First Nations Graduate Physiotherapist, Queensland Health
Graduate Opportunity Build Your Skills in Mount Isa
Start your career with purpose as a First Nations Graduate Allied Health Professional in Mount Isa. You'll deliver inpatient and outpatient services, gain broad generalist experience in a supportive remote health setting, and complete the First Nations Graduate Pathway, including funded leadership training, weekly development time, and regular cultural and clinical mentoring. This opportunity is open to a variety of allied health disciplines including Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Social Work, Speech Pathology, Podiatry, and Exercise Physiology. Temporary Full-Time role (two years).
North West Hospital and Health Service (HHS)
Friendly communities
* Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives
Working with us
* Rural and Remote incentive: Category D allowance of $431.22 p.f.
* Eligible health practitioners entitled to accrue an additional three days professional development leave per annum, resulting in a total of six days professional development leave per annum.
* Eligible health practitioners working in designated remote areas will be entitled to a professional development allowance of $3,512.00 per annum.
* Staff accommodation pending eligibility.
Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.
The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay. The Traditional Owners of the area are the Kalkadoon people.
Mount Isa is a great place to live and work
About the role
Join the North West Hospital and Health Service team and build your physiotherapy career in a supportive rural setting. You'll deliver inpatient and outpatient services across a variety of clinical areas while gaining valuable generalist experience and participating in the First Nations Graduate Pathway with dedicated training, supervision, and cultural mentoring.
In this role you will:
* Provide physiotherapy assessment, treatment, and case management under supervision.
* Rotate through medical, surgical, maternity, paediatric, ICU, and outpatient areas.
* Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary Allied Health team.
* Take part in dedicated training, clinical supervision, and cultural mentoring.
* Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
* Deliver culturally safe care aligned with Queensland Health's Cultural Capability Framework.
Requirements
* Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community.
* Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.
* Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
* This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
* A period of probation may apply.
Interested?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Contact
Dayle Easlea on 4***
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