 and a Department Head.
Within the Physiotherapy department we offer over 20 community-based rehabilitation groups in addition to acute and outpatient service.
Acute caseload includes working over Critical Care Unit and Short Stay, Emergency Department, Medical and Surgical wards and Women's Health and Paediatrics.
Community caseload covers both group and individual based rehabilitation, outreach at Loch Sport, Maffra and Rosedale and home-based therapy.
CGH offers acute orthopaedics with both total hip and knee replacements happening on site.
CGH services four aged care sites in the area.
Duties
Managing a clinical caseload alongside peers
Assist in the development of the team by participating in internal in-services and quality projects
Supervising students and Junior staff members
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Degree in Physiotherapy
Current AHPRA
Pay dependent on experience
Salary packaging
Employee Assistance Program
Social Club
Culture of continuous improvement
Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
Statement addressing Leadership Capabilities including qualifications, experience and Leadership and Technical Capability Requirements as outlined in the position description.
All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate and obtaining a Working with Children Check.
At CGH we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive.
We value inclusion and diversity and encourage applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately.
We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
Application Questions
Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
Do you have a current Working With Children (WWC) Check?
Do you have a current Police Check (National Police Certificate) for employment?
Central Gippsland Health Service is the major provider of health and aged care services in the Wellington Shire.
We serve an immediate population of approximately 42,000 in Central Gippsland, and reach a wider community in East Gippsland in terms of more specialised services such as perinatal services, critical care and surgery.
We are unusual in being both a sub-regional and an integrated health service, providing a broad range of primary, secondary and tertiary services, including a near comprehensive range of HACC services, through to adult intensive, coronary care and level 2 neonatal care.
The current focus of the health service is to use our integration and break down the traditional program barriers and service delivery silos that have flourished, in order to develop a highly efficient system that responds to people's needs by placing them at the centre of a service delivery system focused on supporting them to achieve their goals and aspirations, consistent with the principles embedded in the "active service model".
Source: This is an extract from the company\'s own website.
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