Grade 3 Senior Physiotherapist- Community Palliative Care

Mercy Hospitals Victoria; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 41,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercy Palliative Care in Sunshine, part of Mercy Health, seeks a Grade 3 Physiotherapist to lead and deliver community-based palliative care physiotherapy services. The role focuses on assessment, intervention and supervision within a multidisciplinary team.

Applicants should be AHPRA-registered, ideally with 7+ years in community palliative care, and possess strong clinical reasoning, time management and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Registration with AHPRA as a Physiotherapist.
• Ideally ≥7 years clinical experience in community palliative care.
• Strong clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality physiotherapy assessment, intervention and management in the community.
• Provide professional support to Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.
• Act as a clinical resource and consultant in palliative care physiotherapy.
• Participate in service development and quality initiatives.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Time management

Communication skills

Clinical reasoning

Education

AHPRA registration

Job description

Employment Type: Permanent Part-Time

Hours: 24 hours per week

Salary: As per Victorian Allied Health Professionals Award (Grade 3)

Location: Mercy Palliative Care, Sunshine

Contact: Kirsten Kopelke, Allied Health Manager, email: [e-mail], Ph: 9313 5700

Where there's life, there's Mercy.

Where there's care, there's You.

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For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that's gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you'll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it's all about taking what we have and making it better. To do that, we need you. Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

Mercy Palliative Care is a 24-hour community-based palliative care service providing in home care to people of all ages with life limiting illnesses. Our services cover the West Metropolitan region of Melbourne. Our multi-disciplinary team including allied health, doctors and nurses is committed to providing holistic care to patients and their family ensuring they experience the best quality of life while addressing their physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs.

The Grade 3 Physiotherapist will provide clinical leadership and advanced physiotherapy expertise across Mercy Palliative Care's community program. The successful candidate will:

• Deliver high-quality physiotherapy assessment, intervention and management to community-based palliative care patients.
• Provide clinical leadership and professional support to team of Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapists, and students as required.
• Act as a clinical resource and expert consultant in palliative care physiotherapy.
• Participate in service development, quality improvement and innovation initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary team members to achieve positive outcomes for patients and families.
• Contribute to workforce capability through supervision, mentoring and education.

What you’ll bring

You're resilience, respect and compassion. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Registration with AHPRA as a Physiotherapist.
• Ideally ≥7 years clinical experience working as a physiotherapist, experience relevant to community palliative care context required.
• Strong clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice.
• Excellent time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.
• Compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management.
• Demonstrated leadership experience and the ability to support and develop others.
• Ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
• An unrestricted driver's licence.
• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages sexualities genders and cultural backgrounds.