Allied Health Professionals: Acknowledging challenges, embracing growth. Torres and Cape HHS offers a path to meaningful work and cultural immersion beyond the city.
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Senior Physiotherapist | Temporary Full Time up to 21 March 2027 (with possiblity of extension)
Want to know more? Give Victoria Williams a call on 0417 449 *** she would love to hear your story and answer any questions you may have about the role.
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This newly created role within the Child Development Service offers the opportunity to deliver specialised child development care across the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service. As a transdisciplinary specialist, you will work under the direction of an allied health manager alongside a team that includes a speech pathologist, physiotherapist, psychologist, and close collaboration with TCHHS Paediatricians. You will also partner with rural generalist clinicians in Weipa, Cooktown, and Thursday Island, as well as the Allied Health Cape York Outreach and Early Childhood Program teams, contributing to skill sharing, education, and peer supervision. Based in Cairns, you will provide culturally appropriate, evidence‐based services through an outreach model, travelling regularly by commercial and charter aircraft, with face‐to‐face care supported by telehealth delivery.
Professional and personal motivators!
As a Senior Physiotherapist working in Torres and Cape HHS, your contribution in helping treat, rehabilitate and improve the lives of patients is huge!
You'll work in diverse and supportive environments that offer attractive lifestyle opportunities and experiences and enable you to make a valuable contribution in small communities. These communities will help you grow, connect, learn and create life-defining experiences that will shape who you are as a health professional and a person.
Torres and Cape will give you a career with purpose, plus excellent benefits and allowances;
* Base salary comprising between $128,169 - $137,918 per annum – you may be eligible for additional benefits – refer to Workplace benefits | Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
* Competitive salary packaging: Generous employer superannuation contribution of 12.75% and salary packaging options Salary and benefits | Careers (health.qld.gov.au)
* Generous leave entitlements including 17.5% loading on annual leave
Living within the Torres and Cape region means you will be able to enjoy:
* Immersing yourself in nature, from the outback to tropical rainforests, coral reefs and extraordinary landscapes.
* Short commute to work, allowing greater work/life balance
* Rich Indigenous Culture
* Imagine yourself here? Find out about Torres and Cape HHS and the Torres Strait and Cooktown and Cape York regions on the Tropical North Queensland website.
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Torres and Cape HHS Values - Courage | Accountability | Respect | Engage
How do I apply? Applications should be submitted ONLINE via the Smart Jobs and Careers website.
Please no unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.