Physiotherapist - Rotational

The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 71,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Fitness Passport

Discounted Private Health insurance

Leadership mentoring

Job summary

The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne in Parkville, VIC is inviting applications for two full-time Physiotherapist positions in our Paediatric Rotation Program (PRP). You’ll rotate every four months across specialty areas and contribute to child- and family-centred care with a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications include a Physiotherapy degree and AHPRA registration; prior experience in large hospital settings is preferred.

Qualifications

• Physiotherapist qualification with registration to practice in Australia (AHPRA).
• Experience in large hospitals with high acuity caseloads.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary paediatric team.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based physiotherapy services for paediatric patients.
• Collaborate across disciplines to ensure holistic care for children and families.
• Cover and manage clinical care across the whole Physiotherapy Department service.
• Maintain competency in required skills per departmental standards.

Skills

Physiotherapy degree

AHPRA registered

Large hospital experience

Education

Physiotherapy degree

Job description

The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne – Parkville VIC

We invite you to join the RCH and help turn our vision 'a world where all kids thrive' into a reality

About the Role:

There are currently two full-time, ongoing positions available at 80 hours/1.0 FTE per fortnight within the Physiotherapy Department.

You will be working as part of our Paediatric Rotation Program (PRP), which offers you the opportunity to rotate on a four-monthly basis between various specialty areas, developing your skills and experience across a wide range of clinical specialties and working towards a career in paediatric physiotherapy. As part of the PRP you will provide physiotherapy services to children and adolescents as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will ensure that physiotherapy services are innovative, evidence-based and provided in a child and family centred context, by working in close collaboration with medical, nursing and allied health staff.

Classification for these positions will range from VA3 (Grade 1, Year 1) to VA7 (Grade 1, Year 5), base salary from $70,590 to $85,872.80 FTE per annum, plus superannuation.

What You'll Achieve:

• Provide evidence-based physiotherapy services to patients referred by designated units in collaboration with supervising clinicians
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to ensure delivery of a holistic, streamlined approach to care that best meets the needs of the patient and their family
• Work in a flexible manner and participate in other duties as allocated consistent with skill level to ensure adequate cover and clinical care across the whole Physiotherapy Department service
• Achieving and maintaining competency in relevant skills in line with departmental requirements relevant to the role

Your Skills and Experience

• Hold a Physiotherapy degree qualification from an accredited course/university and registration to practice as a Physiotherapist with AHPRA
• Have experience working in large hospitals with high acuity caseloads

About the Department

The Physiotherapy Department is a vibrant community of individuals who share a commitment to ongoing learning and partnering with families in the provision of evidence-based care. The Department also embodies the RCH Compact pledge that 'we do better work caring for children and families when we also care for each other'. The PRP is currently made up of rotations in the following areas:

• Critical Care
• Respiratory Medicine
• Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine
• Neurosciences and Rehabilitation
• Oncology and Neurodevelopment
• Orthopaedics
• Haematology, Rheumatology and Burns
• Reliever

What We Offer

• Salary Packaging - increase your take home pay!
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Discounted Private Health insurance
• Leadership that mentors team members to achieve their career goals

Other Requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check, or willing to obtain
• Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain
• Compliance with RCHs "Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases" procedure

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children's Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children's Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.