Physiotherapist

Mallee Track Health & Community Service; Ouyen; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mallee Track Health & Community Service in Ouyen, VIC seeks a physiotherapist to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, delivering flexible services including individual and group sessions, health promotion and education across aged care, client homes and outreach sites within the MTHCS catchment.

The role requires collaboration with the Allied Health team, support from Allied Health Assistants, and adherence to delegated scope of practice.

Qualifications

• Degree in Physiotherapy with registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Experience in community, acute and age care settings is desirable.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Strong time management and organisational skills.
• Commitment to enhancing independence and client empowerment.
• Current driver's licence and police check are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy services to acute, residential aged care and community clients in Ouyen and nearby areas.
• Collaborate with other health professionals within a multidisciplinary team.
• Deliver individual or group physiotherapy sessions and contribute to health promotion activities.
• Work with allied health colleagues and supervise allies where delegated.
• Complete monthly reporting and maintain clinical records.
• Contribute to development of primary health care services in the catchment.

Skills

Teamwork

Time management

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Physiotherapy degree / AHPRA registration

Tools

Driver's Licence

Police Check

Job description

Mallee Track Health & Community Service – Ouyen VIC

27d ago , from Mallee Track Health and Community Service

MTHCS physiotherapist works autonomously as part of the multidisciplinary team providing a range of flexibleservices including individual and group consultation, health promotion and education to address the healthneeds of each person and community. Case load includes a variety of locations including; aged care, client'shomes and MTHCS outreach sites within the MTHCS catchment. Physiotherapist work closely with the AlliedHealth team and is well supported by Allied Health Assistants under a delegated scope of practice.

Position summary

MTHCS physiotherapist works autonomously as part of the multidisciplinary team providing a range of flexibleservices including individual and group consultation, health promotion and education to address the healthneeds of each person and community. Case load includes a variety of locations including; aged care, client'shomes and MTHCS outreach sites within the MTHCS catchment. Physiotherapist work closely with the AlliedHealth team and is well supported by Allied Health Assistants under a delegated scope of practice.

Selection criteria

Essential

• Degree or equivalent approved qualification in Physiotherapy and registration with Australian HealthPractitioner 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 andorganisational boundaries.
• Experience in community work including well-developed facilitation. Interpersonal, problem solvingnegotiation and resolution skills.

Key responsibilities

• Provision of physiotherapy service to acute, residential aged care and community clients of all ages in Ouyenand Sea Lake.
• Clinical services are generalist in nature and may require collaboration with specialist and regional healthservices.
• Physiotherapy interventions may be individual, or group based as well as involvement with health promotionactivities 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 developand 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 anddevelopment 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 withintheir 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 performingthe 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 inherentrequirements 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.